Sobha LTD.(Formerly Sobha Developers LTD) vs. The Deputy Commissioner Of State Tax (Works Contract)
Held
The High Court directed the 2nd respondent (Joint Commissioner (Appeals)) to decide the petitioner's stay petition within eight weeks. It further ordered that all recovery proceedings pursuant to the assessment order be kept in abeyance until the stay petition is disposed of.
Facts
The petitioner received an assessment order under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act for the year 2014-2015. They filed an appeal and a stay petition against this order, but recovery proceedings were initiated despite the pendency of these applications. The petitioner approached the High Court seeking to keep the recovery proceedings in abeyance.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was whether recovery proceedings should be stayed when an appeal and a stay petition against an assessment order are pending before the appellate authority. The petitioner sought interim protection from recovery while their applications were under consideration.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.M.BADAR WEDNESDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH 2021 / 19TH PHALGUNA, 1942 WP(C).No.6199 OF 2021(Y) PETITIONER: SOBHA LTD.(FORMERLY SOBHA DEVELOPERS LTD) PUZHAKKAL, GURUVAYOOR ROAD, THRISSUR, REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORISED SIGNATORY V.G. VENUGOPAL. BY ADVS. SRI.S.ANIL KUMAR (TRIVANDRUM) SHRI.RAHUL A. APARNA ANIL RESPONDENTS: 1 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX (WORKS CONTRACT) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695002. 2 THE JOINT COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695002. OTHER PRESENT: SMT. THUSHARA JAMES, GOVT. PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10.03.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
W.P.(C) No.6199/2021 2 JUDGMENT Dated this the 10th day of March 2021 Heard both sides.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the 1st respondent has issued assessment order at Ext.P1 under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, for the year 2014-2015. The petitioner has challenged the same by filing an appeal at Ext.P2 along with stay petition at Ext.P3. It is submitted that the
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