Education Cess Credits Retain Cenvat Status u/r 3 CCR, 2004; Appeal Dismissal for Predeposit Non-Compliance Unjustified.

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....Once the credit of education cess and secondary education cess is specifically disallowed to be carried forward as transitional credit, they remain and retain their character as education cess and secondary education cess as cenvat credit as per Rule 3 of CCR, 2004. Since there is no finding on the merit by the learned Commissioner(Appeals), it will not be appropriate to decide the appeal on merits. The dismissal of the appeal for non-compliance of mandatory predeposit is not justified in law when the appellant has already paid the entire duty by debiting the cenvat credit account. - AT....