2023 (7) TMI 946
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.... Deputy Commissioner (A.R) - For the Respondent ORDER Brief facts are that the appellant is engaged in manufacture of water filters and filed declaration under erstwhile Rule 173B of Central Excise Rules, 1944 classifying their product under sub heading 8421.10 of First Schedule to CETA 1985. Later, they filed a revised declaration on 02.05.2007 seeking classification of the said goods under sub....
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..... The duty was paid by them under protest. 2. After due process of law, the refund sanctioning authority sanctioned refund of Rs.1,380/- and rejected Rs.83,200/-. The balance amount of Rs.27,77,948/- was sanctioned but ordered to be credited to the Consumer Welfare Fund on the ground that the said claim is hit by the principle of unjust enrichment. 3. Aggrieved by such order directing the amount....
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....ther been realized nor passed on to the customers, the same has not been established by the appellant. By issuing credit notes to the dealers, the requirement of establishing that the incidence of duty element has not been passed on to the ultimate consumer is not satisfied. Ld. A.R relied upon the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Addison and Co. Ltd. Vs Commissioner - 2017 (35....