High Court of KeralaWP(C)/34936/2015disposed of

Ras Associates v. Commercial Tax Officer-I

2015-11-19Honourable Dr. Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR THURSDAY, THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2015/28TH KARTHIKA, 1937 WP(C).No. 34936 of 2015 (N) ------------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S) :

------------------------- RAS ASSOCIATES, IV/4, N.H.ROAD, THAIKKATTUKARA, ALUVA, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER SANTHOSH KUMAR.

BY ADVS.SRI.RAJESH NAMBIAR SRI.N.R.SAJ RESPONDENT(S) :

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1. COMMERCIAL TAX OFFICER-I, ALUVA.

2. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, COMMERCIAL TAXES, MATTANCHERRY, PIN- 682 001. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.LILLY.K.T THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19-11-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

Msd.

WP(C).No. 34936 of 2015 (N) ------------------------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS :

----------------------------------------- EXHIBIT P1: TRUE COPY OF THE PENALTY ORDER DATED 15.09.2015 FOR THE PERIOD JULY 2012 TO MARCH 2013.

EXHIBIT P2: TRUE COPY OF THE REVISION PETITION DATED 13.10.2015. EXHIBIT P3: TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION DATED 13.10.2015 FILED FOR URGENT HEARING OF THE REVISION.

RESPONDENT(S)' EXHIBITS :

------------------------------------------- NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A.TO JUDGE.

Msd.

A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR, J.

............................................................. W.P.(C).No.34936 of 2015 ............................................................. Dated this the 19th day of November, 2015 J U D G M E N T Against Ext.P1 penalty order under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, the petitioner has preferred Ext.P2 revision petition and Ext.P3 petition for early hearing before the 2nd respondent. The limited prayer of the petitioner in the writ petition is for a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P3 petition expeditiously.

2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and also the learned Government Pleader for the respondents.

3. On a consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case as also the submissions made across the bar, I dispose the writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P3 early hearing petition within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment, after hearing the petitioner.

A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR JUDGE mns/19.11.15