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2015 (38) STR 143 (Tri.-Bang.) Commr. of C.Ex. & ST., Tirupati. vs. Gimpex Ltd

By Puloma Dalal
Jayesh Gogri
Mandar Telang Chartered Accountants
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The date of filing refund claim even though filed before wrong authority would be taken as date of filing for determining period of limitation.

Facts:
The Assessee filed refund claim of input service before the Assistant Commissioner of Service Tax, Chennai. The claim however was returned stating that the application was to be filed with the jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner of service tax. Consequently, the Assessee filed the claim accordingly. Thereafter, the claim was rejected on ground of time-bar. The first appellate authority granted relief by holding that the refund claim cannot be rejected on the ground of limitation when the claim was originally filed in time but before wrong authority, relying on the Tribunal’s decision in case of Gujarat Tea Processors and Packers Ltd [2010 (17) STR 489 (Tri-Ahmd)]. Hence, the revenue filed the appeal.

Held:
The Tribunal held that the decision of the first appellate authority was appropriate and took the view that the date of filing of refund claim before the wrong authority to be taken as the date of filing for determining limitation and rejected the department’s appeal.

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