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Issues: Whether plastic waste and scrap generated during the manufacture of insulated wires and cables from duty-paid plastic granules was eligible for exemption under Notification No. 53/88-C.E. dated 01.03.1988.
Analysis: The waste and scrap arose in the course of manufacture of wires and cables and consisted of plastic sheathing or plastic content in rejected or cut pieces of wires and cables. Since the plastic granules used for the sheathing were duty paid, the scrap could not be denied exemption merely because it emerged during the wire-and-cable manufacturing process. The lower appellate authority's view that such scrap was not generated after completion of manufacture and therefore remained covered by the notification was upheld.
Conclusion: The scrap was held entitled to the benefit of Notification No. 53/88-C.E. and the Revenue's challenge failed.
Final Conclusion: The decision affirms exemption eligibility for plastic scrap arising in the manufacturing stream of insulated wires and cables and results in rejection of the Revenue's appeals.
Ratio Decidendi: Scrap generated during the course of manufacture from duty-paid inputs remains eligible for the relevant exemption when the notified condition is satisfied and the goods have not emerged as a completed dutiable product.