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Issues: (i) Whether cement cleared in 50 kg bags marked as meant for industrial use and not for retail sale, and sold to institutional or bulk buyers, was eligible for the concessional benefit under Notification No. 4/2006-CE dated 01.03.2006; (ii) Whether any sales to individual consumers were covered by the same exemption.
Issue (i): Whether cement cleared in 50 kg bags marked as meant for industrial use and not for retail sale, and sold to institutional or bulk buyers, was eligible for the concessional benefit under Notification No. 4/2006-CE dated 01.03.2006.
Analysis: The issue was treated as settled by earlier Tribunal authority affirmed by the High Court. Construction activity was accepted as falling within the concept of service industry for the purpose of the notification, and the deciding factor was that the goods were supplied to institutional consumers in packaged form marked for industrial use and not for retail sale. The exemption was therefore held applicable to such clearances, irrespective of the fact that the cement was packed in individual bags.
Conclusion: The exemption under Notification No. 4/2006-CE was held admissible for clearances made to institutional or bulk buyers.
Issue (ii): Whether any sales to individual consumers were covered by the same exemption.
Analysis: Sales to individual consumers were found to stand on a different footing. Exemption notifications were held to require strict construction, and clearances for personal use were not treated as covered by the notification. The matter was therefore left to limited verification by the original authority only to ascertain whether any individual sales had actually been made and, if so, the duty payable thereon.
Conclusion: The exemption was not held available for sales to individual consumers, and that part of the demand was upheld subject to verification on remand.
Final Conclusion: The assessee succeeded on the institutional buyer clearances and failed on any individual consumer sales, with penalties set aside and the matter remitted only for limited recomputation of duty and interest, if any, on individual sales.
Ratio Decidendi: Cement cleared in packaged form and marked for industrial use or not for retail sale qualifies for the concessional exemption when sold to institutional or bulk buyers, but exemption notifications must be strictly construed and do not extend to sales to individual consumers unless clearly covered.
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