M/S Aranhikkal Granite Unit vs. The Kerala Value Added Tax Appellate Tribunal
Held
The High Court directed the Appellate Tribunal to consider and dispose of the petitioner's stay petition within 10 days, after providing an opportunity of being heard. It further ordered that all proceedings pursuant to the original assessment order be deferred until the stay petition is decided.
Facts
The petitioner, aggrieved by an assessment order, had their first appeal dismissed. They subsequently filed a second appeal and a stay petition before the State Tax Appellate Tribunal. Fearing enforcement of the original order during the pendency of their stay application, they approached the High Court.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was the need for expeditious disposal of a pending stay application before the Appellate Tribunal and interim protection against coercive recovery during its pendency.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023 / 22ND AGRAHAYANA, 1945 WP(C) NO. 41676 OF 2023 PETITIONER: M/S ARANHIKKAL GRANITE UNIT PATHAPPIRIYAM, EDAVANNA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER., PIN – 676123 BY ADVS. LATHA ANAND S.VISHNU (ARIKKATTIL) SIDHARTH P.S. RESPONDENTS: 1 THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL ADDITIONAL BENCH, KOZHIKODE (NOW DESIGNATED AS STATE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, ADDITIONAL BENCH), CHEROOTY ROAD, KOZHIKODE, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR, PIN – 673032 2 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) - I STATE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX DEPARTMENT, KOZHIKODE, NIRMAL ARCADE BUILDING, ERANHIPALAM (PO), KOZHIKODE, PIN – 673006 3 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER-1 SPECIAL CIRCLE, STATE GST DEPARTMENT, MALAPPURAM, CIVIL STATION, MALAPPURAM, PIN - 676505 OTHER PRESENT: GP SMT RESHMITHA RAMACHANDRAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13.12.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
W.P.(C)No.41676/2023 Dated this the 13th day of December, 2023
J U D G M E N T The writ petition is filed, inter-alia, to direct the first res
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