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Issues: Whether the sachet packs cleared by the assessee were multi piece packages intended for retail sale, or wholesale packages excluded from the Packaged Commodities Rules, and therefore not liable to valuation under section 4A on MRP basis.
Analysis: The relevant scheme applies section 4A valuation only where the goods are required to bear retail sale price under the Packaged Commodities Rules and have been notified for such valuation. Rule 34 excludes packages containing commodities of not more than 10 gms or 10 ml from the Rules, and the sachets were of less than that quantity. Rule 2(j) treats a multi piece package as one intended for retail sale, whether in individual pieces or as a whole, whereas Rule 2(x) defines a wholesale package as a package intended for sale, distribution, or delivery to an intermediary and not for direct sale to a single consumer. The records did not show that the disputed packs were intended for direct sale to consumers, and the package form and channel of clearance supported treatment as wholesale packages rather than retail multi piece packages.
Conclusion: The packs were held to be wholesale packages outside the mischief of the Packaged Commodities Rules, so MRP-based valuation under section 4A was not attracted and the demand could not be sustained.
Ratio Decidendi: A package intended for sale to intermediaries and not for direct sale to consumers is a wholesale package, not a multi piece retail package, and goods otherwise covered by the quantity exemption remain outside the Packaged Commodities Rules.
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