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Appellant Not Liable for Customs Duty Due to DGFT Delays in Issuing Export Obligation Discharge Certificate.
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....Demand of customs duty - fulfillment of export obligation - In the present case the appellant had fulfilled the export obligations and submitted the requisite papers to DGFT for issuance of EODC well in time. However, the non co-operation of the two Departments, i.e. the Customs and the DGFT, the instant show cause notice and the impugned orders have resulted in denying the benefit to the appellant and imposing the liability to pay the custom duty, which prima-facie is unsustainable. The delay, if any, in issuance of the EODC was on the part of the DGFT and for which the appellant cannot be penalised. - AT....