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Court sets aside orders due to failure to notify assessee, allowing appeal on merits. Appeals allowed, substantial questions left open. The Court recalled and set aside the order dated 20.01.2016 and the order dated 11.08.2016 due to the failure to notify the assessee about the hearing ...
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Court sets aside orders due to failure to notify assessee, allowing appeal on merits. Appeals allowed, substantial questions left open.
The Court recalled and set aside the order dated 20.01.2016 and the order dated 11.08.2016 due to the failure to notify the assessee about the hearing date, allowing the appeal to be heard on merits. The Civil Miscellaneous Appeals were allowed, and the Substantial Questions of Law were left open for consideration, with the appeal restored to the Tribunal for a fair hearing.
Issues: Challenging order passed by CESTAT in Final Order dated 20.01.2016 and order dated 11.08.2016 in the application for rectification.
Analysis: The appeals were filed by both the assessee and the Revenue challenging the CESTAT's order. The substantive appeal, C.M.A.No.2107 of 2016, contested the final order passed by the CESTAT on 20.01.2016. The Tribunal held that calling for payment of interest would not serve any useful purpose of law as there was no prejudice caused to the Revenue. The Tribunal accepted the Departmental representative's stand that the CENVAT Credit was unutilized and finally merged due to amalgamation with another company, and the final goods were exempted from a certain period. The Tribunal observed that the unutilized credit was reversed without prejudicing the Revenue.
The assessee, upon discovering the ex-parte order, filed an application for rectification, stating they were not informed about the hearing date and that the reversal of the CENVAT Credit was done under protest. The Tribunal rejected the rectification application, deeming it impermissible as a Review Application. The order dated 11.08.2016 was challenged in C.M.A.No.2027 of 2017. The Revenue appealed against the cancellation of the levy of interest in the order dated 20.01.2016 in C.M.A.No.1779 of 2016.
The Tribunal failed to notify the assessee or their representative about the hearing date, leading to the passing of the final order on 20.01.2016 without their presence. The Court found that the non-appearance of the assessee was not their fault, as they did not receive communication regarding the hearing date. Consequently, the Court decided to recall and set aside the order dated 20.01.2016 and the order dated 11.08.2016, allowing the appeal to be heard and decided on merits by the Tribunal. The Civil Miscellaneous Appeals were allowed, and the Substantial Questions of Law were left open for consideration, with the appeal restored to the Tribunal for a fair hearing.
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