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2001 (3) TMI 692

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..... nputs viz Glass tubing of various types at Madras Port and filed declaration of the goods imported. The Bills of Entry were assessed and duties were paid. The goods were assessed and classified under Customs Tariff Headings 7011.10 7008.10 of Central Excise Tariff for purpose of CVD at NIL rate. Demand notices were issued under Section 28 of the Customs Act, 1962 and total C.V. Duty of Rs. 37,39,011/- was demanded as follows Bill of Entry No. Date of Payment of Duty C.V. Duty in Rs. Reply Sent HD 0200774 8-2-91 1,90,146 8-8-91 HD 0200764 8-2-91 2,92,697 8-8-91 BE 9155 8-3-91 HD 302903 25-3-91 1,40,076 27-3-91 .....

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..... instead of omitted used as above while in other cases it was The two bills of entry noted overleaf had been originally assessed to Customs duty without CV duty which is not correct. Actually CV duty is very much chargeable at 40% + 15% of SED and the review of the assessment results in the present short levy of Rs.................. in other notices only a mention is made about the earlier assessment being not correct . Only in one notice - (i.e. issued for BE No 1 + 0110, 881, dated 20-11-1992 the words are The quartz exhaust tubings covered by the Bill of Entry had been assessed on finally without levy of CV Duty which is correct. Actually, these goods are correctly classifiable under Heading 7001.90/7008.10 CET which att .....

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..... ing 70.02 of HSN (equivalent to 70.01 of CET) and not under Heading 70.11 Accordingly he ordered the classification under 7001.90 and confirmed the demands on all the BEs amounting to Rs. 37,39,911/- 4. The Collector of Customs (Appeals) issued another printed proforma filled in dated 31-1-1995 stated to be Notice for duty/deposit of penalty under Section 129E of the Customs Act, 1962 which directed the appellants should pay the duty as determined within 15 days. If they wanted to represent against the said tentative conclusion, they were required to file a representation within 18 days. However, this order did not disclose the authority to whom such representation should be filed. This notice conveyed that, if nothing was heard fro .....

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..... g the issue back to the original authority or the appellate authority, after setting aside the order, will not serve any purpose as we do not find any reasons given in the demand notices, for changing the classification, as arrived at ab initio by the Assistant Collector, assessment group. In fact, except for one notice, no notice even proposes any alternative heading for classification. The reasons in the order of the Assistant Collector, therefore, determining the nature of the tubes under import are not available. It is not known how it has been determined, that the impugned goods are tubes which do not have narrowed ends nor fluorescent coating. In absence of material on record, the issue cannot be settled. No purpose, therefore, will b .....

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