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2022 (10) TMI 1021

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..... respondent No.4. 2. In this Special Civil Application, the petitioner company has made following prayers. "[i] to set aside Order No.A/11068- 11069/2019 dated 05.07.2019 passed by Appellate Tribunal in Appeal No.399- 400/2011; [ii] to hold and declare that the subject goods namely "Extra Clear Float Glass" are covered under Notification No.4/2009-Cus. dated 6.1.2009 as amended from time to time, and they are liable for levy and collection of Anti-Dumping Duty under the above referred Notification; [iii] to prohibit respondent Nos.1 and 2, their servants and agents from clearing any consignments of Extra Clear Float Glass from any Customs stations without levying and recovering Anti-Dumping Duty thereon under Notification No.4/2009 .....

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..... e Extra Clear Float Glass imported by the assessee- company were not liable to Anti-Dumping Duty. The orders passed by the authorities levying such duty came to be set aside and the said goods were directed to be assessed without levy of such duty. Appeals of the assesseecompany was allowed. In other words, the Tribunal refused to treat the Clear Float Glass and Extra Clear Float Glass to be the similar product for the purpose of Anti-Dumping Duty. 3.2 The petitioner herein is a company claiming to be the representative of the industry, who submits, while making the above prayer to set aside the order of the Tribunal passed as above and while assailing the said order, that the order of the Tribunal would have detrimental effect on the ec .....

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..... that, "After examining the submissions made by the applicants, responding domestic producers and other interested parties and issues raised therein; and considering the facts available on record, and its examination as above, the Authority concludes that the ECFG cannot be excluded from the scope of the product under consideration." 5.1 It was thus recommended that Extra Clear Float Glass (ECFG) cannot be excluded from the scope of the product under consideration. 5.2 It was by referring to the said notification learned advocate for the petitioner wanted this Court to hold that the decision of the Tribunal was erroneous and may not be allowed to be sustained. Though subsequently developed, it was the submission that it had its own .....

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..... same." 3. While the non filing of appeal was sought to be justified on basis of the circular of the Finance Department dated 17.8.2011, in course of the submission, learned advocate for the respondent No.4 wanted time to take further instructions and decide the course of action. " 4. Today when the petition came up for consideration, learned advocate for the respondent submitted that it was not possible for the respondent department to prefer the appeal in view of provisions of Section 131BA of The Customs Act, 1962. Section 131BA reads as under, "SECTION 131BA. Appeal not to be filed in certain cases,- (1) The Board may, from time to time, issue orders or instructions or directions fixing such monetary limits, as it may deem fit .....

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..... ober, 2010, but before the date on which the Finance Bill, 2011 receives the assent of the President, fixing monetary limits for filing appeal, application, revision or reference shall be deemed to have been issued under sub-section (1), and the provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall apply 25 accordingly."." 4.1 Learned advocate for the respondent, however, was apprised of the provisions of Sub-section (2) of Section 131BA above, that where a appeal is not filed pursuant to the orders or instructions, such non-filing of appeal in a given case shall not preclude the competent authority from filing any appeal, application and revision or reference in any other case involving the same or similar issues or questions of law. Sub-sec .....

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