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Tribunal Ruling: CENVAT credit denied for garden services, allowed for catering. Waiver granted for penalty deposit. The Tribunal denied CENVAT credit for garden maintenance services but allowed credit for outdoor catering based on a Larger Bench decision. Regarding ...
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Tribunal Ruling: CENVAT credit denied for garden services, allowed for catering. Waiver granted for penalty deposit.
The Tribunal denied CENVAT credit for garden maintenance services but allowed credit for outdoor catering based on a Larger Bench decision. Regarding security services for the Director, credit was denied due to lack of evidence and absence of a relevant agreement. The Tribunal granted waiver and stay of recovery for a portion of the denied credit amount, with a requirement to deposit the remaining sum within a specified period to avoid penalties. Compliance with this directive would result in a waiver of pre-deposit and stay of recovery for the penalty amount.
Issues: Denial of CENVAT credit for outdoor catering service, repairs and maintenance of guest house and garden, and security service provided to a Director.
Outdoor Catering Service and Repairs/Maintenance of Guest House and Garden: The appellant was denied CENVAT credit for outdoor catering service, repairs, and maintenance of the guest house and garden. The counsel argued for waiver based on a previous Tribunal order but was countered by conflicting decisions. The Tribunal found no merit in the appellant's case regarding garden maintenance service, citing a previous decision denying CENVAT credit for a similar service. The appellant's attempt to draw parallels with other cases where credit was allowed on different services was rejected. However, the Tribunal allowed CENVAT credit for outdoor catering service based on a Larger Bench decision, emphasizing that the source of funding for food supply did not affect credit eligibility.
Security Service Provided to Director: Regarding security services provided to the Director at his residential bungalow, the appellant claimed these services should be considered 'input services' due to the company office located there. However, lacking evidence to support this claim, the Tribunal referred to a previous case where CENVAT credit was denied for security services due to the absence of a relevant agreement. As no similar agreement was presented in the current case, the Tribunal held that the appellant failed to establish a prima facie case for claiming credit on security services.
Final Decision and Compliance: The Tribunal granted waiver and stay of recovery for a portion of the denied credit amount but required the appellant to deposit the remaining sum within a specified period. Compliance with this directive would result in a waiver of pre-deposit and stay of recovery for the penalty amount as well.
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