Lotus Contractors And Developers (PVT)LTD. vs. Assistant Commissioner (Works Contract)
Held
The Court directed the petitioner to file a delay condonation petition within one week, which the appellate authority must dispose of along with the stay petition within four weeks. The appeal itself is to be decided on merits within six months, with an interim stay on coercive steps for four weeks.
Facts
M/s. Lotus Contractors and Developers (Pvt) Ltd. filed a writ petition seeking directions for the appellate authority to expeditiously dispose of their appeal and stay petition against an assessment order. The appeal was filed with a delay, and a condonation petition was yet to be filed.
Key Issues
The key issue was whether the High Court should direct the appellate authority to expeditiously consider an appeal and stay petition, considering the delay in filing the appeal and the absence of a formal condonation application.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.V.BHATTI WEDNESDAY, THE 03RD DAY OF APRIL 2019 / 13TH CHAITHRA, 1941 WP(C).No. 10413 of 2019 PETITIONER/S: M/S.LOTUS CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS (PVT)LTD., ONYX-C-III, TC 31/207-31, KARYAVATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PINCODE - 695 582. REPRESENTED BY ITS MG. DIRECTOR SAJEEV JOSEPH BY ADVS. SRI.U.BALAGANGADHARAN SRI.V.JAYANANDAKUMAR RESPONDENT/S: 1 ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (WORKS CONTRACT) COMMERCIAL TAXES, TAX TOWERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695 002 2 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) STATE GST DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695 002 3 THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIOR STATE GST DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695 002 4 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY (TAXES), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695 001 SR. GP. SRI. C.K. GOVINDAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03.04.2019, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No. 10413 of 2019 2 JUDGMENT
The writ petition is filed, praying for proper directions to 2nd respondent to consider and disposes of Ext.P2 appeal and Ext.P3 stay petition. The inaction
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