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Issues: Whether the assessee was entitled to sales tax exemption on sales of mini rice machines on the basis of the certificate issued by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Lucknow, under the relevant exemption notification.
Analysis: The exemption notification under section 4(1)(b) of the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 required that the goods be sold by institutions in Uttar Pradesh certified by the All India Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Bombay. The Court held that the notification did not prescribe any particular form of certificate and that the certificate issued by the Commission at Lucknow, certifying the assessee as a recognised fabricator for the relevant goods, was sufficient compliance. The Court also noted that the function of the Commission under section 15(2)(h) of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 included granting certificates to producers or dealers of village-industry products, and that this supported the validity of the certificate for exemption purposes.
Conclusion: The assessee was entitled to exemption on the sales of mini rice machines, and the Tribunal was in denying the exemption on the ground that the certificate was issued from Lucknow rather than Bombay.