Railways' Siding Construction Oversight Deemed Sovereign, No Service Tax Required Under Reverse Charge Mechanism.

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....BSS - Reverse charge mechanism - The activity undertaken by the Railways for granting various approvals and supervision for siding constructed by the appellant are of statutory in nature and is sovereign function of the Railways. Therefore, on that account, the appellant is not liable to pay service tax.....