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Issues: Whether the assessable value of goods cleared to a sister unit was required to be re-determined in accordance with CAS-4 guidelines and the matter remanded for fresh consideration on the basis of duly certified cost data.
Analysis: The earlier remand had directed re-determination of value under Rule 6(b)(ii) of the Central Excise Rules, 1975 by applying CAS-4 guidelines. The appellant had earlier placed only an unsigned worksheet before the adjudicating authority, and the authority rejected it while confirming a revised demand. In the present proceeding, the Tribunal noted that a properly certified CAS-4 statement had now been produced, which had not been before the adjudicating authority. Since the impugned order had proceeded without the duly certified cost data now available, the value determination required reconsideration on that basis.
Conclusion: The impugned order was set aside and the matter was remanded to the original adjudicating authority to re-examine the assessable value in the light of the duly certified CAS-4 certificate.
Final Conclusion: The dispute was not finally decided on the merits of valuation, and fresh adjudication was directed after considering the certified cost data.
Ratio Decidendi: Where valuation is to be determined on the basis of CAS-4, a fresh adjudication is warranted if the relevant certified cost data was not considered by the original authority.