Shri. Nagmani Kumar vs. Union Of INDIA
Held
The Court held that the issue involved in the present writ petition was covered by its earlier order in Writ Petition No. 3938/2021 and connected matters, dated August 11, 2021. Consequently, the Court disposed of the present writ petition in terms of the said earlier order. The reasoning behind this decision is that the facts and legal questions in the current case were identical or substantially similar to those already decided by the Court in the cited precedent. The operative direction was to dispose of the writ petition in similar terms as the earlier judgment, implying that the relief granted or the findings in the earlier case would apply here. No specific issue was expressly left undecided.
Facts
The petitioner, Shri Nagmani Kumar, an Executive Assistant working at the Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, Bangalore, filed a writ petition before the Karnataka High Court. The petition challenged an order dated January 17, 2020, passed in O.A. No. 170/01074/2019. The respondents were the Union of India, the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) & GST, and the Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, Bangalore. The specific nature of the dispute and the authority that passed the original order being challenged are not detailed in the provided text, beyond the OA number and date.
Key Issues
The primary issue before the Court was to decide the validity of the order dated January 17, 2020, passed in O.A. No. 170/01074/2019. The Court had to determine if this order was legally sound and if any relief was warranted for the petitioner. The petitioner sought a writ of certiorari to set aside the impugned order. The judgment does not explicitly state the arguments made by each side. However, it records that learned counsel for both parties submitted that the issue involved in this writ petition is covered by a previous order of the same Court in Writ Petition No. 3938/2021 and connected matters, dated August 11, 2021 (Anju Kumar Pintu and Others v/s Union of India and others).
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1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2021
PRESENT
THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE S. SUJATHA AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V. HOSMANI
W.P.No.10003 /2021 (S-CAT)
BETWEEN:
SHRI NAGMANI KUMAR S/O. ARJUN PRASAD, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, WORKING AS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, PRINCIPAL CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL TAX, CENTRAL REVENUE BUILDING, QUEENS ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 001. ...PETITIONER
[BY SRI. MANGANNAVAR GIRISH BABURAO, ADVOCATE]
AND:
UNION OF INDIA
REP. BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
MINISTRY OF FINANCE,
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE,
NORTH BLOCK,
NEW DELHI - 110 001. 2. CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE &
CUSTOMS (CBEC) & GST
BY ITS CHAIRMAN,
NORTH BLOCK,
NEW DELHI - 110 001. 2
THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL TAX, BANGALORE
P.B. NO.5400,
CENTRAL REVENUE BUILDING,
QUEEN'S ROAD,
BENGALURU - 560 001. ...RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI.B.PRAMOD, CGC FOR R1 TO R3)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI, SETTING
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