TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2000 (7) TMI 378
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.... for the Respondents. [Order per : P.S. Bajaj, Member (J)]. - In this appeal the issue involved is whether the Assistant Collector had power to review the classification list of the assessee after having once approved the same. 2. The facts giving rise to this may briefly be stated as under : 3. The appellants are engaged in the manufacture of toughened glass and solar ....
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....tion list. The Assistant Collector accepted their version and dropped the proceedings against them. 5. The Revenue went in appeal against the said order of the Assistant Collector but the Collector (Appeals) affirmed the order of the Assistant Collector and rejected their appeal. 6. Feeling dissatisfied with this order of the Collector (Appeals), the Revenue has come up in appeal b....
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....r order in order to correct the error. The principle of stare decisis cannot be invoked in such a situation. The authority has power to correct the error appearing on the face of its earlier order. There the doctrine of estoppel also cannot be invoked in such a case as no estoppel against law can be legally pleaded by any one. In this context reference be made to Apex Court's observations in Kesha....
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....roved classification, is erroneous and legally not tenable, especially when the show cause notice was issued to the appellants for changing the classification of the product, on the ground it had been earlier wrongly classified under Chapter Heading 72.19, while it was classifiable under sub-heading 7004.90 of the Tariff. He was competent to reopen the classification issue and decide the same afre....