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                                     having been made in his own Registration No. In the absence of any dispute to
                                     the fact of payment of Service Tax, further confirmation of the same by the im-
                                     pugned order of the Commissioner (Appeals) cannot be appreciated. According-
                                     ly, I set aside the impugned order and restore the order of the original adjudicat-
                                     ing authority and allow the appeal with consequential relief to the appellant.
                                                  (Order pronounced in the open Court on 20-9-2019)

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                                                  2020 (38) G.S.T.L. 40 (Tri. - Mumbai)

                                                IN THE CESTAT, WEST ZONAL BENCH, MUMBAI
                                                                 [COURT NO. IV]
                                                           Shri Ajay Sharma, Member (J)
                                                    IMPORT EXPRESS INDIA PVT. LTD.
                                                                      Versus
                                                  COMMR. OF CGST, MUMBAI CENTRAL
                                             Final Order No. A/87580/2018-WZB, dated 10-10-2018 in Appeal
                                                                 No. ST/86872/2018
                                            Refund - Export of services - Exemption - Business Auxiliary Services -
                                     Commission deducted by assessee in INRs from entire amount received from
                                     local customers of the Parent Company - Procedure of retaining the service
                                     charge/commission amount and  only remitting  the  remaining portion  of the
                                     proceeds in foreign exchange to be necessarily treated as saving of foreign ex-
                                     change and by implication is akin to receipt of monies in convertible foreign
                                     exchange - Consequently, appellant entitled to refund - Section 65(105)(zzb) of
                                     Finance Act, 1994 and Rule 3(2) of Export of Services Rules, 2005. [paras 6, 8]
                                                                                              Appeal allowed
                                                                  CASES CITED
                                     Arafaath Travels Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner — 2017 (7) G.S.T.L. 437 (Tribunal) — Relied on . [Paras 4, 8]
                                     J.B. Boda & Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. CBDT — 2002-TIOL-2578-SC-IT — Relied on ................................... [Paras 6, 8]
                                     National Engg. Industries Ltd. v. Commissioner
                                         — 2008 (11) S.T.R. 156 (Tribunal) — Relied on ....................................................................... [Paras 4, 8]
                                     Pam Pharma. & Allied Machinery Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner
                                         — 2015 (37) S.T.R. 958 (Tribunal) — Referred ............................................................................. [Para 4]
                                            REPRESENTED BY :      Shri Rajiv Luthia, Chartered  Accountant, for the
                                                                  Appellant.
                                                                  Shri O.M. Shivdikar, Assistant Commissioner (AR),
                                                                  for the Respondent.
                                            [Order]. -  The instant appeal has been  filed from the Order-in-Appeal
                                     No. CD/TR(Appeal)/MC/43/2017-18, dated 20th February, 2018.
                                            2.  The appellant herein is 100% subsidiary of SHOP YOUR  WORLD
                                     PTE LTD, SINGAPORE (hereinafter referred as “Parent Company”). The Parent
                                     Company sells their products to their customers in India. A Service Agreement
                                     dated 18th August, 2010 was entered into between the appellant and its Parent
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