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Issues: Whether the extended period of limitation under the proviso to Section 11A of the Central Excise Act was invocable in a case pleaded to be revenue neutral, and whether the demand and penalty could therefore be sustained.
Analysis: The availability of credit to another unit does not, by itself, bar invocation of the extended period. Revenue neutrality is only one relevant factor and its weight depends on the facts of each case. Here, the clearance of waste and scrap to the sister unit at a lower price was not disclosed to the Revenue, and there was no material to show a reasonable belief that disclosure was unnecessary. The cited decisions in favour of the manufacturer were distinguishable because they turned on non-invocation of the proviso or on full disclosure to the department.
Conclusion: The extended period of limitation was invocable, and the demand was sustainable. The finding is against the assessee and in favour of the Revenue.
Final Conclusion: The appeal failed and the impugned order confirming the demand and penalty was upheld.
Ratio Decidendi: Revenue neutrality does not automatically exclude the extended period of limitation under the proviso to Section 11A; where suppression of material facts is established, the extended period may be invoked despite availability of credit elsewhere.
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