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Issues: Whether the State could levy sales tax on zarda under the Assam General Sales Tax Act, 1993, in view of Parliamentary control over the tobacco industry under Entry 52 of List I and the operation of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957.
Analysis: The levy was examined against the constitutional allocation of legislative power and the statutory scheme governing tobacco products. The challenge proceeded on the footing that tobacco industry had been taken over by Parliament, leaving no residual State power to tax the same commodity in the manner attempted under the Assam General Sales Tax Act, 1993. The Court also noted that additional excise duty was being levied under the Central enactment and distributed to the States in lieu of sales tax, and that the State had been receiving its share under that scheme. In the circumstances, the State was not entitled to impose the impugned sales tax on zarda without the statutory consequence attached to such levy under the Central scheme.
Conclusion: The levy of sales tax on zarda under the Assam General Sales Tax Act, 1993 was unsustainable and was set aside, in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The writ petition succeeded and the impugned sales tax levy on zarda was quashed, with no order as to costs.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a commodity is covered by a central excise scheme that distributes proceeds to the States in lieu of sales tax, and Parliament has occupied the relevant field of control over the industry, the State cannot validly impose a parallel sales tax on that commodity contrary to the central statutory arrangement.
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