2016 (4) TMI 934

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....er questions the propriety of an order in original of March 19, 2015 upon the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Eastern Zonal Bench rejecting an appeal therefrom on the failure of the petitioner to pay the statutory pre-deposit under Section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944. The petitioner claims to be engaged in multi-modal transport operations. The petitioner says that in c....

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....ged from the clients by the petitioner and paid out to the transporters should be excluded in assessing the service tax. Such aspect of the matter was not considered by the concerned officer while assessing the service tax due. Accordingly, and without pronouncing finally on the merits or seeking to calculate the amount actually payable by the petitioner on account of service tax, the order impug....