Arjun E Vasudevan vs. The State Tax Officer
Facts
The petitioner, Arjun E Vasudevan, filed a writ petition before the High Court of Kerala. The respondents were the State Tax Officer, 2nd Circle, SGST Department, Kottayam, and the State of Kerala represented by its Secretary, Taxes Department. The specific tax period and the order or action under challenge are not detailed in the provided judgment excerpt. The procedural history leading to the writ petition is also not elaborated upon. The amount in dispute, if any, is not mentioned.
Held
The Court accepted the petitioner's submission that they were not desirous of prosecuting the writ petition and wished to withdraw it. Consequently, the Court disposed of the writ petition as withdrawn. No substantive legal principles were decided, and no ratio decidendi for future citation was established as the matter was resolved by the petitioner's withdrawal. The operative direction was to dispose of the petition as withdrawn.
Key Issues
The Court was not required to decide any substantive legal issues. The primary question before the Court was whether to allow the petitioner's request to withdraw the writ petition. The petitioner's side argued that they were not desirous of prosecuting the writ petition and wished to withdraw it. The judgment does not record any arguments from the respondent side regarding the withdrawal request.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.M.BADAR MONDAY, THE 01ST DAY OF MARCH 2021 / 10TH PHALGUNA, 1942 WP(C).No.14610 OF 2020(A) PETITIONER/S: ARJUN E VASUDEVAN, AGED 42 YEARS ERAMATTATHIL HOUSE, MARIAPALLY P.O., KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI.HARISANKAR V. MENON SMT.MEERA V.MENON RESPONDENT/S: 1 THE STATE TAX OFFICER 2ND CIRCLE, SGST DEPARTMENT, SPECIAL CIRCLE, KOTTAYAM-686001. 2 STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, TAXES DEPARTMENT, GOVT.SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001. R1 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT. THUSHARA JAMES, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.03.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No.14610 OF 2020 2 JUDGMENT Dated this the 1st day of March 2021
Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, submits that the petitioner is not desirous of prosecuting the instant writ petition and he wants to withdraw the same. Said submission is recorded. The writ petition is disposed as withdrawn. A.M.BADAR ajt JUDGE
WP(C).No.14610 OF 2020 3
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