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Issues: Whether goods cleared under a set-off exemption notification could be treated as goods on which duty had been paid so as to qualify for rebate under Rule 12 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944.
Analysis: The notification in question was held to grant only an exemption or set-off from duty on the final product to the extent of duty borne by the inputs. It did not amount to a sanctioned remission or adjustment of duty within the meaning of Rule 56A(2)(ii)(b), nor did it create a proforma credit arrangement. The distinction between exemption by set-off and payment of duty through proforma credit or MODVAT was treated as material, and the existence of a separate set-off register reinforced that the mechanism was not equivalent to duty payment on the exported goods. Rebate under Rule 12 was available only where duty was actually paid on the exported goods, and that condition was not satisfied. The cited precedent was distinguished on the ground that it did not hold that an exemption notification of this kind amounts to remission or adjustment of duty for Rule 56A purposes.
Conclusion: The claim for rebate was not maintainable and was rejected.
Ratio Decidendi: An exemption or set-off notification that merely relieves duty on the final product to the extent of duty borne by inputs does not constitute actual payment of duty or a remission/adjustment scheme giving rise to rebate under Rule 12.
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