Chandrapur Magnet Wires (P) Ltd., ... vs Collector Of Central Excise, Central ... on 12 December, 1995
6. We have gone through the records of the case carefully. The fact that appellant used common inputs for both the dutiable and exempted goods is not in dispute They are also not maintaining separate accounts for the inputs used in dutiable and exempted goods. Under these circumstances, they are covered by Rule 57CC/Rule 6. However, it is seen that 95% of the goods produced are cleared, on payment of duty and 5% are cleared at nil rate of duty. The appellants submit that the credit attributable to exempted final products has already been reversed. The dutiable demand at 8% is Rs. 2.69 crores However, the credit attributable to exempted goods is only Rs. 4.29 lakhs. We also feel that such a demand over Rs. 2 crores when the credit involved is only Rs. 4.29 lakhs is unjust especially when the appellants had already reversed credit The Apex Court in the case of Chandrapur Magnet Wires Pvt. Ltd., v. CCE, Nagpur has held that the reversal of credit on input used in the manufacture of final products amount to non availment of credit on inputs used in the exempted products and consequently the assessee was eligible for the benefit of the notification as the assessee was not availed of the credit. Applying ratio of this decision, we hold that when the credit attributable on the inputs used in the exempted product is reversed, there is no justification to demand 8% of the sale amount. In view of the above observations, we allow the appeal with consequential relief.