2005 (3) TMI 208

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....8195;Heard both sides. 2. The issue relates to remission of duty on account of fire broken in the factory. The appellant is a job worker and was doing the job work on the medicaments when the fire broke out in the factory on 19-12-2000 and beside loss of machinery etc., seven workmen have also died. The appellant was also arrested. The appellant has sent an intimation to the department on 3-1-200....

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....so submitted that a copy of the FIR dated 21-12-2001, panchnama dated 19-12-2000 etc. were filed with the department. Still Commissioner has chosen to reject the claim for remission of duty. He also submitted that in a similar matter the other Commissioner has granted the remission as such there was no reason for the Commissioner to have rejected the claim of remission on the ground of late filing....