2005 (2) TMI 691

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....e Appellant. Smt. K.A. Mishra, SDR, for the Respondent. [Order per : S.S. Kang, Vice-President]. - Heard both sides. 2. Appellants filed this appeal against the Order-in-Appeal passed by the Commissioner (Appeals). 3. In this case, the issue involved is whether value of packing material i.e. drums is to be included in the assessable value of sodium silicate. 4. The....

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....on can be alleged against the appellants. 5. The contention of the Revenue is that there is no evidence on record produced by the appellants to show that there was any arrangement for return of packing material. The contention of the Revenue is that where there is an arrangement between the supplier and their customers regarding the return of the packing material, in such a situation, even....

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.... durable and returnable, in such a situation if the packing material is not returned, the value of the same cannot be included in the assessable value of the final products. 7. Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of K. Radha Krishaiah (supra) held that in the absence of any arrangement for return of packing material, the Revenue was right in not excluding the cost of packing in determination....