M/S. Sri Manjunatha Seeds vs. The Commercial Tax Officer
Held
The Court held that one of the respondents should handle the assessment. The second respondent was identified as the competent authority to assess the petitioner under either the AP VAT Act or the CST Act.
Facts
The petitioner's Input Tax Credit (ITC) claim was not considered by the VAT assessing authority, who stated it depended on the CST assessment. The CST assessing authority then passed an order treating all sales as local sales under the AP VAT Act, without addressing the CST aspect. This led to a situation where neither authority fully resolved the assessment.
Key Issues
The primary issue was the conflicting and incomplete assessments by two different authorities, leading to the petitioner's ITC claim being unaddressed. The court needed to determine the correct authority to pass a comprehensive assessment order.
Sections Cited
Central Sales Tax Act, 2005, Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005
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MSRM,J & JUD,J W.P.No.7085 of 2019 31.07.2019
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE M. SEETHARAMA MURTI AND THE HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE J.UMA DEVI WRIT PETITION No.7085 of 2019
ORDER: (Per Honourable Sri Justice M.Seetharama Murti) This writ petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed by the petitioner seeking verbatim the following relief:
“…to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly, in the nature of MANDAMUS declaring that the impugned Assessment Order passed by the First Respondent vide A.O.No.155538, dated 30.03.2019, for the Assessment Year 2014-15 under the Central Sales Tax Act, 2005, is arbitrary, capricious, without jurisdiction, violative of the principles of natural justice, contrary to law, facts and illegal and consequently set aside the same and direct the First Respondent to made Assessment afresh as per law and pass such other order or orders….”
We have heard the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and of learned Government Pleader for Commercial Taxes appearing for the respondents. We have perused the material record.
The facts, which are relevant for consideration
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