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Issues: Whether purchase tax was exigible under section 7-A of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 on petroleum products used in vehicles and on furfural used in manufacture, and whether the assessment could be sustained under section 7-A(1)(a) despite the appellate authorities' reliance on section 7-A(1)(b).
Analysis: The expression "disposal" in section 7-A(1)(b) requires parting with or transfer of the goods, and mere consumption by the assessee does not amount to disposal. The use of petroleum products in the assessee's vehicles therefore could not be brought within clause (b). However, section 7-A(1)(a) independently applies where goods purchased without tax are consumed or used in or for the manufacture of other goods for sale or are otherwise consumed. The purchases from the oil company remained purchases for purposes of the Act notwithstanding the exemption from first-sale treatment under the Explanation to the First Schedule. Since the petroleum products were consumed otherwise than in manufacture and the furfural was used in manufacture of goods for sale, the statutory conditions for purchase tax were satisfied.
Conclusion: The levy was valid under section 7-A(1)(a), and the assessment was sustainable.
Ratio Decidendi: Purchase tax is attracted under section 7-A(1)(a) where goods purchased without tax are consumed otherwise than in manufacture of goods for sale, and mere in-house consumption is not "disposal" within section 7-A(1)(b).
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