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<h1>Court upholds income tax levy on excise duty from poppy heads as trading receipts.</h1> The court upheld the income tax levy for 1976-77 and 1977-78 on excise duty from poppy heads as trading receipts. The petitioner's challenge was ... Taxability of amounts realised as part of sale price - trading receipts taxable as income - application of Chowringhee Sales Bureau principle - availability of alternative remedy under the Income-tax ActTaxability of amounts realised as part of sale price - trading receipts taxable as income - application of Chowringhee Sales Bureau principle - Levy of income-tax on amounts realised from customers as purported excise duty on sale of goods was legally justified. - HELD THAT: - The Court applied the established principle that amounts collected by a dealer as part of the price of goods constitute trading receipts and are taxable as income. Relying on the authority in Chowringhee Sales Bureau P. Ltd. v. CIT, the Court held that sums realised from customers labelled as excise duty but forming part of the sale consideration fall within taxable income and therefore the assessing authority's levy was legally sustainable.The income-tax levy on the receipts in question is legally justified and sustained.Availability of alternative remedy under the Income-tax Act - Maintainability of the writ petition despite the existence of statutory remedies under the Income-tax Act. - HELD THAT: - The Court noted that the petitioner had an alternative remedy under the Income-tax Act to challenge the assessments and that such statutory procedure is the appropriate forum for contesting income-tax assessments. In light of the availability of that remedy, the writ petition did not merit interference.The writ petition is not maintainable and is liable to be dismissed in view of the alternative remedy.Final Conclusion: Writ petition dismissed; the income-tax assessments for the stated years are upheld as legally justified and the interim order is vacated. The petitioner challenged income tax levy for 1976-77 and 1977-78. The amounts were from excise duty on poppy heads. The court upheld the levy as trading receipts. Petitioner can use proper procedure under Income-tax Act. Writ petition dismissed, interim order vacated.
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