Artech Realtors PVT. LTD. vs. The Asst. Commissioner Of State Tax
Held
The High Court directed the Kerala VAT Appellate Tribunal (3rd respondent) to consider the delay condonation petitions first, and then the stay petitions, within a period of two months. Until orders are passed by the Tribunal, all further proceedings pursuant to the original assessment orders, as modified, were ordered to be kept in abeyance.
Facts
Artech Realtors Pvt. Ltd. filed appeals, delay condonation petitions, and stay petitions before the Kerala Value Added Tax Appellate Tribunal challenging assessment orders for the 2015-16 period, which were pending. The petitioner sought a direction from the High Court for the Tribunal to decide these pending applications. The original assessment orders had been modified by subsequent orders.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was the delay in the Appellate Tribunal's consideration of the petitioner's pending appeals, delay condonation petitions, and stay applications. The petitioner sought a judicial directive to expedite the process and obtain interim protection against coercive action.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE VIJU ABRAHAM TUESDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH 2023 / 23RD PHALGUNA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 8650 OF 2023 PETITIONER: ARTECH REALTORS PVT. LTD. THYCAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -695014. REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR SRI.T.S. ASOK. BY ADVS. RAHUL A. S.ANIL KUMAR (TRIVANDRUM) SABU C.J M.RAJAGOPAL APARNA ANIL RESPONDENTS: 1 THE ASST. COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX (SINCE RE-DESIGNATED AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX), STATE GST DEPARTMENT, (WORKS CONTRACT), TAX TOWERS, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695002 2 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX (APPEALS) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695002 3 THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL ADDITIONAL BENCH, SASTHAMANGALAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695010. REPRESENTED BY ITS ASST. SECRETARY. OTHER PRESENT: SR.GP-SMT.THUSHARA JAMES THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14.03.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C) No.8650 of 2023 2 VIJU ABRAHAM, J. ........................................
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