1994 (9) TMI 101

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..... ng lumps or chips of marble, mixing pigments and binding agents like polyester, resin and white cement with crushed marble, pouring the mixture into moulds and applying pressure thereto. It is not in dispute that the process is a process of manufacture. What is contended by the respondents is that the properties and characteristics of agglomerated marble remain the same as those of excavated marbl .....

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..... rities constituted under the relevant statute. The High Court should not have interfered, in a writ petition, at the stage of the show cause notice to take over that fact finding investigation. 4. At the stage when special leave was granted by this Court the excise authorities were permitted to proceed with the assessment but not to enforce the assessment order without permission. We are told tha .....

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..... order is made. We direct the respondents to appear before the Assistant Collector on 24th October, 1994 at 12.00 noon. In the event that that date and time does not suit the Assistant Collector, he shall intimate to the respondents a fresh date on that day. The Asstt. Collector shall pass the assessment order without reference to the judgment of the High Court and his earlier assessment orders. N .....

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