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R.M. SAHAI, J.:

1. Whether oil driven pumps sold by the appellant were exempt under Notification No. 85/72 dated 17.3.1972 or they were assessable to duty under item 30A of the Central Excise Tariff is the short question that arises for consideration in this appeal directed against order passed by the , Custom, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi.
2. The appellant, a partnership firm ' registered under the Indian Partnership Act, ..... Was engaged in the manufacture of combustion and diesel engines bearing brand name 'Atul Shakti' for which it was duly f licensed under the Central Excises & Salt Act, 1944 ('Act' for short). It also carried on trading in pumps. It entered into agreements with different units who were duly licensed under the Act for manufacturing pumps and power driven pumps. In October, 1977 the appellant was served with a show-cause notice by the Central Excise Department that they got the power driven pumps manufactured with brand name 'Atul Shakti' from the different manufacturing units who in fact were manufacturing these pumps on behalf of the appellant. In reply it was stated that the appellant had given raw materials to independent units who were not under control or direction of the appellant. According to the appellant, on the raw material supplied by it the independent units had manufactured according to specification given by the appellant. Therefore, the work carried on by the independent units could not be deemed to be on behalf of the appellant and the appellant could not be denied the benefit of exemption under Notification No. 85/72. The Tribunal did not agree even though it held that the appellant had no control over manufacturing process and the manufacturing parties but what persuaded the Tribunal to take the view against the appellant was that it found that the appellant sent components in the shape of casting which by a little machining and grinding became pumps. Therefore, even though the manufacturing units were independent, yet it did not make any difference in law as the pumps having been manufactured on behalf of the appellant it was not entitled to exemption. The Tribunal further held that if the claim of the appellant that it had only supplied the raw material was found to be correct, probably there would have been no difficulty in accepting its claim but from the material it transpired that the appellant had supplied components of pumps and this was done in order to get over the legal difficulty and claim exemption under the excise notification. The Tribunal further found that some of the independent units charged a sum of Rs. 10/- per pump. It was demonstrative of the fact that the amount was so ridiculously low that no independent unit manufactures a pump for such a low cost.
3. The exemption under Notification no.85/72 dated 17th March 1972 was available for power driven pumps if the value did not exceed Rs. one lakh. This restriction was extended even if the pumps were got manufactured by others. In other words if value of the pumps sold by the appellant did not exceed Rupees One Lakh whether manufactured by the appellant or on its behalf by others then only it was entitled to exemption. The appellant had cleared goods which exceeded Rupees One Lakh in the years in dispute. Therefore, it was not entitled to exemption unless the value of pumps manufactured by different parties under the agreement was excluded from its clearance. The appellant did not dispute that it supplied castings, pump tape, shafts, impeller etc. to the manufacturer. The question, therefore, that arose was whether the pumps brought out of all this resulted in manufacture. This word was explained by the Constitution Bench in M/ s Ujagar Prints & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.