S.Chandrasekharan Nair vs. The State Tax Officer (Works Contract)
Held
The High Court directed the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) to consider and pass orders on the petitioner's stay petition within three months. All coercive proceedings pursuant to the demand notice were ordered to be kept in abeyance until the stay petition was disposed of.
Facts
The petitioner, a dealer under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003, received an assessment order and demand notice for the year 2016-17. He filed an appeal along with a stay petition, but coercive recovery steps were initiated before the stay petition was decided.
Key Issues
Whether coercive recovery steps can be initiated while a stay petition against an assessment order is pending, and if the appellate authority can be directed to decide the stay petition expeditiously.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS MONDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021 / 22ND BHADRA, 1943 WP(C) NO. 18686 OF 2021 PETITIONER: S.CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR PROPRIETOR, M/S.JYOTHIS, T.C.4/61, MUTTADA ROAD, AMBALAMUKKU, KAWDIAR.P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695003. BY ADV.S.ANIL KUMAR (TRIVANDRUM) ADV.RAHUL A. ADV.APARNA ANIL RESPONDENTS: 1 THE STATE TAX OFFICER (WORKS CONTRACT) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWER, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,PIN CODE-695002. 2 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWER, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,PIN CODE-695002. SMT. JASMINE M.M., GOVT. PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13.09.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
W.P.(C) No.18686/21 BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J. --------------------------------- W.P.(C). No.18686 of 2021 --------------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of September, 2021 JUDGMENT Petitioner was a dealer under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003. By Ext.P1 assessment order issued by the 1st respondent for the assessm
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