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Issues: Whether sections 26A and 26B of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 were unconstitutional or overridden by the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 in respect of sales tax arrears and the claim of banks over mortgaged properties.
Analysis: The statutory first charge created by the Kerala General Sales Tax Act in favour of the State for sales tax arrears had already been upheld in earlier decisions. The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 was held to be a law enacted for speedy adjudication and recovery of bank debts, but not for creating any statutory charge or priority in favour of banks. As both enactments operate in different fields and there is no conflict in the matter of recovery of dues, the non obstante provision in the 1993 Act does not displace the first charge under sections 26A and 26B. The constitutional challenge was therefore untenable.
Conclusion: Sections 26A and 26B of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 were held valid and effective, and the State's first charge had priority over the bank's claim.
Final Conclusion: The appeals failed, and the State's right to recover sales tax dues from the properties in question was maintained in preference to the banks' claims.
Ratio Decidendi: A recovery statute for banks does not create a statutory charge or priority in their favour and does not override a State sales tax law creating a first charge, where both enactments operate in distinct fields.
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