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Issues: Whether exemption under Notification No. 10/96-C.E. could be claimed at the appellate stage despite not being claimed in the original declaration, and whether the matter required verification of the notification conditions by the adjudicating authority.
Analysis: The Tribunal noted that the objection raised by Revenue was not on the merits of eligibility under Notification No. 10/96-C.E., but only that the benefit had not been claimed at the time of filing the declaration. Relying on the principle that an assessee is not debarred from claiming a notification benefit at a later stage, the Tribunal held that a delayed claim cannot be rejected merely for that reason. At the same time, the Tribunal held that the benefit can be granted only after the relevant conditions of the notification are verified. Since there was no finding on whether those conditions were satisfied or verifiable on record, the proper course was to send the matter back for factual determination.
Conclusion: The assessee was entitled to have its claim under Notification No. 10/96-C.E. considered on merits, and the matter was remanded to the original adjudicating authority for verification of the conditions and passing of a reasoned order.
Final Conclusion: The denial of exemption solely on the ground of late claim was not sustained, but entitlement depended on verification of the notification conditions on remand.
Ratio Decidendi: A statutory exemption benefit cannot be refused merely because it was not claimed at the initial stage, but it can be granted only if the prescribed conditions are found satisfied on proper verification.
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