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Issues: Whether the amended section 12C of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 required the assessing authority to accept the dealer's returns without verification and barred issuance of a notice to test the correctness of the returns.
Analysis: Section 12C, read with rule 15(5E) of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Rules, 1959, dispenses with the need to insist on the dealer's presence or production of books of account in every case, but does not abrogate the assessing authority's power to verify whether the returns are correct and complete. Where the returns are claimed to be incomplete, incorrect, or based on an exemption, rebate, or disputed rate of tax, the authority may call for supporting materials and examine whether the statutory conditions for acceptance of the return are satisfied. Automatic acceptance of all returns on mere filing would defeat the verification mechanism contemplated by the amended provision and the rule.
Conclusion: The challenge to the show-cause notice failed, and the notice was held to be valid; the petitioner was permitted to raise objections before the assessing officer.
Ratio Decidendi: Section 12C does not eliminate the assessing authority's power to verify returns and require supporting documents where correctness, completeness, or eligibility for exemption or concessional treatment is in issue.
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