2007 (7) TMI 53

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.... for early disposal of the appeal. After hearing both sides, we are of the view that the appeal itself requires to be disposed of summarily. Accordingly, after allowing the application, we take up the appeal. 2. The appeal is against denial of permission, by the lower authorities to the appellants, for transfer of unutilized CENVAT credit to the appellant's Gujarat Unit. The appellant's unit at....

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....e present appeal. 3. After considering the submissions of both sides, we note that the application for permission to transfer the credit was made under Rule 10 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. Sub-rule (1) of Rule 10 is as under: "If a manufacturer of the final product shifts his factory to another site or the factory is transferred on account of change in ownership or on account of sale, m....

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.... that the appellants shifted their plant and machinery from Pondicherry to Gujarat after obtaining the requisite permission from the departmental authorities. it is, again, not in dispute that there was no stock of inputs as such or in process at the time of this shifting of factory. However, at that time, there was unutilized input-duty credit to the extent of over 33 lakhs in the relevant CENVAT....

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....n which the above credit had been availed were not duly accounted for by the appellants to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise at Pondicherry. Their only case is that there was no transfer of inputs as such or inputs in process along with capital goods to the Gujarat Unit. This argument belies logic inasmuch as it would mean that transfer of a fac....