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Hi Sreedesh,
Service Tax is to be levied by Service provider (Courier Agency) to be bared by Service Receiver (your company). So you can say it's your expense for you (provided you dont take CENVAT of the same while paying your Service Tax liability).
On the contrary, TDS is to be deducted on payment made to contractors in case of Section 194C (courier contract is also included). Provided other conditions of individual limit (of Rs. 20k or aggregate limit of 50k is satisfied) one has to deduct TDS on whole amount including Service Tax.
Regards.