1994 (6) TMI 81

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....ma, JDR, for the Respondents. [Order per : Jyoti Balasundaram, Member (J)]. - The classification of water well drilling rigs manufactured by the appellants is the issue for consideration in this appeal - according to the Department the item merits classification under Heading 8705.00 which covers "special purpose motor vehicles other than those principally designed for the transport of persons ....

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....he crawler depending upon the need of the customer. In the present case the mounting was done on truck chassis purchased from outside by altering the gear box of chassis engine so that during the time of drilling, the chassis engine acts as the prime mover of the hydraulic system, certain structural changes are carried out in the gear box of the chassis either by cutting the main propeller shaft a....

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.... the order is reproduced below : "We have carefully considered the pleas advanced on both sides. We observe that the adjudicating authority has relied only on the following portion of HSN Explanatory Notes under Chapter Heading 84.30: "(C) Explanatory note of Chapter Heading 84.30(2) Machines mounted on automobile chassis or lorries. Certain machines of this heading (e.g. pile-drivers, oil well ....