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Issues: Whether the appellants were entitled to the benefit of the exemption notification, given retrospective effect by Section 2 of the Central Duties of Excise (Retrospective Exemption) Act, 1986, in respect of both excise duty and additional duty paid on inputs used in the manufacture of the final products, and to consequential refund.
Analysis: The notification exempted final products to the extent of the duty already paid on the corresponding inputs, whether excise duty or additional duty under the Customs Tariff Act, and Section 2 of the Retrospective Exemption Act gave retrospective effect to notifications issued within the relevant period. On a plain reading, the benefit extended to both kinds of duty paid on inputs used in manufacture. The prior grant of credit supported the position that payment had been made, and the demand could not be sustained on the ground that the notification lacked retrospective effect.
Conclusion: The appellants were entitled to the benefit of the notification in respect of both excise duty and additional duty paid on the inputs, with consequential refund of the additional duty subject to determination of the precise quantum by the Excise authorities.
Final Conclusion: The impugned demand was set aside to the extent necessary to recognise the appellants' entitlement to exemption and refund on the inputs used in the manufacture of the final products.
Ratio Decidendi: A retrospectively validated exemption notification must be applied according to its plain terms, and where it covers duty already paid on specified inputs, the assessee is entitled to the corresponding exemption and consequential refund.
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