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Issues: Whether the review of the earlier judgment was maintainable on the ground of an alleged error apparent on the face of the record under Order 47, Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Analysis: The earlier judgment had upheld the seizure of books and goods on a detailed examination of the facts and of section 74 of the Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003. The review court reopened that conclusion by reappreciating the same materials and by construing the phrase "not accounted for" in a narrower sense, without any new evidence or subsequent development. Such reconsideration required a fresh examination of the legal and factual position and did not disclose a patent error self-evident from the record. Review jurisdiction remains confined to the limited grounds recognized by law and cannot be used to substitute a different view on merits for the one already taken.
Conclusion: The review was not maintainable and the impugned order passed in review could not stand; the challenge succeeded in favour of the Revenue.
Ratio Decidendi: Review jurisdiction under Order 47, Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 cannot be exercised to reargue and redecide the same matter on merits, and is confined to a patent error apparent on the face of the record, discovery of new matter, or another legally sufficient reason of the same character.