Service Tax 1994
72. Best Judgment Assessment.
If -
(a) any person fails to make the return under
section 70, or";
(b) any person having made a return fails to
comply with all the terms of a notice issued under sub-section (1) of section
71, or
(c) the Central Excise Officer is not satisfied
with the correctness or the completeness of the accounts of the assessee, the
Central Excise Officer, after taking into account all the relevant material
which he has gathered, shall, by an order in writing, make the assessment of the
value of taxable service to the best of his judgment and determine the sum
payable by the assessee or refundable to the assessee on the basis of such
assessment.