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Issues: Whether the refund orders passed by the Tribunal in the earlier round, which were not challenged by the Revenue, were binding on the adjudicating authority and whether the Commissioner (Appeals) could direct recovery of the refund already sanctioned.
Analysis: The earlier appellate orders sanctioning refund had attained finality as no appeal had been filed by the Revenue. In such circumstances, the adjudicating authority was bound to implement those orders. The reliance placed on the principle of retrospective operation of judicial decisions was held inapplicable on the facts, since there was no pending rectification or live issue that could reopen the concluded appellate proceedings. The Commissioner (Appeals) had therefore acted without authority in ordering recovery of the refund already sanctioned pursuant to the final Tribunal orders.
Conclusion: The refund orders were required to be implemented, and the direction seeking recovery of the refund was unsustainable. The appeals were decided in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The impugned appellate interference with the finalized refund sanction was set aside, and the adjudicating authority was directed to give effect to the earlier Tribunal orders within the stipulated time.
Ratio Decidendi: Unchallenged appellate orders attaining finality are binding on the subordinate authority and must be implemented; recovery contrary to such concluded orders cannot be sustained in the absence of a live challenge or statutory authority.
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