Vasanth Varghese vs. The State Tax Officer
Held
The High Court directed the appellate authority to decide the petitioners' stay petitions within two months. It further ordered that all recovery proceedings against the petitioners be kept in abeyance until the disposal of these stay petitions.
Facts
Petitioners, registered under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003, challenged assessment orders by filing appeals and stay petitions. They approached the High Court alleging that the tax authorities were taking coercive steps for recovery despite the pendency of their appeals and stay petitions.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was whether tax authorities could initiate coercive recovery proceedings against assessees while their statutory appeals and stay petitions challenging the assessment orders were still pending before the appellate authority.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.M.BADAR WP(C).No.9018 OF 2021(B) PETITIONER/S: M/S.NIPPON INFRA PROJECTS PVT. LTD., X/314 M, NIPPON TOYOTA, NH 47 BYPASS, NETTOOR P.O., ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR GEORGE E.GEORGE. BY ADVS. SRI.S.ANIL KUMAR (TRIVANDRUM) SHRI.RAHUL A. SMT.APARNA ANIL RESPONDENT/S: 1 THE STATE TAX OFFICER (WORKS CONTRACT) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, CLAS TOWER, OLD RAILWAY STATION ROAD, KOCHI - 682 018. 2 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, THEVARA, KOCHI - 682 015. SMT. THUSHARA JAMES, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08.04.2021, ALONG WITH WP(C).9026/2021(C), THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).Nos.9018 & 9026 of 2021 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.M.BADAR WP(C).No.9026 OF 2021(C) PETITIONER/S: VASANTH VARGHESE AGED 41 YEARS (EX-DIRECTOR,AQUATHERMOCARE COOLING TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED,WILLINDOIN ISLAND,KOCHI, PIN-682003,),NO.89.,FRIENDS COLONY,VETTIKKATTU
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