Wednesday, December 3, 2014

As copy of order of First Appellate Authority was received by someone not authorised by it 30 days delay in filing appeal was be condoned

December 3, 2014[2014] 51 taxmann.com 260 (Punjab & Haryana)/[2014] 73 VST 262 (Punjab & Haryana)

CST & VAT (Haryana): As copy of order of First Appellate Authority was received by someone not authorised by it 30 days delay in filing appeal was be condoned
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[2014] 51 taxmann.com 260 (Punjab & Haryana)
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA
Standard Steels
v.
State of Haryana*
AJAY KUMAR MITTAL AND JASPAL SINGH, JJ.
VATAP NO. 4 OF 2013†
APRIL  25, 2014
Section 33 of the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003 read with Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 - Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioner - Appeals to - Condonation of delay - Assessment year 2006-07 - Against order of assessment, assessee filed appeal before First Appellate Authority late by 17 days along with application seeking condonation of delay - First Appellate Authority rejected application for condonation of delay and consequently dismissed appeal being hit by limitation - Against order of First Appellate Authority, assessee filed appeal before Tribunal late by 30 days along with application seeking condonation of delay - Tribunal dismissed appeal being barred by limitation - Assessee submitted that counsel engaged in first appeal misbehaved with it and filed appeal belately - Copy of order of First Appellate Authority was received by someone not authorised by it and, therefore, delay in filing appeal before Tribunal could not be attributed to it - Whether there was sufficient cause for delay in filing above appeals - Held, yes - Whether, therefore, delay in filing appeals deserved to be condoned - Held, yes [Para 10][In favour of assessee]

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