1989 (6) TMI 200

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....nt, for the Respondents. [Order per : I.J. Rao, Member (T) ].  - The facts necessary for the decision in this matter are that the respondents are engaged in the manufacture of Tractors in Mohali, Punjab. They commenced production in 1974-75. The Central Board of Excise and Customs by an order dated 24-11-1975 exempted them on the ground that the tractors would be manufactured entirely f....

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....tion No. 198/76 prescribed that "the clearances of any specified goods, exempted from the whole of the duty leviable.....shall not be taken into account.....". However, the Assistant Collector passed an order to the effect that tractors removed under the exemption order of the Board should also be taken into account for the purpose of calculating base clearances. 4. The respondents went up in a....

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....D.R., submitted that in view of this difference in the wording, the interpretation of Notification No. 198/76 would not exclude the value of goods cleared under exemption order granted by the Central Board of Excise and Customs for calculating base clearance. 6. Shri Mehta, the learned Consultant for the respondents submitted that a Notification should be strictly interpreted. He argued that th....