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Issues: Whether the High Court retained jurisdiction to answer a reference made under section 21(1) of the Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) Act, 1941 read with section 9(2) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 after the West Bengal Taxation Tribunal Act, 1987 came into force.
Analysis: The reference, though arising in relation to inter-State sales tax under the Central Sales Tax Act, was made only through the machinery of the Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) Act, 1941 because section 9(2) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 applies the State Act's assessment, appeal, revision and reference provisions to central sales tax matters. The Central Sales Tax Act does not create an independent machinery for references, and the State Act procedure therefore governs the reference. Since section 7(2) of the West Bengal Taxation Tribunal Act, 1987 transferred pending references under the State Act to the Tribunal, the reference could not continue before the High Court.
Conclusion: The High Court had no jurisdiction to decide the reference and it stood transferred to the West Bengal Taxation Tribunal for disposal.
Final Conclusion: The controversy on jurisdiction was answered in favour of transfer to the Tribunal, and the matter was not finally decided on the tax merits by the High Court.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a reference under the State sales tax law is the only procedural vehicle for a central sales tax matter by virtue of section 9(2) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, the reference remains subject to the jurisdictional transfer provisions applicable to the State law.
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