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Issues: (i) Whether the vibrator motor with actuator was classifiable as machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material under Chapter 84.39 or as a machine having an individual function under Chapter 84.79; (ii) Whether the sealing water system was an integral part of the defibrator and therefore not liable for separate classification.
Issue (i): Whether the vibrator motor with actuator was classifiable as machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material under Chapter 84.39 or as a machine having an individual function under Chapter 84.79.
Analysis: The classification dispute turned on whether the item had an independent function or was merely an attached device functioning in conjunction with the defibrator. The HSN notes treated vibrator motors as machinery of general use under Chapter 84.79, and tariff classification was required to follow HSN nomenclature unless the tariff indicated a different intention. The item here was found to answer the description of a vibrator motor transmitting vibrations to the apparatus to which it was fixed.
Conclusion: The vibrator motor with actuator was correctly classifiable under Chapter 84.79 and not under Chapter 84.39, in favour of Revenue.
Issue (ii): Whether the sealing water system was an integral part of the defibrator and therefore not liable for separate classification.
Analysis: The sealing water system was found to maintain the packing box within the rated temperature during manufacture of pulp and to be functionally necessary for the defibrator's operation. That finding was not shown to be inconsistent with the HSN notes. The item therefore lacked the character of a separate machine of general use and was part of the defibrator unit.
Conclusion: The sealing water system was an integral part of the defibrator and the classification adopted by the appellate authority was correct, in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded only in respect of the vibrator motor with actuator and failed in respect of the sealing water system, leaving the assessment revised only to that limited extent.
Ratio Decidendi: For tariff classification, HSN nomenclature governs unless the tariff shows a contrary intention, and an item fixed to and functioning independently as a machine of general use may be classified under the heading for machines having individual functions, while an item that is functionally inseparable from the main machinery remains part of that machinery.
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