2016 (9) TMI 1125

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....ki Addy for Respondent ORDER The present appeal filed by the Revenue is against the order dated 12.09.2007 passed by the Commissioner (Appeals), Bhopal. The assessee is a manufacturer of oxygen gas and dissolved acetylene gas falling under Chapters 28 & 29 of the 1st Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. At the time of registration with the Central Excise Department, they could no....

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....l before this Tribunal. 2. The Revenue's appeal is mainly on the following grounds: (i) The refund claims filed are hit by the time limit under Section 11-B inasmuch as the assessee has failed to produce the acknowledgement copy of the protest letter as required under the erstwhile Rule 233-B; and (ii) The assessee has paid duty availing the modvat/cenvat credit. Hence, in....

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....cannot be considered as paid under protest. He has further held that the claim is liable to be rejected on the ground of unjust enrichment as the assessee has failed to produce the copies of the contracts entered into with the customers from which it could have been established. We find that the first appellate authority in the impugned order has considered all these submissions and given a detail....

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....going through the contracts, it is seen that the contracts relate to basic price of the gas sold plus sales tax, octroi, cess etc. There is no reference to payment of excise duty by the customers. Therefore, prima facie, this contract would indicate that the appellants had not intended to pass on the element of duty of excise to the customers. It is further seen that the Assistant Commissioner, Ce....