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Issues: Whether refund of accumulated Cenvat credit under Rule 5 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 read with Notification No. 5/2006-C.E. (N.T.) dated 14.03.2006 could be denied on the ground that the services were not export of services, and whether such denial was sustainable when eligibility of credit had not been questioned under Rule 14 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.
Analysis: The dispute related to refund of unutilized Cenvat credit for exported output services. The Tribunal noted that the issue was already settled by earlier decisions holding that Rule 5 provides refund of accumulated credit where export is made, and that irregular availment of credit must be dealt with under Rule 14 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 by following the recovery mechanism under Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944. It was also found that no notice had been issued to recover or deny the Cenvat credit itself, and therefore the refund could not be rejected by raising a ground outside the show-cause notice.
Conclusion: The denial of refund was unsustainable and the refund claim was held allowable in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The impugned order was set aside and the appeals were allowed with consequential relief as per law.
Ratio Decidendi: Refund under Rule 5 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 cannot be denied on grounds not forming part of the show-cause notice, and alleged irregular Cenvat credit must first be recovered under Rule 14 read with Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
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