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2009 (3) TMI 168 - AT - Service TaxFiling an appeal no signature no verification defective appeal held that - the appeal has been filed by the Revenue without the signature of the authorized person on the ST-7 Form as well as on the Statement of Facts and Grounds of Appeal. We find that this appeal is not maintainable before us, as no person has signed the said appeal - . Filing of an appeal is a right to be exercised in a responsible manner, and we find that Revenue was callous in filing unsigned appeal, a situation which needs to be deprecated
The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT, Bangalore dismissed the appeal filed by the Revenue against Order-in-Appeal No. 268/2006 as it was not signed by an authorized person, making it not maintainable. The Tribunal found the act of filing an unsigned appeal to be irresponsible and callous. The appeal was deemed not curable and was therefore dismissed.
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