Whether supplies ancillary to the transmission and distribution of electricity are exempt ?
TRT-2026-1256

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - It is clear from the aforesaid judgment of the Gujarat High Court that the activities that are related/ancillary to transmission and distribution of electricity would be exempt from payment of service tax since transmission and distribution of electricity is exempted. It is also clear from aforesaid decision that all services related to transmission and distribution of electricity are bundled services, as contemplated under section.....

TRT-2026-1217

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - The issue as per Revenue pertains to the non-payment of service tax towards services related to ‘Business Auxiliary Service’, ‘Consulting Engineering Service’, ‘Renting of Immovable Property Service’ and ‘Commercial Training or Coaching Service’ rendered by the appellant. The appellant while not specifically denying the activities has stated that all services have been rendered in connection with transmission or distribu.....

TRT-2026-1147

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - As per Circular no. 34/8/2018-GST dated 1st March, 2018 issued by Ministry of Finance, Government of India, it was clarified that the services by way of transmission or distribution of electricity by an electricity transmission or distribution utility is only exempted as per entry number 25 of notification No. 12/2017- CT (R) dated 28.06.2017 and other services provided by the applicant to consumer are taxab.....

TRT-2026-1149

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - Supply of Electricity is a continuous supply while the other service required for development of transmission facilities, supervision charges etc. are not continuous supplies. Supply of electricity can also be made without provisions of these services. These services are provided by the appellant on specific request of the customers and not provided in its normal course of business to all the consumers. Therefore, I am of the opinion th.....

TRT-2026-1150

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - Consideration for both services are charged separately and, hence, the value of “Construction Services” cannot form part of the value of service of “Transmission of Electricity” in terms of Section 15 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017. Consequently, the said construction services cannot be treated as supply of the “Transmission of Electricity” service. In view of the above, we find that the construction services.....

TRT-2026-1148

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - we observe that, for a supply to be consider as a composite supply, its constituent supplies should be so integrated with each other that one is not supplied in the ordinary course of business without or independent of the other. In other words they are naturally bundled. The concept of the "Naturally Bundled", used in Section 2(30) of the CGST Act, 2017, lays emphasis on the fact that the different element in a composite supply are int.....