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Issues: Whether the sanctioned refund could be appropriated against the demand when the assessee had already voluntarily paid the entire confirmed demand and informed the department.
Analysis: The refund arose from pre-deposit along with interest pursuant to earlier appellate relief. The department appropriated that refund against outstanding demands relating to value addition for February 2012 to April 2012. The record showed that, during pendency of the appeals before the Commissioner (Appeals), the assessee had voluntarily deposited the entire demand of Rs. 2,17,35,588 and had intimated the department through letters and challans. Once the full demand had already been discharged, retention of the sanctioned refund by appropriating it against the same demand amounted to recovery of the same amount twice and was not legally sustainable.
Conclusion: The appropriation was held unsustainable and the impugned orders were set aside in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The assessee was entitled to restoration of the sanctioned refund, with any further relief available according to law.
Ratio Decidendi: A refund sanctioned against pre-deposit cannot be appropriated towards a demand that has already been fully paid by the assessee and duly intimated to the department, as such appropriation results in impermissible double recovery.
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