Rule 6 (3) of CCR, 2004: Revenue cannot choose one of options and force it upon assessee

Agrawal Metal Works Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Goods and Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) It is undisputed that the appellant has been manufacturing goods on job work basis and has been clearing them without paying duty as per the Notification No. 214/86-CE dated 25.03.1986. If the activity amounted to manufacture- which has not been disputed by the Revenue at all in the past- it cannot also simultaneously become a service. If the processes undertaken by the appellant on job work did not amount to manufacture and was only a service, Revenue should have said so while assessing its central e...