Full Judgment
Per Jyoti Balasundaram
The issue of classification of bleached stiff finished fabric not having permanent stiffness stands settled in favour of the assessees by the apex court’s decision in Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad Vs Susma Textile Pvt. Ltd., [2004 (167) ELT 487 (SC)] holding that such fabric falls for classification under Chapter Heading 52.06 of the Schedule to the CETA-85 as claimed by the assessees and not under Chapter Heading 59.01 as contended by the Revenue. Following the ratio of the apex court’s decision on an identical commodity, we uphold the impugned order by which the classification has been arrived at under Heading 52.06, and reject the appeal.
2. The cross-objection is only in the nature of comments upon/reply to the appeal of the Revenue and is hence dismissed.