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2016 (11) TMI 59 - CESTAT MUMBAIRefund claim - exemption under N/N. 17/2009-ST dated 7/7/2009 - Airport Services - Held that: - the ATF was supplied which was treated as exports during the period July, 2009 to March, 2010 and the Airport services which is input service was received by the appellant during the same period. The Airport service was not covered under exemption notification no. 17/2009-ST dated 7/7/2009. It is important to note that this Notification exempt the services specified in the notification by way of refund. Therefore the exemption is available in the hands of the recipient. However, service provider in the present case is MIAL suppose to discharge the service tax - point of time of exemption under notification No. 17/2009-ST is time when services were received and used in export of the goods. In the present case receipt of the service as well as use in the exports of goods have taken place during the July, 2009 to March, 2010, at that material time there was no exemption provided to Airport service under notification no. 17/2009-ST, the exemption was made applicable to the airport service under notification no. 17/2009-ST only by amending notification no. 37/2010-ST w.e.f. 28/6/2010 i.e. much after the period of refund in the present case of the appellant. Therefore it is clear that exemption to Airport service by way of refund was not available during the period July, 2009 to March, 2010. Limitation bar - refund pertaining to the period 7/7/2009 to 27/7/2009 - Held that: - as per condition (c) of para (1) of the Notification No. 17/09-ST, one of the important condition is that payment of service tax should be made by the service recipient, therefore before complying this condition refund does not arise - for services pertaining to the period 7/7/2009 to 27/7/2009 the service provider MIAL raised bills itself on 10/8/2009 therefore it is obvious that payment for said period was made after raising bill by MIAL. For this period refund claim was filed on 27/7/2010 which is well within the one year therefore refund is not time bar. Board Circular No. 354/256/2009-TRU dated 1/1/2010 - the same is not dealing with the issue in hand. It does not deal with the issue that even if the input service is not specified in the notification refund can be granted therefore circular will not apply in the facts of the present case.
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