K.C. Balakrishnan vs. The State Tax Officer
Held
The High Court directed the Kerala VAT Appellate Tribunal to consider and pass orders on the petitioner's stay application within three months. Until a decision was taken on the stay petition, all coercive proceedings against the petitioner were ordered to be kept in abeyance.
Facts
The petitioner, an assessee under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003, challenged an assessment order and the rejection of their first appeal. They filed a second appeal along with a stay application before the Kerala VAT Appellate Tribunal and apprehended coercive recovery proceedings before the stay application could be heard.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was whether coercive proceedings should be stayed pending the disposal of a stay application before the Appellate Tribunal. Another issue was whether the Appellate Tribunal should be directed to expeditiously decide the stay application.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS MONDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2021 / 12TH ASWINA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 20925 OF 2021 PETITIONER: K.C. BALAKRISHNAN AGED 66 YEARS PROPRIETOR, M/S. BALAKRISHNA JEWELLERY, G.B ROAD, PALAKKAD BY ADVS.HARISANKAR V. MENON MEERA V.MENON K.KRISHNA R.SREEJITH 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 SR.GP.DR.THUSHARA JAMES THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04.10.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C) NO. 20925 OF 2021 2 BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J =========================== W.P.(C) No.20925 of 2021 --------------------------------- Dated this the 4th 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 2009-2010, petitioner has preferred a
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