Appellant's Services Qualify as Export under Finance Act; No Reversal of Cenvat Credit Required per Rule 6A.

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....Export of services or not - Reversal of Credit - The fundamental charge that the service recipients are ‘other establishments’ of service providers in terms of in terms of rule 6A (f) and item (b) of Explanation 3 of clause (44) of section 65B of the Finance Act, 1994 is not established. Consequently, the services provided by appellant qualify as Export of Services, under rule 6A of Service Tax Rules, 1994. Thus, as the services provided by the appellant are export of services under rule 6A of Service Tax Rules, 1994, the same cannot be called ‘exempted services’ under clause 2(e) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. Since the services provided by the appellant are not exempted services, no demand of reversal of credit can be made under rule 6 of the Cenvat Credit Rule, 2004 and no liability can be fixed on the appellant. - AT....