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Classification of products for Central Excise duty, eligibility for exemption under Notification Nos. 149/82-C.E. and 182/82-C.E. Analysis: 1. The appellants manufacture press moulding products using synthetic resin with fibre glass reinforcement and fibre glass textolite sheets. The question is the correct classification for Central Excise duty and eligibility for exemption under specific notifications. 2. The Collector (Appeals) classified products under Item 68 of the Central Excise Tariff, denying exemption benefits under Notification Nos. 149/82-C.E. and 182/82-C.E. due to the use of glass fibre alongside synthetic resin in manufacturing. 3. Appellants argued that the glass fabric content in textolite sheets was predominant, justifying classification under Item 22F of the Tariff, citing a Tribunal decision. They claimed exemption under Notification No. 149/82-C.E. for plastic articles and argued that even if mouldings were classified under Item 68, they should be exempt from duty as plastic articles. 4. Revenue contended that products did not qualify as articles made wholly of plastics, citing Tribunal decisions. They argued against classification under Tariff Item 15A(2) and exemption under Notifications No. 149/82-C.E. and 182/82-C.E. for products not wholly made of plastics. 5. The Tribunal referred to Supreme Court and Tribunal decisions on articles made of plastics, emphasizing the requirement for articles to be wholly made of plastic materials for classification. It concluded that both mouldings and textolite sheets did not meet this criterion under Tariff Item 15A(2). 6. Textolite sheets' classification under Item 22F was supported by a previous Tribunal decision, leading to their correct classification under the Central Excise Tariff. 7. Mouldings were correctly classified under Tariff Item 68 due to the predominant plastic content, as confirmed during arguments and unchallenged by Revenue. 8. Exemption under Notification Nos. 149/82-C.E. and 182/82-C.E. was deemed inapplicable to the products as they did not qualify as articles made of plastics, as per the Supreme Court's definition. The Collector's decision to deny exemption benefits was upheld for mouldings but overturned for textolite sheets. 9. The Tribunal upheld the Collector's decision on the classification of mouldings and the denial of exemption benefits under specific notifications, while ruling in favor of classifying textolite sheets under Item 22F of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944. 10. The appeal was disposed of accordingly, with the Tribunal's decision reflecting the classification and exemption eligibility of the products based on the legal interpretations provided.
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