2015 (10) TMI 2449

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....s) from aluminium scrap in a coal fired hand operated small furnace. It was found that there are no manufacturing activities. Shri Gautam Pal, proprietor of the said firm, in his statement dated 28.3.2005 and the other statements admitted that he had fraudulently issued the invoices to facilitate the CENVAT credit to the other manufacturers. Thereafter, the Central Excise officers visited the appellants factory on 08.4.2005, who is engaged in the manufacture of Anhydrous Aluminium Chloride classifiable under heading 28.27 of the schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985, and availed cenvat credit on the basis of invoices issued by the said Firm. After verification of records, documents and the search operation of the said firm and th....

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....9 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2001/2002/ 2004. He submits that the issue is squarely covered by the following decisions:- (a) M/s. Bhagwati Silk Mills - Order No. A/55-185/WZB/AHD/ 2011 dated 23.11.2010 /24.01.2011. (b) Prayagraj Dyeing & Printing Mills Pvt. Limited vs. UOI  2013 (290) ELT 61 (Guj.) (c) CCE & Cus. vs. D.P. Singh  2011 (270) ELT 321 (Guj.) (d) Minakshi Fashion Pvt. Limited vs. CCE & Cus., Surat  2015 (322) ELT 174 (Guj.) 3. On the other hand, the learned Authorised Representative for the Revenue reiterates the findings of the adjudicating authority. He submits that the Tribunal has already decided identical issue in the case of M/s. Akik Dyechem & Others vs. CCE, Ahmedabad vide Order No. A/515-540/WZB....

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..... The learned Advocate strongly relied upon the decision of the Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat in the case of Prayagraj Dyeing & Printing Mills Pvt. Otd (supra). In that case, the invoices issued by the dealers were a valid piece of document at the time of clearance of the goods. In this context, the Hon'ble High Court held that the demand is barred by limitation. The decision of the Hon'ble Gujarat High Court in the case of D.P. Singh (supra) is in the context of rebate claim on the exported goods. So, the facts of the said case are different from the present case and would not apply in the present case. We find that the decision of the Tribunal in the case of Akik Dyechem & Others (supra) is applicable in the present case. The ....

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....tion:  "In the present case the manufacturers being in the knowledge of the fact that the credit was travelling only on the basis of the invoices without actual travel of the inputs is established from the statements of the various persons recorded during the course of investigation. As such, we do not find any force in the appellant plea of the demand being barred by limitation. It is further seen that in the said decision of IDL Chemical Limited, the Tribunal observed that the credit taken on the basis of the fake and no genuine duty paying documents is required to be reversed. Accordingly, we are of the opinion that the reversal of credit by M/s. AIA Engineering Pvt. Limited and Bhagwati Autocast Limited is justified" 6. In the c....