2008 (12) TMI 77

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.... for the Appellant. Shri V.P.C. Rao, SDR, for the Respondent. [Order per: T.K. Jayaraman, Member (T)]. - In terms of the impugned Order-in-Original No. 12/2008 dated 28-5-2008, passed by the Commissioner of Central Excise, Mangalore, the appellants are required to pre-deposit a sum of Rs. 11,97,98,260/- towards the service tax and equivalent penalty under Section 78 of the Finance Act, apart....

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....e been paying the service tax at 15% of the gross receipt. The important point urged by the learned Advocate is that there are no grounds at all for invocation of longer period as there was no suppression of facts in the matter. In any case, he stated that the issue itself is clearly covered by the decision of this Bench in the case of Konkan Marine Agencies v. CCE, [2007 (8) S.T.R. 472 (Tri.-Bang....