Vinayaka Motors vs. The Assistant Commissioner
Held
The Court held that a penalty order cannot independently stand if the assessment order on which it was based has been set aside. Therefore, the impugned penalty order was set aside.
Facts
An assessment order was passed, leading to a penalty order. The assessment order was later set aside by the Appellate Authority and remanded for fresh assessment, but no fresh order was passed. The petitioner argued that the penalty order cannot sustain independently without a valid assessment order.
Key Issues
Whether a penalty order can be sustained independently when the underlying assessment order has been set aside and remanded for fresh assessment without any fresh order being passed.
Sections Cited
Section 53(3)
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HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR & HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE J. UMA DEVI
W.P. No. 2084 of 2019
O R D E R:- (per Hon’ble Sri Justice C. Praveen Kumar)
This writ petition came to be filed for the following substantive relief: “to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned order of penalty passed by the 1st respondent vide AAO No. 25574, dated 18.06.2016 as invalid and cannot sustain independently as the very Assessment Order on the basis of which it was passed itself was set aside by the Appellate Authority and remanded for passing fresh orders and no fresh orders have been passed, and further the impugned order is not sustainable as the ingredients of Section 53(3) of the APVAT Act, 2005, under which it was passed are not attracted, and hence, illegal and consequently set aside the same.”
The assertion of the petitioner - firm is that the 1st respondent, who is not the regular assessing authority of the petitioner, on authorization from the Deputy Commissioner (CT), Anantapuram, conducted audit on the petitioner for the period from 01.01.2014 to 28.02.2015 and passed an order of assessment vide AAO No. 21358, dated
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