2003 (3) TMI 566
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.... the Respondent. [Order per : Krishna Kumar, Member (J)]. - Shri R. Nambirajan, learned Advocate, appearing on behalf of the appellants submitted that the period in dispute is December, 1987 to September, 1993. The factory was sold on 1-10-1993 to M/s. Terene Fibres (I) Ltd. (TFIL in short) who started manufacturing polyester staple fibre in their factory. On 30-4-1996 the Department took sampl....
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....d 14-9-2000 directed the Assistant Commissioner to decide de novo after issue of Show Cause Notice and with a specific direction that Dy. Chief Chemist's report of only those samples which were drawn during the period in dispute can be relied upon. The Dy. Commissioner without adhering to the direction of the Commissioner (Appeals) relied upon the same test report of the sample drawn on 30-4-96 an....
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....ample is concerned for which this sample was tested out of the goods produced much after the period for which the demand has been raised and thus the result of tests cannot be applied to the goods which were produced much before the date of taking samples". He also relied on another decision of Karnataka High Court in the case of Doddaballapur Spinning Mills Ltd. v. Asstt. Collector of Central Exc....