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Issues: Whether the rejection of two rebate claims under Rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 for want of the triplicate ARE-1 and for discrepancies in export documentation called for interference under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.
Analysis: Rebate under Rule 18 is not an automatic consequence of export and depends on proof of duty payment and correlation between the duty-paid goods and the exported goods. The triplicate ARE-1 is the primary statutory document for establishing that correlation. The three statutory authorities concurrently found that the required documentation was not furnished for the two claims and that there were discrepancies in the descriptions of goods in the excise records and shipping documents. The findings were based on documentary scrutiny, and no perversity, jurisdictional error, mala fides, or breach of natural justice was shown. Reassessment of the documents and acceptance of explanations rejected by the authorities would amount to impermissible reappreciation of evidence in writ jurisdiction.
Conclusion: The rejection of the two rebate claims was upheld and interference under Article 226 was declined.
Ratio Decidendi: Rebate claims under Rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 require strict documentary proof of duty payment and correlation of exported goods, and concurrent factual findings based on such documents will not be disturbed in writ jurisdiction absent perversity or jurisdictional error.