Artech Realtors PVT. LTD. vs. The State Tax Officer
Held
The High Court directed the appellate authority to consider and pass orders on the petitioner's stay applications within two months. Until a decision was taken on the stay petitions, all proceedings pursuant to the penalty orders were ordered to be kept in abeyance.
Facts
The petitioner, a registered dealer under the KVAT Act, challenged penalty orders for assessment years 2013-2016 by filing appeals and stay applications before the appellate authority. Fearing coercive recovery proceedings before the stay applications could be decided, the petitioner approached the High Court.
Key Issues
The primary issue was whether to grant interim protection against coercive recovery proceedings while the petitioner's stay applications, filed along with appeals against penalty orders, were pending before the appellate authority.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS MONDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF MAY 2022 / 2ND JYAISHTA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 16602 OF 2022 PETITIONER: ARTECH REALTORS PVT. LTD. THYCAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 014, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR SRI. T.S. ASOK. BY ADVS. S.ANIL KUMAR (TRIVANDRUM) SABU C.J RAHUL A. APARNA ANIL RESPONDENTS: 1 THE STATE TAX OFFICER, (I.B.) -II, STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 002. 2 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX (APPEALS), STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 002. GP M.M JASMINE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23.05.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J …......…..................................
….................................. Dated this the 23rd day of May, 2022 JUDGMENT Petitioner is a registered dealer under the provisions of the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003. 2. Aggrieved by Ext.P1, Ext.P1(a) and Ext.P1(b) penalty orders, relating to assessment years 2013-2014, 2014- 2015 and 2015-2016, petitioner preferre
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