Priyom Condiments (PVT) LTD vs. Assistant Commissioner
Held
The Court directed the 2nd respondent, the Deputy Commissioner (Appeals), to dispose of the stay petition and the delay condonation application within a period of two months from the date of the order. Furthermore, the Court ordered that until the disposal of these applications, all coercive steps to recover the demand based on the impugned assessment order shall be deferred. The reasoning for this decision is to ensure that the petitioner's applications for stay and delay condonation are considered promptly, and to prevent immediate recovery actions before these preliminary issues are resolved. The ratio decidendi is that a taxpayer should not face coercive recovery measures while their applications for stay and condonation of delay are pending before the appellate authority.
Facts
The petitioner, M/s Priyom Condiments (Pvt) Ltd, filed a writ petition before the Kerala High Court challenging an assessment order (Ext.P1) passed by the Assistant Commissioner, SGST Department (1st respondent). Against this assessment order, the petitioner had filed an appeal (Ext.P2) along with an application for condonation of delay (Ext.P4) and a stay petition (Ext.P3) before the Deputy Commissioner (Appeals), Department of Commercial Taxes (2nd respondent). The writ petition was filed seeking directions for the disposal of these applications.
Key Issues
1. Whether the 2nd respondent (Deputy Commissioner (Appeals)) should be directed to dispose of the stay petition and delay condonation application filed by the petitioner? The petitioner argued that they have filed an appeal against the assessment order and have also filed applications for condonation of delay and for a stay of the demand. They sought a direction for the expeditious disposal of these applications. The revenue (represented by the Government Pleader) did not record any specific arguments in the judgment regarding the direction for disposal.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.MUHAMED MUSTAQUE MONDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2020 / 5TH PHALGUNA, 1941 WP(C).No.5265 OF 2020 PETITIONER: M/S PRIYOM CONDIMENTS (PVT) LTD, WEST MORAKKALA, KUMARAPURAM.P.O, ERNAKULAM-683 565, REPRESENTED BY MUHAMED SAMEER, DIRECTOR BY ADVS. SRI.P.S.SOMAN SMT.T.RADHAMANY SHRI.PRAKASH P.B. RESPONDENTS: 1 ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, SPECIAL CIRCLE, SGST DEPARTMENT, AT MINI CIVIL STATION, PERUMBAVOOR-683 547 2 DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (APPEALS), DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TAXES, COMMERCIAL TAX COMPLEX, THEVARA, ERNAKULAM-682 015 3 DEPUTY TAHSILDAR, TALUK OFFICE, KANNUR-670 001 BY ADV. SMT.THUSHARA JAMES, GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24.02.2020, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No.5265 OF 2020 -2- JUDGMENT Dated this the 24th day of February 2020 The petitioner, as against Ext.P1 assessment order passed by the 1st respondent, filed Ext.P2 appeal along with Ext.P4 delay condonation application and Ext.P3 stay petition before the 2nd respondent.
In the light of the above, there shall be a direction to the 2nd respondent to dispose of the stay petition a
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