Sri Shanmuga Bleaching Works vs Commissioner Of C. Ex. on 27 December, 2004
application praying for recalling the Final Order had been submitted well beyond the period of 6 months from the date of amendment of Section 35C(2) as it came into effect on 11-5-2002. It has been contended by the Appellants that the right of filing the Misc. application is substantive right which cannot be destroyed except by enactment with specific mentioning; that in the amendment section there is nothing mentioned about the retrospective operation of the amendment. Reliance has been placed on the decision in the case of Shree Warana Sahakari Dudh Utpadak Prakriya Sangh Ltd. v. C.C.E. Pune - 2003 (155) E.L.T. 465 (Tribunal) wherein the Tribunal has held that ROM application filed in January, 2003 in respect of Final Order passed in April, 2001 is not time barred under the amended provisions of Section 35C(2) as the right to file the application within 4 years inhered in Appellants on the date of filing of appeal which could be taken away only by specific legislation to that effect.