TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2004 (9) TMI 544
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....d classification list No. 1/90-91, dated 11th June, 1990 mentioned under Sl. No. 4. In this Serial Number they shown lubricating oils and greases falling under sub-heading 3403.00 and claimed exemption under Notification 120/84-C.E., dated 11-5-1984. The Assistant Collector issued a show cause notice on 19-6-1992 that the exemption claimed under Notification 120/84-C.E. was not available to them on the ground that the lubricating oils and greases falling under SH 3403.00 are not entitled to the exemption. The Assistant Collector in his order dated 3rd March, 1993, denied the exemption under Notification 120/84-C.E., dated 11th May, 1984 on the ground that it is not applicable for SH 3403.00. The Collector (Appeals) upheld this Order of the ....
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....ion under reference were satisfied in respect of the goods falling under SH-3403.00. He submits that the reasons given by the lower authorities are totally baseless and untenable. The lower authorities had no jurisdiction to impose a new condition or restriction which was not there in the Notification. He refers to the order of the Assistant Collector in which he has held that Notification only applied to the lubricating oils and greases falling under SH 2710.60 and SH 2710.80 and it did not apply to lubricating oils and greases falling under SH 3403.00. He submits that there was no restriction or condition in the said Notification and none could be imposed by the Assistant Collector. He submits that the Collector (Appeals) in his findings ....
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....tion Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta. He submits that in the present case, the goods in question are lubricating oils and greases and this position was admitted in the show cause notice. These were blended and compounded lubricating oils and greases as clearly evident from the classification lists itself. The end use of the said lubricating oils and greases is lubrication. These facts had not been disputed by the authorities below. These products are recognized in the trade and in common and commercial parlance as lubricating oils and greases. The main product manufactured by the appellant is hard loco which is a lubricating grease used mainly by the Indian Railways and recognized as a lubricating greases in the trade. The ....