TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2017 (8) TMI 1266
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....a, DR for the Respondent ORDER Per V. Padmanbhan The appeal is against the Order-In-Original no.89/2013 dated 29.07.2013. The appellant is engaged in the manufacture of Pan Masala under Tariff Heading 2106 90 20 of the Central Excise Tariff Act. Such Pan Masala is packed in pouches with the aid of pouch packing machines (FFS Machines). A portion of Pan Masala is also packed in tins. W.e.f. 01.....
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....xtent of Rs. 39,74,838/- along with interest and penalty equal to duty, under Section 11AC. Aggrieved by the impugned order, the present appeal has been filed. 2. With the above background we heard Shri Manish Pushkaran ld. Advocate for the appellant as well as M.R. Sharma DR. 3. The ld. Counsel for the appellant submitted that the demand comprised of two parts- i) For Pan Masala packed in pouc....
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.... in the Government Press subsequently. 5. DR supported the impugned order. 6. First, we consider the demand attributable to Pan Masala packed manually in tins. The appellant has cited the CBEC circular dated 04.08.2008 in which it has been clarified that the Compounded Levy Scheme notified under Section 3A will not be applicable to Pan Masala packed in tin containers manually. Such scheme is spe....
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....llant has requested the Department to seal all their machines. Accordingly from 2.07.2008 onwards there is no duty liability on the appellant. However, it is not disputed that the machines were installed in the factory and not sealed on 01.07.2008 i.e. available for manufacture of Pan Masala on 01.07.2008. Consequently, in terms of the scheme notified under Section 3A, the appellant is liable to p....