2024-VIL-1288-CESTAT-AHM-CE

CENTRAL EXCISE CESTAT Cases

Central Excise - Advance authorization, Export obligation, Refund claim – Appellant obtained Advance Authorizations to import certain duty-free inputs for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products to be exported. Due to non-fulfillment of the export obligation within the prescribed time limit, the appellant paid the applicable import duties, including Basic Customs Duty, CVD, and SAD, after the implementation of the GST regime – Rejection of refund claim for CENVAT credit of CVD and SAD on the ground that the amount was not eligible for CENVAT credit under the GST regime - Whether the appellant is entitled to claim a refund of the CENVAT credit of the CVD and SAD paid after the implementation of the GST regime, even though the duty-free inputs were imported under the pre-GST regime – HELD - the CVD and SAD paid by the appellant were in respect of imports made prior to the GST regime, and the appellant was entitled to the CENVAT credit of such payments under the erstwhile Central Excise regime – the Section 142(3) and Section 142(6) of the CGST Act, 2017, specifically designed to address such situations where the CENVAT credit could not be availed due to the transition to the GST regime. Therefore, the appellant is prima facie entitled to the refund of the CENVAT credit of the CVD and SAD paid after the implementation of the GST regime - Matter remanded to the adjudicating authority for processing the refund claim in accordance with the law – the appeal is allowed by remand

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