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Issues: Whether the assessees were entitled to opt out of the compound levy scheme and have their duty liability redetermined on actual production basis under Section 3A(4) of the Central Excise Act, instead of being bound by the earlier determination under Rule 96ZO(3).
Analysis: The assessees had initially been assessed under the compound levy mechanism, but they later exercised options through repeated letters seeking payment of duty on actual production basis. The Tribunal treated those options as legally permissible in the light of the binding principle laid down by the Supreme Court that assessees covered by the scheme could opt out and seek assessment under the actual production method. Since the Commissioner was required to consider the options in that legal framework, the orders continuing the liability under Rule 96ZO(3) could not stand. The matter therefore required fresh consideration of duty liability with reference to the dates on which each option was exercised.
Conclusion: The assessees were entitled to have their duty liability reconsidered under Section 3A(4) on the basis of actual production, and the orders fastening liability under Rule 96ZO(3) were set aside.
Final Conclusion: The appeals succeeded to the extent that the impugned orders were annulled and the matter was sent back for fresh determination after hearing the assessees.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the law permits an assessee to opt out of the compound levy scheme, the adjudicating authority must consider that option in accordance with the governing Supreme Court ruling and redetermine duty liability on the basis of actual production from the date of such option.
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