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Issues: Whether clearances made before the goods became specified goods under the amended small scale industry exemption notification could be included in computing the aggregate value of first clearances for the financial year.
Analysis: The exemption under Notification No. 1/93-C.E., as amended by Notification No. 90/94-C.E. dated 25.04.1994, applied to specified goods and operated only after the assessee opted for the benefit of the notification. Clearances effected earlier, when the goods were not yet covered by the notification, were clearances of unspecified goods and could not be brought into the computation of first clearances for exemption purposes. The aggregate value therefore had to be calculated only with reference to clearances made after the notification was opted for and after the goods had become specified goods.
Conclusion: The pre-notification clearances were not includible in the exemption slab computation, and the assessee was entitled to the benefit of the notification from the date of opting for it.
Final Conclusion: The Revenue's challenge failed, and the order granting the exemption benefit was sustained.
Ratio Decidendi: For a small scale industry exemption, only clearances of goods covered by the notification after the assessee opts for the scheme can be aggregated for the exemption limit; prior clearances of goods not yet specified under the notification cannot be counted.