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Issues: Whether the design and construction of natural draught cooling towers falls within the civil works entry under section 17(6) of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957, or within the specific entry for supply and erection of cooling towers.
Analysis: The relevant scheme treated works contracts under section 17(6) through a compounding levy, with one entry covering civil works like construction of buildings, bridges and roads, and another specific entry introduced for supply and erection of cooling towers. The Court held that the expression "civil works" in the general entry had to be read in the context of the illustrative words that followed it, and the decisive test was whether the work was similar to construction of a building or like structures. Although cooling towers are permanent structures, their design and construction are not akin to building construction in the ordinary sense. The Court further held that the cooling tower entry was a special entry and, where a specific entry exists, it must prevail over the general entry. The rule of construing ambiguity in favour of the assessee was found inapplicable because the entry was not considered reasonably doubtful.
Conclusion: The work of designing and constructing cooling towers was held taxable under the specific cooling tower entry and not under the civil works entry, and the revisional order was upheld.
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