2018 (5) TMI 104

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....r and maintenance of capital goods. Alleging that these items are not eligible to credit, Show Cause Notice was issued to them for recovery of Rs. 1,51,084/- for the period December 2011 to February 2014.  On adjudication, the demand was confirmed alongwith interest.  On appeal, the Ld. Commissioner (Appeals) upheld the adjudication order. Hence, the present appeal. 3. The Ld. Advocate Shri S.J. Vyas for the appellant submits that all these items were used for repair and maintenance of capital goods, hence, eligible to credit as per the definition of "input" prescribed under Rule 2(k) of CCR, 2004.  He submits that the credit availed on the above items used for repair and maintenance of capital goods are held to be admissi....

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.... I find that the issue as to whether the goods used for repair and maintenance of plant and machinery are eligible for cenvat credit, stands decided in favour of the Appellant by Hon'ble Rajasthan High Court in the case of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (supra) wherein Hon'ble High Court has held that MS/SS plates used in the workshop meant for repair and maintenance of the plant and machinery's would be liable for cenvat credit and also by the judgments of Hon'ble Chhattisgarh High Court in the case of Ambuja Cements Eastern Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise (supra) and Hon'ble Karnataka High Court in the case of Commissioner of Central Excise v. Alfred Herbert (India) Ltd. (supra) wherein Hon'ble High Court have held that the inputs used for re....