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TMI Blog2015 (4) TMI 969X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he can file an appeal, together with an application for waiver of pre-deposit and stay of recovery of the amounts confirmed against him by Ext.P6 order. At the time of filing the appeal, he will not be required to make any payment as a pre-condition for the hearing of the waiver application by the Tribunal. I, therefore, relegate the petitioner to the alternate remedy available under the Finance Act, 1994, as amended, of approaching the Appellate Tribunal by way of an appeal against Ext.P6 order. It is made clear that the appeal to be filed by the petitioner would be governed by the statutory provisions, as they stood prior to the amendment introduced with effect from 16.08.2014. - Decided in favour of assessee. - WP(C). No. 8883 of 2015 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... espondent, in that they can prefer an appeal before the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal against the said order. It is pointed out that by virtue of the amendment that was introduced into the Finance Act, 1994, with effect from 16.08.2014, the petitioner is required to deposit only 7.5% of the tax amount confirmed against it, as a condition for preferring an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal. 4. I have considered the submissions of counsel on either side. I find that Ext.P6 is an order passed by the 2nd respondent, against which the petitioner has an alternate remedy under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1994, as amended to prefer an appeal before the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal. The only po ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... les Tax M P Nagpur (AIR 1967 SC 344) and Ramesh Singh and Another v. Cinta Devi and Others (1996 (3) SCC 142) . In that view of the matter, I find that the petitioner, in whose case also the lis commenced in 2013, would not be required to deposit the amount of 7.5%, as required pursuant to the 2014 amendment, and in that respect, he would have an efficacious alternate remedy before the Tribunal where he can file an appeal, together with an application for waiver of pre-deposit and stay of recovery of the amounts confirmed against him by Ext.P6 order. At the time of filing the appeal, he will not be required to make any payment as a pre-condition for the hearing of the waiver application by the Tribunal. I, therefore, relegate the petitioner ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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