2008 (5) TMI 153

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..... od- question whether construction contractors were liable to pay service tax remained unsettled – benefit of section cannot be given - appellants have not pleaded financial hardships – taking lenient view, stay partly granted - S/282/2007 - 398/2008 - Dated:- 16-5-2008 - Shri P.C. Chacko, Member (J) Shri P. Rajendra Kumar, Consultant, for the Appellant. Smt. R. Bhagya Devi, SDR, for th .....

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..... f pre-deposit and stay of recovery in respect of the penalties on the ground that the entire amount of tax was paid before adjudication of the case and on the further ground that the earlier non-payment of tax was on account of a "confusion" which prevailed during the material period. It is submitted that the question whether construction contractors were liable to pay service tax remained unsettl .....

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