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Issues: (i) Whether FRP corrugated translucent roofing sheets were classifiable under Tariff Item 15A(2) of the Central Excise Tariff or under the residuary Tariff Item 68, and whether they were exempt as profiles under Notification No. 68/71 dated 29-5-1971; (ii) Whether the adjudication was vitiated for breach of natural justice for want of opportunity of hearing before the adjudicating officer.
Issue (i): Whether FRP corrugated translucent roofing sheets were classifiable under Tariff Item 15A(2) of the Central Excise Tariff or under the residuary Tariff Item 68, and whether they were exempt as profiles under Notification No. 68/71 dated 29-5-1971.
Analysis: The product was found to consist predominantly of polyester resin with fibreglass as the balance component. The Tribunal held that Tariff Item 15A(2), covering articles made of plastics including sheets and other shapes, was wide enough to include the goods, and that the presence of fibreglass did not exclude classification as plastic articles. Tariff Item 22F was held inapplicable because the goods were manufactured without the aid of power, and the residuary Tariff Item 68 could not be invoked when a more specific entry covered the goods. The claim to exemption as profiles failed because the goods were described and marketed as sheets, and the definition of sheet was treated as covering corrugated sheets as well as flat ones.
Conclusion: The goods were correctly classifiable under Tariff Item 15A(2), and the claim for classification under Tariff Item 68 and exemption as profiles was rejected.
Issue (ii): Whether the adjudication was vitiated for breach of natural justice for want of opportunity of hearing before the adjudicating officer.
Analysis: The record showed that the matter had earlier been remanded for de novo adjudication with an opportunity to defend, a personal hearing had in fact been given, and the appellants had also been notified of the appellate hearing but did not appear or seek adjournment. On these facts, the plea of denial of opportunity was not sustainable.
Conclusion: There was no violation of natural justice.
Final Conclusion: The classification under the plastic tariff entry was sustained and the procedural challenge failed, leaving no basis to interfere with the assessment order.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a specific tariff entry squarely covers the goods, the residuary entry cannot be invoked; a composite product may still fall within an articles-of-plastics entry if the plastic component predominates and the goods are marketed and understood as such, and a natural justice objection fails where a meaningful opportunity of hearing has already been afforded.
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