[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

(Department of Revenue)

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New Delhi, the 20 July, 2010

Notification No. 45/ 2010-Service Tax

G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, the Central Government is satisfied that a practice was generally prevalent regarding levy of service tax (including non-levy thereof), under section 66 of the  Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Finance Act’), on all taxable services relating to transmission and distribution of electricity provided by a person (hereinafter called ‘the service provider’) to any other person (hereinafter called ‘the service receiver’), and that all such services were liable to service tax under the said Finance Act, which were not being levied according to the said practice during the period up to 26^th day of February, 2010 for all taxable services relating to transmission of electricity, and the period up to 21^st day of June, 2010 for all taxable services relating to distribution of electricity;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11C of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with section 83 of the said Finance Act, the Central Government hereby directs that the service tax payable on said taxable services relating to transmission and distribution of electricity provided by the service provider to the service receiver, which was not being levied in accordance with the said practice, shall not be required to be paid in respect of the said taxable services relating to transmission and distribution of electricity during the aforesaid period.

[F. No. 356/13/2010 – TRU ]

(Prashant Kumar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India