Service tax on renting of immovable property: collection authorised pending final adjudication; applications urged to vacate interim stays. Following a Supreme Court direction that earlier interim protection continue until disposal of writ petitions, the Government is advised that it is empowered to pursue collection of service tax on renting of immovable property pending final High Court adjudication and to file applications in High Courts to vacate interim directions; administrative steps to collect pending tax and seek vacation of stays should be taken expeditiously.