K.C. Balakrishnan 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. All coercive proceedings against the petitioner were ordered to be kept in abeyance until a decision was taken on the stay petition.
Facts
The petitioner, an assessee under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003, challenged an assessment order for 2015-2016. After his first appeal was rejected, he filed a second appeal along with a stay application before the Kerala Value Added Tax Appellate Tribunal and apprehended coercive recovery proceedings before the stay application could be heard.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was whether the High Court should intervene to direct the appellate tribunal to expeditiously dispose of a pending stay application and grant interim protection against coercive recovery proceedings.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS TUESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2021 / 13TH ASWINA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 21047 OF 2021 PETITIONER: K.C. BALAKRISHNAN AGED 66 YEARS PROPRIETOR, M/S BALAKRISHNA JEWELLERY, G B ROAD, PALAKKAD. BY ADVS. SRI.HARISANKAR V. MENON SMT.MEERA V.MENON SRI.R.SREEJITH SRI.K.KRISHNA RESPONDENTS: 1 THE STATE TAX OFFICER STATE GST DEPARTMENT, 1ST CIRCLE, PALAKKAD-678 001. 2 THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL ADDITIONAL BENCH, CHEROOTTY ROAD, KOZHIKODE-673 032, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 3 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX SGST DEPARTMENT, PALAKKAD-678 001. SMT.THUSHARA JAMES, SR.GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05.10.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C) NO. 21047 OF 2021 2 BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J ========================== W.P.(C) No.21047 of 2021 --------------------------------- Dated this the 5th day of October, 2021 JUDGMENT Petitioner is an assessee under the provisions of the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003. Aggrieved by Ext.P1 assessment order, relating to assessment year 2015-2016, petitioner has preferred an app
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