1993 (10) TMI 200

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..... , for the Respondents. [Order per : R. Jayaraman, Member (T)]. This is an appeal against the order in appeal No. S/49-226/85L, dated 27-11-1986 2 The appellants, who are traders, imported a consignment of Vit. A Acetate (feed grade) of cif value Rs. 62,475/-. They claimed clearance against OGL Appx. 6 lists part III Sr. No. 33 of AM 1984-85 policy. However, the Department objected to t .....

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..... not made aware to the public by way of public notice and hence remitted the redemption fine. 4 Shri Ravinder Jain, the ld. JDR, for the Department contended that in this case, though the L/C was opened on 7-1-1985, the goods have been supplied on 24-5-1985 and hence the appellants appear to have known of the clarifcation and this is a deliberate import. Moreover, the STC is not the recognised a .....

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..... commitment by opening the L/C was made and the goods have come in accordance with the L/C opened and the Department had been allowing similar clearances in the past based on the STC clarification, we find no reason to interfere with the approach adopted earlier. We also agree with Shri Jain that the State Trading Coporation is not the recognised authority to give clarification, But the Department .....

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