1989 (10) TMI 147

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....D.R., for the Respondent. [Order per : V.P. Gulati, Member (T)]. - This appeal is against the order of Collector of Central Excise (Appeals), Madras. The short point that falls for decision in the appeal is whether Diaphragms and Air Bags used in the appellants' factory are eligible for the benefit of MODVAT credit under Rule 57A. The lower authorities have held that these two items connecte....

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....er of the Collector of Central Excise (Appeals), New Delhi in which another manufacturer had been given the benefit in terms of Notification 217/86 under which exemption to MODVAT items if used within the factory of production in the manufacture of finished product is permitted. He pleaded that the items excluded from the purview of the benefit as in the case of Rule 57A are as under: "Explanat....

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....f any goods are excluded from the purview of the benefit of Rule 57A as also Notification 217/86. He pleaded that the appellants manufactured the two items in their factory which are captively consumed and as it is, they should have thought of taking the benefit of proviso to Rule 9 under which excisable goods can be removed without payment of duty leviable thereon, if they are consumed or utilise....

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....or being eligible for the benefit of MODVAT facility. The term 'consume' as defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary is as under : "Destroy; use up; eat or drink, spend, waste." In the context of the items, it is observed that these are used in conjunction with the moulds and the two items together give shape to the tyres manufactured in the appellants' factory and the two items constitute o....