Withdrawal of long pending prosecutions proposed for small central excise cases; field units asked to report counts and comments. The Department seeks information on Central Excise prosecution proceedings pending for more than 15 years and involving Central Excise duty of up to Rs. 5 lakhs to assess whether such old, low value cases should be considered for withdrawal of prosecution. Responding offices must report the number of cases, duty involved and comments on withdrawal, and submit the consolidated report to specified email addresses and fax numbers by the stated deadline.