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Issues: Whether the dealer could withdraw an application for compounding before permission was granted under the compounding rule, and whether the assessment could nevertheless be completed on the basis of the withdrawn compounding option.
Analysis: Rule 30 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Rules, 1963 contemplates an application for permission to pay tax at compounded rates, followed by an enquiry and an order either granting or rejecting the application. Until permission is granted, the application does not mature into a concluded arrangement binding the dealer. In the present case, the withdrawal was made before any order granting permission under the rule, and the assessment authority had accepted the monthly returns and tax payments under the regular scheme. In those circumstances, the dealer could not be fastened with liability on the footing that compounding had become operative.
Conclusion: The dealer was entitled to withdraw the compounding application before permission was granted, and the assessment based on the supposed compounding option could not stand.
Final Conclusion: The impugned assessment was set aside and the assessment was directed to be completed under the regular turnover-based provision applicable to the dealer.
Ratio Decidendi: An application for compounding under the statutory option remains revocable until the assessing authority grants permission, and no binding liability on compounded rates arises before such permission is issued.
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