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Issues: Whether the penalty order and consequential revenue recovery proceedings under Section 45A of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 were liable to be set aside and the matter remitted for fresh enquiry.
Analysis: The petitioner challenged the penalty proceedings on the footing that he was not liable under the sales tax law and that the proceedings were without jurisdiction. The Tribunal had already found the assessing authority's approach unsatisfactory and had directed a fresh enquiry. The Court declined to take a different view, set aside the impugned order, and held that the matter required reconsideration by the assessing authority after affording the petitioner an opportunity of hearing and supplying the relied-upon documents on request.
Conclusion: The impugned penalty order was set aside and the matter was remitted for fresh enquiry and decision in accordance with law, after hearing the petitioner.
Final Conclusion: The petitioner obtained relief against the existing penalty proceedings, but the tax liability issue was left open for fresh adjudication by the assessing authority.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the assessment or penalty proceedings require reconsideration on the materials and the assessee is to be afforded a proper opportunity, the appropriate course is to set aside the order and remand the matter for fresh enquiry and decision in accordance with law.
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