Commissioner Of Central Excise, ... vs M/S. Asea Brown Boveri Ltd on 4 April, 2008
4. Shri P.K. Sharma, the learned Departmental Representative, defended the impugned order by reiterating the findings of the Commissioner (Appeals) and cited the judgment of the Larger Bench of the Tribunal in the case of CCE, Vadodara vs. Asia Brown Boveri Ltd. reported in 2000 (120) E.L.T. 228 (Tribunal LB), wherein with regard to the provisions of Rule 57F (1) (ii) of Central Excise Rules, 1944 which are similar to the provisions of Rule 3 (4) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2002, during period prior to 1/3/03, the Tribunal held that in case of removal of inputs as such by an assessee, his liability is to restore the credit originally taken, that in this case the obsolete inputs in respect of which Cenvat credit had been availed were sold as waste without being used in the manufacture and, hence, at the time of removal of the inputs, the Cenvat credit originally taken should have been reversed, that in terms of the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, Cenvat credit in respect of any inputs is available only when the inputs are used in or in relation to the manufacture of final product, that when in this case the inputs cleared as obsolete/waste had not been used in or in relation to the production of final product, Cenvat credit would not be available and, hence, credit originally taken should have been reversed and, as such, the provisions of Rule 3 (4) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, would not be applicable, that as regards limitation, since the appellant did not intimate the department during August 2002 and September 2002 regarding the clearance of written off inputs as waste on payment of duty on transaction value, they have suppressed the relevant fact from the department and hence extended period for recovery of Cenvat credit has been correctly applied. He, therefore, pleaded that there is no infirmity in the impugned order.