He further pointed out that this decision has also
been followed by the Hon'ble Bombay High Court in the case of CIT vs.
Taparia Tools Ltd. 260 ITR 102.
The Tribunal in the case of
Solitare Machine Tools P. Ltd. (supra) has held that the goods
lying in stock at the time of debonding would be liable to duty
only at point of time of removal of those goods from place of
manufacture. In this case, admittedly, there was no removal
of goods into DTA from EOU and before the final debonding
order the goods had been exported out of India under
advance authorization claim. In terms of para 6.18 (e) of the
Foreign Trade Policy, while between the date of issue of no
dues certificate by the Customs and Central Excise
Authorities and the date of final debonding order by the
Development Commissioner, the EOU unit shall not be
entitled to claim any duty exemption for procurement of
capital goods or inputs, the unit can claim advance
authorization/DEPB/duty draw back. Thus, during the
intervening period between the date of no objection
certificate by the Central Excise Authorities and the date of
issue of final debonding order by the Development
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Commissioner, an EOU can export the finished goods under
claim for advance authorization/DEPB/duty draw back and
that no excise duty can be charged in respect of such goods
as the same have not been cleared into DTA. In view of this,
the impugned order rejecting the refund claim is not
sustainable. The same is set aside. The appeal is allowed