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Liberty Oil Mills Ltd vs State Of Kerala
2024 Latest Caselaw 30337 Ker

Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 30337 Ker
Judgement Date : 25 October, 2024

Kerala High Court

Liberty Oil Mills Ltd vs State Of Kerala on 25 October, 2024

Author: A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar

Bench: A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar

  O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
  66 & 78/22                               :: 1 ::



                                                                2024:KER:79583



                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                          PRESENT

             THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR

                                               &

                        THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SYAM KUMAR V.M.

         FRIDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024/3RD KARTHIKA, 1946

                                   O.T.REV NO.68 OF 2022
     AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 04.10.2021 IN T.A.(VAT).NO.70 OF 2018
   OF THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX/AGRICULTURAL INCOME TAX & SALES TAX
           APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, ADDITIONAL BENCH, KOZHIKODE.


REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/APPELLAN/ASSESSEE:

                        M/S.LIBERTY OIL MILLS LTD.
                        SILK STREET, KOZHIKODE,
                        REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER-SALES SRI.K.HAMZA

                        BY ADV.SRI.N.MURALEEDHARAN NAIR
                        BY ADV.SRI.R.MURALEEDHARAN


RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT:

                        STATE OF KERALA
                        REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (LAW),
                        COMMERCIAL TAXES, 9TH FLOOR, REVENUE TOWER,
                        ERNAKULAM - 682 011.

                        BY SRI.V.K.SHAMSUDHEEN, SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER


         THIS OTHER TAX REVISION (VAT) HAVING BEEN FINALLY
   HEARD ON 25.10.2024 ALONG WITH O.T.REV.NO.54 OF 2022 AND
   CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE
   FOLLOWING:
   O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
  66 & 78/22                               :: 2 ::



                                                                2024:KER:79583




                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                          PRESENT

             THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR

                                               &

                        THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SYAM KUMAR V.M.

         FRIDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024/3RD KARTHIKA, 1946

                                   O.T.REV.NO.54 OF 2022
     AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 04.10.2021 IN T.A.(VAT).NO.68 OF 2018
   OF THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX/AGRICULTURAL INCOME TAX & SALES TAX
           APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, ADDITIONAL BENCH, KOZHIKODE.



REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/ASSESSEE:

                        M/S.LIBERTY OIL MILLS LTD.
                        SILK STREET, KOZHIKODE,
                        REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER-SALES SRI.K.HAMZA

                        BY ADV.SRI.N.MURALEEDHARAN NAIR
                        BY ADV.SRI.R.MURALEEDHARAN


RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT:

                        STATE OF KERALA
                        REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (LAW),
                        COMMERCIAL TAXES, 9TH FLOOR, REVENUE TOWER,
                        ERNAKULAM - 682 011.

                        BY SRI.V.K.SHAMSUDHEEN, SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER

         THIS OTHER TAX REVISION (VAT) HAVING BEEN FINALLY
   HEARD ON 25.10.2024, ALONG WITH O.T.REV.NO.68 OF 2022 AND
   CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE
   FOLLOWING:
   O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
  66 & 78/22                               :: 3 ::



                                                                2024:KER:79583


                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                          PRESENT

             THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR

                                               &

                        THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SYAM KUMAR V.M.

         FRIDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024/3RD KARTHIKA, 1946

                                   O.T.REV.NO.66 OF 2022
     AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 04.10.2021 IN T.A.(VAT).NO.71 OF 2018
   OF THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX/AGRICULTURAL INCOME TAX & SALES TAX
           APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, ADDITIONAL BENCH, KOZHIKODE.



REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/ASSESSEE:

                        M/S.LIBERTY OIL MILLS LTD.
                        SILK STREET, KOZHIKODE,
                        REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER-SALES
                        SRI.K.HAMZA - 673 001.

                        BY ADV.SRI.N.MURALEEDHARAN NAIR
                        BY ADV.SRI.R.MURALEEDHARAN


RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT:

                        STATE OF KERALA
                        REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (LAW),
                        COMMERCIAL TAXES, 9TH FLOOR, REVENUE TOWER,
                        ERNAKULAM - 682 011.

                        BY SRI.V.K.SHAMSUDHEEN, SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER


         THIS OTHER TAX REVISION (VAT) HAVING BEEN FINALLY
   HEARD ON 25.10.2024 ALONG WITH O.T.REV.NO.68 OF 2022 AND
   CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE
   FOLLOWING:
   O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
  66 & 78/22                               :: 4 ::



                                                                2024:KER:79583


                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                          PRESENT

             THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR

                                               &

                        THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SYAM KUMAR V.M.

         FRIDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024/3RD KARTHIKA, 1946

                                   O.T.REV.NO.78 OF 2022
     AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 04.10.2021 IN T.A.(VAT).NO.69 OF 2018
   OF THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX/AGRICULTURAL INCOME TAX & SALES TAX
           APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, ADDITIONAL BENCH, KOZHIKODE.



REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/APPELLANT/ASSESSEE:

                        M/S.LIBERTY OIL MILLS LTD.
                        SILK STREET, KOZHIKODE,
                        REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER-SALES
                        SRI.K.HAMZA.

