2014 (8) TMI 378

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....K.N. Joshi, AR, for the Respondent. ORDER On the ground that certain discrepancies were noticed on scrutiny of refund of service tax amounting to Rs. 70,006/- granted to the appellant, the Commissioner in exercise of powers vested in him u/s. 87 of the Finance Act, 1994 issued show cause notice requiring to show cause as to why the order sanctioning refund should not be revised. The show cau....

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.... the invoices of one CHA. 3. Heard both sides. In this case even though show cause notice has been issued for refund on four grounds, the Commissioner has discussed only one ground viz. port services. His observation is that the amount was charged under the heading "Terminal Handling Charges" which was included only after issue of Notification No. 17/2009-S.T., dated 7-7-2009 and therefore....

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....rminal Handling charges which is not a specified service, is not correct. In any case, Terminal Handling was not a separate service during the relevant time nor at this time. It falls under the category of port services only. Moreover, it is quite possible that Terminal Handling Charges are collected by CHA/Service Provider of the appellant and paid to persons who actually did not work. In view of....