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Issues: Whether refund of service tax paid on terminal handling charges was admissible under Notification No. 41/2007-ST.
Analysis: The issue had already been settled by earlier Tribunal decisions. Terminal handling charges were treated as falling within the ambit of port services, and port service was one of the specified services eligible for refund under the notification. The view taken by the Commissioner (Appeals) was supported by the Board's circular and by consistent Tribunal precedent, leaving no basis to take a different view.
Conclusion: Refund on terminal handling charges was admissible under Notification No. 41/2007-ST.
Final Conclusion: The denial challenge failed, and the assessee retained the refund granted on terminal handling charges.
Ratio Decidendi: Where terminal handling charges are covered within port services, refund of service tax is admissible under the notification granting refund for specified services.