Hotel Indraprestha vs. The State Tax Officer
Held
The High Court directed the Appellate Tribunal to consider and pass orders on the petitioner's stay petition within three months. Until a decision was taken on the stay petition, all coercive proceedings against the petitioner pursuant to the assessment order were ordered to be kept in abeyance.
Facts
The petitioner, aggrieved by an assessment order for the year 2019-2020, filed a second appeal and a stay petition before the Kerala General Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal. Fearing coercive recovery proceedings before the Tribunal could decide on the stay application, the petitioner approached the High Court.
Key Issues
The primary issue was whether coercive recovery proceedings should be stayed until the Appellate Tribunal decided on the petitioner's stay application against an assessment order.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS TUESDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF MARCH 2022 / 24TH PHALGUNA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 8591 OF 2022 PETITIONER : HOTEL INDRAPRESTHA, ATTAKULANGARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695023, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER SRI K P INDRABALAN BY ADVS. HARISANKAR V. MENON MEERA V.MENON SREEJITH R.NAIR KRISHNA.K RESPONDENTS : 1 THE STATE TAX OFFICER, THE STATE TAX OFFICER (INTELLIGENCE), SQUAD NO.6, GST DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 002. 2 THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, KERALA GENERAL SALES TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, ADDITIONAL BRANCH, SASTHAMANGALAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 010. 3 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAXES TOWER, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 002. BY SR.GOVT.PLEADER DR.THUSHAHRA JAMES THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15.03.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J. ----------------------------------------- --------------------
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