1997 (12) TMI 353

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....ondent. [Order per : J.H. Joglekar, Member (T)]. - The appellants in this case were operating under the benefit of Notification No. 175/86-C.E., dated 1-3-1986 and similar notifications in the earlier time. They were a unit registered with the D.G.T.D. which did not prevent them from benefiting under the notifications up to 30-10-1987 when the notification was amended by Notification No. 244/87....

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....endment denied the benefit of notification to the assessees, it was not a fact that the assessee had suppressed any fact to continue wrongful availment of the notification. He stated that the assessee did not know of this amendment. He referred to the assessee's letter to the department dated 15-5-1984 where at the time of surrendering of their licence, they had clearly informed the department tha....

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....he claim of limitation. We are not impressed by this logic of the Adjudicating Authority. For the assessee the department is a single entity. Any communication made by the assessee with the department would continue to remain valid and intact even if the identity of a particular Officer undergoes a change or even where the gap between the point of time of communication and its reference is long. I....