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Issues: Whether the imported parts were eligible for the benefit of Serial No. 530A of Notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017, and whether the differential duty and penalty confirmed under section 28(4) and section 114 of the Customs Act, 1962 could be sustained.
Analysis: The dispute turned on whether Finished Goods No. 312705AA3 was duly reflected in the appellant's reply and supporting documents. Although the finished goods number was omitted from Annexure-I and one certificate set, the reply to the audit objection, which formed part of the reply to the show cause notice, did mention it, and the certificate relating to that finished goods number was produced in the appeal record. On that basis, the omission was treated as an inadvertent lapse and not as a failure to establish use of the imported parts for goods eligible under the exemption notification.
Conclusion: The imported parts were held entitled to the exemption benefit, and the confirmation of differential duty and penalty was set aside.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded, and the demand as well as the associated penalty were quashed.
Ratio Decidendi: An inadvertent omission in annexures does not defeat exemption benefit where the record as a whole establishes entitlement to the notification.