Adjudicating authority improperly reclassified imported goods under Customs Tariff Act, 1975, bypassing intended classification scheme.

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....Classification of imported goods - Instead of deliberating on the validity, and appropriateness, of a tariff item in the First Schedule to Customs Tariff Act, 1975 other than that claimed in the bills of entry after due notice to the importer, the adjudicating authority adopted a process of elimination of the enumeration of descriptions in the Schedules to the ‘integrated tax’ rate notification, and ignoring the scheme of its presentation, with the erroneous assumption of jurisdiction to place goods within the ambit of the residuary entry in Schedule III of the ‘integrated tax’ rate notification. - AT....