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Issues: Whether MODVAT credit taken on the strength of bills of entry could be denied as time-barred under Rule 57G(5) of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 when endorsement by Customs was delayed, and whether the date of such endorsement had to be treated as the relevant date of issue of the document.
Analysis: Rule 57G permits credit on inputs received under the cover of the documents specified in sub-rule (3), including a triplicate copy of a bill of entry, but sub-rule (5) bars credit after six months from the date of issue of such document. Where the importer had passed on the goods to the manufacturer and the bill of entry required Customs endorsement for effective use as a credit document, the document became operative only on endorsement. The expression "date of issue of the document" was therefore construed to include the date on which the endorsed bill of entry became valid for availing credit, not merely the original date printed on the bill of entry. Since the assessee took credit on the same day on which the endorsed bills were received, the credit was within time.
Conclusion: The credit could not be denied on the ground of limitation, and the substantial questions of law were answered in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: For the purpose of Rule 57G(5) of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, a bill of entry requiring Customs endorsement is a valid credit document only from the date on which such endorsement makes it effective for availing credit.
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