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2015 DIGILAW 393 (GUJ)

State of Gujarat v. Star Industries

2015-04-07

M.R.SHAH, S.H.VORA

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JUDGMENT M.R. Shah, J. 1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the learned Gujarat Value Added Tax Tribunal dated 02/09/2014 in Second Appeal No. 347/2013, the appellant-State of Gujarat-revenue has preferred the present Tax Appeal to consider the following substantial questions of law; "(A) Whether the Hon'ble Tribunal has erred in holding that the dealer is entitled to interest under Section 54(1)(aa) on refund arising from appellate order? (B) Whether the Hon'ble Tribunal has erred in deleting levy of penalty under Section 45(2)(c) of the Act?" 2. We have heard Shri Chintan Dave, learned AGP appearing on behalf of the appellant and Shri Mehta, learned advocate appearing on behalf of the respondent-assessee-dealer at length. We have perused and considered the impugned judgment and order passed by the learned Tribunal. 3. Now so far as substantial question No. (A) i.e. Whether the learned Tribunal has erred in holding that the dealer is entitled to interest under Section 54(1)(aa) of the Gujarat Sales Tax Act on refund arising from the appellate order is concerned, the said issue is now concluded and decided against the revenue in view of the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of State of Gujarat v. Doshi Printing Press reported in Tax Appeal No. 87/2015 and allied Tax Appeals. In the case of Doshi Printing Press (Supra) after considering the decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Sandvik Asia Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax reported in, (2006) 280 ITR 643 (SC); Commissioner of Income Tax v. Gujarat Fluoro Chemicals reported in (2014) 1 SCC 126 as well as the subsequent decision of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Gujarat Flouro Chemicals Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax and Ors dated 30/01/2015 in Special Civil Application No. 12855/1994, the Division Bench of this Court has confirmed the order passed by the learned Tribunal in holding that the dealer is entitled to interest under Section 54(1)(aa) of the Gujarat Sales Tax Act on refund arising from the appellate order and consequently the Division Bench has dismissed the Appeals preferred by the State raising the same question of law. Following the decision of Division Bench of this Court in the case of Doshi Printers Press (Supra), we dismiss the present Tax Appeal qua question No. (A). 4. Following the decision of Division Bench of this Court in the case of Doshi Printers Press (Supra), we dismiss the present Tax Appeal qua question No. (A). 4. Now so far as proposed question No. (B) i.e. whether the learned Tribunal has erred in deleting levy of penalty under Section 45(2)(c) of the Act is concerned, even the said issue is also held against the revenue in view of the binding decision of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Banu Hasim v. State of Gujarat reported in Tax Appeal No. 1842/2010. Following the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Banu Hasim (Supra), the present Tax Appeal qua question No. (B) also deserves to be dismissed. 5. In view of the above and for the reasons stated hereinabove, no question of law, much less substantial question of law arises in the present Tax Appeal. Under the circumstances, the present Tax Appeal deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed. Civil Application No. 291/2015 In view of disposal of the main Tax Appeal, no order in the Civil Application and the same stands disposed of. In Favour of Assessee