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2007 (1) TMI 49
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.... M/s. MCL. The Revenue initiated action against the appellants for payment of service tax under the category of cargo handling service. A demand of Rs. 4,84,307/- for the period from 19-8-2002 to 31-3-2004 was confirmed. The appellants approached the Commissioner (Appeals) for relief. The appellant relied on the decision of the CESTAT Northern Bench, New Delhi in the case of M/s. J & J Enterprises v. CCE, Raipur - [2006 (3) S.T.R. 655 (Tri.) = 2005 (186) E.L.T. 189 (Tri.-Del.)] wherein in similar circumstances the Tribunal held that the services rendered would not amount to Cargo Handling Services. However, the Commissioner (Appeals) distinguished the decision and held that in the present case the contract is not for supplying manpower but ....
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....ement is filed automatically. The open slit of the bags is stitched by the machine and discharged to the conveyor once 50 kg of cement is filled in it. The conveyor's carry these filled bags to the loading point. The conveyor hence, near the railway wagon drops the cement bags and these cement bags are stacked in the wagon." As the entire system is mechanized, the labourers supplied by the appellants played only an ancillary role on packing, loading and unloading of the cement. The labourers supplied by the appellants were to assist the packer man of the company to bring the empty bags for filling the cement. The filing of the cement was done automatically by machine. Some of the labourers are deputed on certain points beside the conve....
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....rtake any activities as envisaged in the definition of cargo handling service. (iii) The issue is an identical case as already settled by the Tribunal in the case off J & J Enterprises v. CCE, Raipur - [2006 (3) S.T.R. 655 (Tri) = 2005 (186) E.L.T. 189 (Tri.-Del.)] wherein it is held that when a person supplies labour who supplements mechanized loading or movement c the cement bags, he would not satisfy the definition of cargo handling service and is not liable to service tax. (iv) The Commissioner (Appeals) was wrong in holding that the above decision is not applicable as the activity undertaken by the appellant is identical to the case decided by the Hon'ble Tribunal. In fact all the cement factories follow the same method. The labo....
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...., loading and unloading. These activities definitely fall within the scope of cargo handling service. Further he said that the Commissioner (Appeals) has clearly distinguished the case of M/s. J & J Enterprises v. CCE, Raipur (supra) from the present case as in the present case the contract is for supply of labourers. 9. I have gone through the records of the case carefully. The main contention of the appellants is that the entire system of packing of cement, loading and unloading of the same is mechanized. The appellants supplied labourers who play an ancillary role in the entire set of activities. Further it has been stated that this issue has already been settled in the decision of the Tribunal relied on the appellants. The Commissioner....
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....o handling service. In the given factual situation, cargo handling cannot take place in the absence of packing machine and conveyer. The appellant has no control on them. The appellant is right in his contention that it is only supplying manpower and supplying manpower cannot be equated with providing the service in question. If such a view is taken, who ever supplies the manpower for an activity would become the provider of the activity itself. If manpower is supplied for construction, the manpower supplied would become the builder. This view is against-the specific definitions of various services in the statute." Thus in the above decision, the Tribunal has held that the supplying labourers cannot be equated with the service of cargo han....