M/S Forever Living Imports Pvt. Ltd. v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8373 of 2015 ====================================================== M/s Forever Living Imports Pvt. Ltd. a Company registered under the Companies Act 1956, havit its local office and place of business BAiley Road, Patna through the authorized signatory Avinash Kumar Sharma. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. The Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Bihar, Patna, Bihar.

3. The Joint Commissioner (Admin) of Commercial Taxes Central Division Patna.

4. The Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Special Circle, Patna.

5. Assistant Commissioner Commercial Taxes Special Circle, Patna.

6. Treasury Officer, Secretariat Treasury, Irrigation Bhawan, Patna. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh For the Respondent/s : Mr. Niranjan Kumar, AC to GP-27 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMAR DATTA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMAR DATTA) 04-11-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the grievance of the petitioner has been partially redressed to the extent that the refund of the excess amount paid has been made but without the statutory interest.

In the aforesaid circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to pay the statutory interest on the principal amount of refund within

Patna High Court CWJC No.8373 of 2015 (4) dt.04-11-2015 2/2 a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.

(Ramesh Kumar Datta, J) (Sudhir Singh, J) S.Pandey/- U