St. Thomas Poultry Farm vs. The Deputy Commissioner Of State Tax
Held
The High Court directed the revisional authority to consider and dispose of the petitioner's revision petition, delay application, and stay application within one month, after affording an opportunity of being heard. It also ordered that all further assessment actions pursuant to the pre-assessment notice be deferred until the revision order is communicated.
Facts
The petitioner, a poultry farm, challenged a pre-assessment notice and had already filed a statutory revision petition, along with applications for condonation of delay and stay, before the revisional authority. They sought a direction for the revision to be heard expeditiously and a stay on further assessment proceedings.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was whether the High Court should direct the revisional authority to expeditiously decide a pending statutory revision and related applications, and grant interim protection against ongoing assessment proceedings.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021 / 7TH ASWINA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 20484 OF 2021 PETITIONER: ST. THOMAS POULTRY FARM KOMBODINJAMAKKAL, THRISSUR, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER, MARTIN.P.J. BY ADVS. SRI.K.SRIKUMAR (SR.) SRI.K.MANOJ CHANDRAN RESPONDENTS: 1 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX STATE GOOD AND SERVICE TAX DEPARTMENT OF KERALA, SPECIAL CIRCLE, THRISSUR-680001. 2 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX , STATE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX DEPARTMENT OF KERALA, THRISSUR-680001. 3 THE COMMISSIONER, STATE GST DEPARTMENT,KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695002. SMT THUSHARA JAMES , SR.GP. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29.09.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C) NO. 20484 OF 2021 2 JUDGMENT The petitioner, which is a Poultry Farm, has approached this Court impugning Ext.P3 pre-assessment notice, however, submitting that they have aleady preferred Ext.P4 statutory Revision before the third respondent. They, therefore, pray that the third respondent be directed to take up Ext.P4 Revision petition and dispose it of within a time frame
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