                        BY ADV.SRI.N.MURALEEDHARAN NAIR
                        BY ADV.SRI.R.MURALEEDHARAN


RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT:

                        STATE OF KERALA
                        REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (LAW),
                        COMMERCIAL TAXES, 9TH FLOOR, REVENUE TOWER,
                        ERNAKULAM - 682 011.

                        BY SRI.V.K.SHAMSUDHEEN, SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER


         THIS OTHER TAX REVISION (VAT) HAVING BEEN FINALLY
   HEARD ON 25.10.2024 ALONG WITH O.T.REV.NO.68 OF 2022 AND
   CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE
   FOLLOWING:
 O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
66 & 78/22                             :: 5 ::



                                                                2024:KER:79583




                                    ORDER

Dr. A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.

The issue involved in all these O.T. Revisions has already been

decided by a Division Bench of this Court in the decision reported in

Parisons Foods Pvt. Ltd. v. Joint Commissioner of Commercial

Taxes, Department of Commercial Taxes, Thiruvananthapuram,

Kerala - [(2018) 51 GSTR 115 (Ker)]. Taking note of the said

judgment, the O.T. Revisions are dismissed by answering the questions

of law raised against the assessee and in favour of the Revenue.

Sd/-

DR. A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR JUDGE

Sd/-

SYAM KUMAR V.M. JUDGE prp/25/10/24 O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54, 66 & 78/22 :: 6 ::

2024:KER:79583

APPENDIX OF O.T.REV.NO.68/2022

PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES:

ANNEXURE A TRUE COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT ORDER PASSED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, SPECIAL CIRCLE

- I COMMERCIAL TAXES KOZHICODE FOR THE YEAR 2013-14 DATED 28.03.2017.

ANNEXURE B TURE COPY OF THE 1ST APPELLATE ORDER PASSED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (A)PPEALS 1, COMMERCIAL TAXES KOZHICODE DATED 30.11.2017.

ANNEXURE C TRUE COPY OF COMMON TRIBUNAL ORDER IN TA VAT 68/18, 69/18,70/18 AND 71/18 DATED 04/10/2021.

ANNEXURE D TRUE COPY OF THE APPEAL MEMORANDUM FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE APPELLLATE TRIBUNAL KOZHICODE FOR THE YEAR 2013-14 DATED 01.03.2018.

RESPONDENT'S ANNEXURES:        NIL.
   O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
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                                                         2024:KER:79583




APPENDIX OF O.T.REV.NO.54/2022

PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES:

ANNEXURE A: TRUE COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT ORDER PASSED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,SPECIAL CIRCLE-I, COMMERCIAL TAXES, KOZHIKODE, FOR THE YEAR 2011-12 DATED 28.02.2017.

ANNEXURE B: TRUE COPY OF THE 1ST APPELLATE ORDER PASSED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) I, COMMERCIAL TAXES, KOZHIKODE, DATED 30.11.2017.

ANNEXURE C: TRUE COPY OF THE COMMON TRIBUNAL ORDER IN T.A.(VAT) NOS 68/2018, 69/2018, 70/2018 & 71/2018 DATED 04.10.2021.

ANNEXURE D: TRUE COPY OF THE APPEAL MEMORANDUM FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, KOZHIKODE, FOR THE YEAR 2011-12 DATED 01.03.2018.

RESPONDENT'S ANNEXURES:        NIL.
   O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
  66 & 78/22                          :: 8 ::



                                                         2024:KER:79583




APPENDIX OF O.T.REV.NO.66/2022

PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES:

ANNEXURE A: TRUE COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT ORDER PASSED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, SPECIAL CIRCLE-I, COMMERCIAL TAXES, KOZHIKODE, FOR THE YEAR 2014-15 DATED 28.02.2017.

ANNEXURE B: TRUE COPY OF THE 1ST APPELLATE ORDER PASSED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) I, COMMERCIAL TAXES, KOZHIKODE DATED 30.11.2017.

ANNEXURE C: TRUE COPY OF THE COMMON TRIBUNAL ORDER IN T.A.(VAT) NOS.68/2018, 69/2018, 70/2018 & 71/2018 DATED 04.10.2021.

ANNEXURE D: TRUE COPY OF THE APPEAL MEMORANDUM FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, KOZHIKODE, FOR THE YEAR 2014-15 DATED 01.03.2018.

RESPONDENT'S ANNEXURES:        NIL.
   O.T.Rev.Nos.68, 54,
  66 & 78/22                          :: 9 ::



                                                         2024:KER:79583




APPENDIX OF O.T.REV.NO.78/2022

PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES:

ANNEXURE A: TRUE COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT ORDER PASSED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, SPECIAL CIRCLE-I, COMMERCIAL TAXES, KOZHIKODE, FOR THE YEAR 2012-13 DATED 28.02.2017.

ANNEXURE B: TRUE COPY OF THE 1ST APPELLATE ORDER PASSED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) I, COMMERCIAL TAXES, KOZHIKODE DATED 30/11/2017.

ANNEXURE C: TRUE COPY OF THE COMMON TRIBUNAL ORDER IN T.A. (VAT) NOS.68/2018, 69/2018, 70/2018 AND 71/2018 DATED 04.10.2021.

ANNEXURE D: TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, KOZHIKODE FOR THE YEAR 2012-13 DATED 01.03.2018.

RESPONDENT'S ANNEXURES:        NIL.




                                 //TRUE COPY//




                                 P.S. TO JUDGE
 

 
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