M/S Patanjali Natural Coloroma Private ... vs The Commissioner Of Sales Tax And Others
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Uttarakhand High Court

M/S Patanjali Natural Coloroma Private ... vs The Commissioner Of Sales Tax And Others on 20 May, 2024

     HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT
               NAINITAL
      THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE MS. RITU BAHRI
                        AND
      THE HON'BLE JUSTICE SRI RAKESH THAPLIYAL

                        20th May, 2024

        Writ Petition (M/B) No. 32 of 2024

M/s Patanjali Natural Coloroma Private Limited, Plot No. P1,
Patanjali Food and Harbal Park                      .....Petitioner

                               Versus

The Commissioner of Sales Tax and others          ........Respondents


                                 With

       Writ Petition (M/B) No. 129 of 2024

M/S Divya Yog Mandir Trust                           .....Petitioner
                               Versus

The Commissioner of State Tax and others
                                                 ........Respondents
                                With


       Writ Petition (M/B) No. 130 of 2024

M/s Patanjali Agro India Private Limited             .....Petitioner

                               Versus

The Commissioner of State Tax and others          ........Respondents


                                With

       Writ Petition (M/B) No. 131 of 2024

M/S Patanjali Foods Limited                          .....Petitioner
                               Versus

The Commissioner of State Tax and others         ........Respondents

                                 And
                                        2




        Writ Petition (M/B) No. 132 of 2024

 M/S Patanjali Ayurved Limited                             .....Petitioner

                                    Versus

 The Commissioner of State Tax and others               ........Respondents



Counsel for the petitioners         : Mr. Altaf Hussain, Kinjal Srivastava,
                                      Manali Joshi, Ashwarya Sharma,
                                      learned counsel

Counsel for the respondents         : Mr. C.S..Rawat, learned CSC with
                                      Ms. Puja Banga and Mr. Tarun
                                      Lakhera, Brief Holders for the State.
                                       Mr.  Shobhit     Sahariya,    learned
                                      counsel for the respondent nos. 6 to
                                      8 in WPMB No. 131 of 2024.


Judgment: (per Ms. Ritu Bahri, C.J.)

1.           Pursuant to the order dated 01.03.2024, Dr.
Sunita Pandey, Joint Commissioner, SIB Haridwar; Mr.
Shyam       Sundar      Tiruwa,         Joint    Commissioner,         SIB
Dehradun; Ms. Maneesha Saini, Deputy Commissioner,
Internal Review; Anjali Gusain, Deputy Commissioner,
Audit-01    Roorkee;          Mr.    Manvendra       Singh,     Assistant
Commissioner, Sector-2 Roorkee; Mr. Kartikeya Verma,
Deputy      Commissioner,(SIB/ENF)               Haridwar       and     Mr.
Kartikeya     Verma,      Deputy           Commissioner,       (SIB/ENF)
Haridwar, are present in the Court today. The chart
supplied by them today is taken on record.

2.           Counsel for the State, on instructions, has
informed the Court that after search and inspection
conducted on 17.03.2023, in all the five matters, 25
summons have already been issued to the petitioners on
different dates, and proceedings have already been
initiated after they were served. The petitioners can
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participate    in   the   proceedings   and,   thereafter,   the
respondents may pass a final order.


3.            Keeping in view that the proceedings have
rightly been initiated by the respondents, the present
petitions are being disposed of giving liberty to the
respondents to pass an appropriate order, in accordance
with law.




                                    ___________________________
                                               Ritu Bahri, C.J.

___________________________ Rakesh Thapliyal, J.

Dt: 20th May, 2024 Kaushal