2009 (11) TMI 785

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....They did not receive back the said procured inputs within the stipulated period of 180 days and also failed to reverse Cenvat credit taken on the inputs which were rejected at the end of job workers but cost of the same was recovered from these job workers. The respondents paid all the dues along with interest before issuance of show cause notice. Later on a show cause notice was issued to the respondents for imposition of penalty under Rule 14 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. The penalty was confirmed by the adjudicating authority. Against that penalty the respondents preferred an appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals) who reduced the penalty to Rs. 2000/-. Being aggrieved with the reduction of the penalty, the Revenue is in appeal befo....

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.... penalty without stating reasons, Section 11AC cannot be mechanically applied without specific charge leveled against the assessee, intention to evade payment of duty is to be proved, no penalty can be imposed. She further contended that show-cause notice is also time barred and on that count the penalty is not imposable. 5. Heard both sides. 6. On careful examination of the submissions made by both the parties, I find that in the impugned order the Commissioner (Appeals) has elaborately discussed the issue. This case pertains to non-reversal of Cenvat credit on account of non-receiving the input from the job workers within the stipulated period of 180 days which is dealt by Rule 4(5)(a) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. The relevant extr....