OFC Network Project for Railways Is Composite Works Contract, Rs. 1.6 Crore Service Tax Demand Against Railtel Quashed: CESTAT

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OFC Network Project for Railways Is Composite Works Contract, Rs. 1.6 Crore Service Tax Demand Against Railtel Quashed: CESTAT

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14/03/2026

By Mariya Paliwala

OFC Network Project for Railways Is Composite Works Contract, Rs. 1.6 Crore Service Tax Demand Against Railtel Quashed: CESTAT

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The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad Bench, has set aside a service tax demand of Rs. 1.60 crore against RailTel Corporation of India Ltd., holding that the company’s work of laying optical fibre cable (OFC) and executing telecom network projects for Indian Railways constituted a composite works contract and could not…

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Mariya Paliwala https://www.jurishour.in/

Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.

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OFC Network Project for Railways Is Composite Works Contract, Rs. 1.6 Crore Service Tax Demand Against Railtel Quashed: CESTAT

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