Pre-GST service completion governs taxability despite later approval and billing, preventing GST-based withholding of payment for manpower services.

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....Services rendered and completed before the GST appointed day remain subject, if taxable, to the erstwhile Service Tax regime even where work approval and billing occur after GST commenced. Post-facto approval and subsequent invoices do not alter the date of supply or bring an already completed manpower service within the WBGST Act. Payment cannot be withheld solely for non-compliance with GST formalities; the payable amount may be released after deduction of applicable pre-GST tax. Where a genuine taxability dispute and pending civil proceedings contribute to delayed payment, interest may be set at the prevailing banking rate; interest at 8% per annum was directed from bill submission until payment.....