The Principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No.148/1994-Customs, dated the 13th July, 1994 [G.S.R.577(E), dated the 13th July, 1994] and last amended by notification No.48/1996-Customs, dated 23rd July, 1996.
On receipt of a request from the EOU/ EOZ units for refund of the excise duty paid by them on procurement of bulk tea from the auction centres, the office of the DGFT issued a Notification No 36 dated 01.12.1999. The said Notification permitted the Development Commissioner of the respective zone to re-imburse the Central Excise Duty paid on bulk tea procured from the licenced auction centres by the EOU/ EPZ units.
Circular No. 591/28/2001-CX I am directed to say that a doubt has been raised regarding legal provisions for recovery of amount not paid by an assessee in terms of the provisions of rule 6 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2001 (Rule 57CC of the erstwhile Central Excise Rules, 1944).
