2026-VIL-1405-CESTAT-DEL-CU
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Customs - Classification of Glow Plug Controller / Glow Control Unit [GCU] is used in Diesel Engine Motor Vehicles (Cars) - Tariff classification of electronic control equipment for motor vehicles - Appellant imported Glow Plug Controller for use in diesel engines and classified the same under CTH 9032 8990 as automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus claiming exemption benefits - Department that the goods were appropriately classifiable under CTH 8511 as parts of glow plugs - Whether the Glow Plug Control Unit is classifiable under CTH 9032, CTH 8537 or CTH 8511 and whether extended period of limitation is invokable - HELD - Chapter 90 carves out exception for apparatus for switching or controlling electrical circuits that are more specifically covered in Chapter 85 headings like 8511 and hence CTH 9032 does not apply. CTH 8537 which covers boards, panels, consoles equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536 for electric control or distribution of electricity also does not apply as the GCU is a single-PCB electronic module and not structurally meeting the two or more apparatus requirement, and the function of the said product is not for electric control or distribution - Section Note 4 of Section XVI states that where a machine consists of individual components intended to contribute together to a clearly defined function covered by one of the headings in Chapter 84 or 85, then the whole falls to be classified in the heading appropriate to that function - The GCU and Glow Plugs contribute together to a single defined function of electrical ignition or starting equipment for compression-ignition engines. CTH 8511 explicitly covers electrical ignition or starting equipment used for compression-ignition internal combustion engines, including glow plugs. HSN Explanatory Notes to 8511 extend this heading to electronic control units that regulate ignition or glow-plug operation based on sensor inputs - Following GRI 1, the GCU is appropriately classifiable under CTH 8511 as parts thereof. The GCU has no independent function outside of the glow plug system and is an inherent part of the glow plug system making it inseparable for safe and effective operation of the ignition equipment - As regards extended period of limitation, when the same goods were cleared by the Department without disputing their classification under CTH 9032, and the allegation of suppression or misdeclaration with intent to evade cannot be accepted. Extended period of limitation cannot be invoked and penalty under section 114A cannot be sustained - The impugned order is amended to the extent that demand for normal period only is upheld and penalty under section 114A is not sustained - The appeal is partly allowed
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