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2009 (12) TMI 42 - HC - Service TaxRenting of Immovable Property - Issuance of Notices / Show Cause Notices - Board Circular - CBEC (Board) is issuing instructions to its officers throughout the country stating that in view of the filing and pendency of the said Special Leave Petition, the officers should safeguard the Revenue by either pursuing the tax-payers to pay the service tax on renting of immovable property for use in the course of furtherance of business or commerce or resorting to means under law to protect the Revenue - Held that - even when the judgment of this Court is challenged by filing the SLO, till date there is no order passed by the Supreme Court staying the operation of that judgment. In these circumstances, the respondent could not instruct their officers to peruse the matter with tax payers calling upon them to pay service tax or to resort to other means under the law to protect the Revenue - Mr. Chandhiok, learned ASG appearing for the Baord, assures that corrective steps shall be taken by issuing further instructions, in supersession of earlier instructions, to the officers not to write such letters demanding the payment of service tax or threatening coercive steps. - On this assurance no further orders are required to be passed in this Writ Petition.
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