Refund of excess Duty paid - closure of factory - It’s very o...

Refund of excess Duty paid - closure of factory - It’s very obvious that when one entity closed it’s production and surrendered the registration and a new entity obtained a fresh registration with a new PAN, the former entity became non-existent and it’s closure of production is clearly falls under the term ‘permanently’. Accordingly, the present case is clearly covered under Rule 16 of the Rules and consequently the respondent is legally entitled for the refund of duty. - AT