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TMI Blog2019 (4) TMI 237X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of farmers indicates that the farmers are non existence. On the basis of investigation at the end of commission agents and farmers, the Merrut Commissionerate concluded that J&K based units are not purchasing raw material, so there is no question of manufacture of finished goods by J&K based units, the goods manufactured were sold to UP based manufacturers who in turn partially exported their finished goods and partially sold in domestic market. The Merrut Commissionerate issued show cause notices to UP based manufacturers to deny cenvat credit availed on goods purchased from J&K based suppliers and at the insistence of Meerut Commissionerate, the jurisdictional Commissionerate issued show cause notices to various J&K based manufactures raising demand of duty refunded to them who are availing area based exemption under Notification No. 56/2002-CE dated 14.11.2002. The adjudicating authority has confirmed demand on the grounds that the farmers are non existence ensuring non supply of raw material by commission agents to J&K based units and absence of evidence by the appellant. Therefore, by way of the impugned order, the cenvat credit availed to the appellant was sought to be deman ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... erefore, it cannot be held that the appellants had not manufactured the goods during the impugned period. Moreover, as per the report of Jurisdictional Commissioner to Chief Commissioner dated 21.05.2010 reveals as under: "5. Thus the officers of Merrut-II Commissionerate, instead of selecting the consignments where no excisable goods were manufactured/supplied, have generalized that all the purchases of crude Mentha oil by these Mentha units located at Jammu were bogus units, these units did not have any infrastructure to manufacture the said products, were non-functional and Transporters who did not tum up for tendering statements were declared non-existent etc. however, on close scrutiny of the records, the following facts emerges: (i) Most of the consignments of raw material were found entered at the Toll barrier. (ii) The Officers of District Industry Centre, who have assessed and fixed the capacity of manufacturing units, have been regularly verifying their purchase consignments. (iii) The Range staff had also been visiting these units for PBC Checks/verification of plant/machineries and reported nothing adverse against these units. 6. Therefore, it may not be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... legation on the basis of investigation conducted at the end of Commissioner of Central Excise, Merrut is not sustainable that the appellant is not manufacturer the goods. Admittedly, duty is payable on the manufacture of goods and as per the report of the Commissioner of Central Excise, Jammu dated 25.02.2010, it has been revealed as under: "5. Thus the officers of Merrut-II Commissionerate, instead of selecting the consignments where no excisable goods were manufactured/supplied, have generalized that all the purchases of crude Mentha oil by these Mentha units located at Jammu were bogus units, these units did not have any infrastructure to manufacture the said products, were non-functional and Transporters who did not tum up for tendering statements were declared non-existent etc. however, on close scrutiny of the records, the following facts emerges: (i) Most of the consignments of raw material were found entered at the Toll barrier. (ii) The Officers of District Industry Centre, who have assessed and fixed the capacity of manufacturing units, have been regularly verifying their purchase consignments. (iii) The Range staff had also been visiting these units for PBC C ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ble. The evidence submitted by the appellant in the form of Order-in-Original passed by Commissioner of Central Excise, Jammu on 31/03/2008, wherein it was held that M/s Infotech System, Jammu was manufacturing the goods was not accepted by the Original Authority stating that the said Commissioner, Jammu did not see himself that the goods have been manufactured. If such a logic is accepted then the basic system of assessment by Authorities under tax statute needs to be concluded to have been not properly understood by the Adjudicating Authority. The present system of assessment in Central Excise is record based. The Officer assessing the duty is not required to be present when the goods are being manufactured to witness the process of manufacture. The adjudication is to be done on the basis of evidence produced before the Adjudicating Authority. As per Evidence Act evidence in totality is to be taken into consideration and therefore, finding recorded in the impugned Order by the Original Authority who passed the said Order dated 29/01/2010 is bad in law. The Original Authority did not understand the process either of assessments or of adjudication. Further the investigations were n ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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