Mustafa Huseni Chunawala v. Union Of India And ORS.

17.8.2023 ks WPA 18976 of 2023 sl. 16 Mustafa Huseni Chunawala Vs Union of India & Ors.

Mr. R. Lakhmoni, Ms. Pooja Sah ... For the Petitioner.

Affidavit-of-service filed in court be kept with the record.

By this writ petition, petitioner has challenged the impugned demand notice dated 6th April, 2021, raised by the respondent/State Tax Authority concerned being Annexure P-3 to the writ petition by filing this writ petition on 7th August, 2023, i.e. almost after two years and two months and even after making the payment of the said demand by contending that the aforesaid payment of the aforesaid demand should not be treated as admission of commission of any offence and no other Tax Authority should proceed against the petitioner.

Considering the submission of the petitioner this writ petition being WPA 18976 of 2023 is disposed of by granting liberty to the petitioner to convince the Authorities concerned in accordance with law about his such contention that the aforesaid payment was made by the petitioner to buy peace and even though not accepting the said demand.

This order has been passed without going into the merits, legality and correctness of such statement made by the petitioner in this court and any authority concerned is free to consider the aforesaid statement of the petitioner on its own merit.

( Md. Nizamuddin, J. )