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Issues: Whether the assessing authority could invoke rectification powers under section 37 of the Rajasthan Sales Tax Act to revise the original assessment by treating aluminium conductors as electrical goods taxable at a higher rate under entry 81 of Notification SO No. 1037 dated 15.03.1996.
Analysis: Aluminium conductors/wires used for transmission of power were held not to fall within the ordinary ambit of electrical goods described in entry 81, which referred to items such as casing, electric fans, lighting bulbs, electric earthenware, electric porcelain ware, and electronic home appliances. Their classification was not self-evident from the entry and would require detailed reasoning, debate, and possible evidence. Such a debatable question could not constitute a mistake apparent on the face of the record. The authority had also misread the cited precedent, which dealt with a different notification and a different entry concerning plants, equipment, and accessories required for generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power.
Conclusion: The rectification under section 37 was not justified, the goods were rightly assessed at the residuary rate in the original assessment, and the assessee succeeded.