TMI Blog1997 (5) TMI 271X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ataramani, Member (T)]. - This application seeks waiver of duty of Rs. 32,14,859 and of a penalty of Rs. 5 lakhs imposed on the applicants in the captioned order of the Commissioner of Customs Central Excise, Goa. As we find that the matter has to be remanded, we grant stay and take up the appeal for disposal. 2. The Appellants, a joint venture of Goa Government and TELCO, manufacture part ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nts and Shri S.V. Singh, ld. DR for the department. 4. On a careful consideration of the submissions, we find that the Commissioner s order that the cost of the dies and fixtures should be added to the assessable value of the final product finds support in the Tribunal s decision in the case of Flex Industries v. C.C.E., 1997 (91) E.L.T. 120. In that case the Tribunal has noted the Circular No. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nt may be accepted. 5. The Tribunal observed that the Board was right in adopting such a rational principle of proportional value addition in such cases. The Tribunal held that in such cases determination of the question of adding the cost of the material to the assessable value has to be made after making a realistic estimate of the expected life and capability of the materials concerned (dies ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... aspect, we remand the matter to the Commissioner to redetermine the proportional value addition to the assessable value of the components manufactured by the appellants in the light of the Tribunal decision in the case of Flex Industries Ltd. supra. Necessary particulars for the purpose of such redetermination may be called for from the appellants who should expeditiously comply with the requireme ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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