2009 (2) TMI 394

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....AL MEMBER Anil Kumar B. for the Appellant. V.R. Gyaneshwar for the Respondent. ORDER M.V. Ravindran, Judicial Member - This stay petition is filed by the applicant for waiver of pre-deposit of Service Tax of Rs. 2,39,676, interest and penalties under sections 76 and 78. 2. After hearing the stay petition, we find that the appeal itself could be disposed of at this juncture, as the i....

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....eration of the matter, we find that the affidavit, which was filed by one Shri V.G. George, employed with the appellant company, indicated clearly that it was due to some urgent personal work he could not attend the office. He also averred on oath that during the re-arrangement of the files, he found that the above OIO was not attended by him. We also find that the age of Shri V.G. George is of 69....