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Issues: Whether a writ petition could be entertained to quash a show cause notice proposing service tax on renting of immovable property on the ground that the activity was exempt and that the challenge involved jurisdiction.
Analysis: The impugned proceeding was only a show cause notice, and the dispute turned on the true character of the service and the applicability of the Mega Exemption Notification. The Court held that the proposal was directed at renting of immovable property and not the excavation work relied on by the petitioner. Whether the activity fell within clause 13 of Notification No. 25/2012-Service Tax dated 20.06.2012 depended on proof of facts and on strict construction of the exemption notification. As the controversy involved disputed questions of fact, the petitioner was required to submit a reply and participate in the adjudication process rather than seek quashing at the threshold.
Conclusion: The writ petition was not maintainable and the show cause notice was not quashed.
Final Conclusion: The challenge to the show cause notice failed at the threshold, and the petitioner was left to contest the tax demand before the adjudicating authority.
Ratio Decidendi: A writ petition will not ordinarily lie to quash a show cause notice where the dispute as to exemption or taxability turns on contested facts and the applicability of an exemption notification must be established before the statutory authority.
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