2013 (8) TMI 889

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....for want of clearance from the Committee on Disputes (CoD). In the said order it was mentioned that the appellant is given liberty to seek restoration of the appeal on obtaining clearance from the Committee. 2. The learned counsel for the appellant submits that, in view of the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Electronic Corporation of India Ltd. - 2011-TIOL-18-SC-CX-CB = 2011 (265) E.L.T. 11 (S.C.) = 2011 (21) S.T.R. 593 (S.C.), clearance from the Committee on Disputes is no longer required for a public sector undertaking for filing of appeals and, therefore, in the present case also there is no clearance required from CoD and hence the appeal be restored. The learned counsel further submits that, the Hon'ble Hig....

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....est for permission to file appeal before the Tribunal, that decision taken does not get undone and it has not become a nullity if such decisions were taken prior to the pronouncement of the decision in the case of Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. by the Hon'ble Apex Court. Since in the present case, the request of the appellant have been rejected by the CoD, the question of restoration of appeal would not arise. 3.2 Reliance has also placed on the decision of the Tribunal in the case of Commissioner of Customs, Mangalore v. Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. - 2013 (292) E.L.T. 427 wherein, in similar circumstances, the application for restoration of appeal was dismissed since the CoD declined permission prior to 17-2-2011 when the Apex Co....

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....r permission to file appeal had been rejected not once, but twice by the Committee on Disputes. Therefore, the position on the date of pronouncement of the order of the Apex Court in Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. case was that the appellant's application stood rejected by the CoD. The argument of the appellant that the benefit of the decision of the Apex Court in the case of Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. should be extended to them is bereft of any merit, because their application had already been rejected as per the then existing procedure. In such cases, it is not permissible to reopen all the past cases where either application has been rejected by the CoD or the appellant had not applied for any such permission. 4.2&em....