The Assistant Commissioner vs. Dantara Jewellers
Held
The High Court clarified its previous judgment, directing that the refund of the GST amount would be confined solely to the 2nd respondent (State of Kerala), as it was admitted that the funds were retained by the 2nd respondent and not the 3rd respondent. The review petition was disposed of with this clarification.
Facts
The Assistant Commissioner filed a review petition against a judgment directing respondents 2 and 3 to refund GST, contending that they were not served in the original writ petition and the amount was retained by respondent 2 (State of Kerala), not respondent 3 (Assistant State Tax Officer). The review petitioner argued that the direction to refund should not apply to them as they did not hold the funds.
Key Issues
The primary issue was to clarify which specific respondent was responsible for refunding the GST amount, given that the funds were held by one respondent (State of Kerala) and not the other (Assistant State Tax Officer) as jointly directed in the original judgment.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2021 / 26TH AGRAHAYANA, 1943 RP NO. 876 OF 2021 AGAINST THE JUDGMENT IN WP(C) 19271/2021 OF HIGH COURT OF KERALA REVIEW PETITIONER/ RESPONDENT NO.3 : THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, THRISSUR DIVISION, CENTRAL TAX AND CENTRAL EXCISE, C.R.BUILDING, S.T.NAGAR, THRISSUR – 680 001. BY ADV SREELAL N. WARRIER, SC, CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE & CUSTOMS RESPONDENTS : 1 DANTARA JEWELLERS, X/815/16/32.33, ERINJERI ANGADI CHURCH CIRCLE, THRISSUR, KLTHR, KRALA-680001, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER MR.NARESH PANNALAL DANTARA. 2 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, TAXES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. 3 THE ASSISTANT STATE TAX OFFICER, MOBILE SQUAD NO.2, STATE GST DEPT., KOLLAM. 4 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER (APPEALS), STATE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX DEPARTMENT, THRISSUR. R1 BY HARIKUMAR G.NAIR R2 TO R4 BY DR.THUSHARA JAMES, SENIOR GOVT.PLEADER THIS REVIEW PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17.12.2021, THE COU
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