1985 (10) TMI 173

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....Kohli, Consultant, for the Respondents. [Order per : K.L. Rekhi, Member(T)] .-In this appeal, the department seeks to have the demand for central excise duty of Rs. 24,527.97 restored. The Collector (Appeals) has set aside this demand on the ground of time-bar. 2. On hearing both sides, we find that the relevant facts, chronologically, are as under : (i)  January 1977 to April 1977 &nbsp....

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....ted can reasonably be presumed to be within the knowledge of the department. Yet, if in 1979 the department chose to grant the refund even in respect of such of the excess produced sugar as had been exported in 1977, it can only be called an erroneous payment on the part of the department for the recovery of which Section 11 A of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 set a time limit of six month....