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Issues: (i) Whether recovery proceedings initiated under Section 45 of the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 were premature and unsustainable before expiry of 30 days from service of the demand notices. (ii) Whether the authority was bound to consider and decide the rectification applications on merits instead of directing the assessee to file an appeal.
Issue (i): Whether recovery proceedings initiated under Section 45 of the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 were premature and unsustainable before expiry of 30 days from service of the demand notices.
Analysis: The demand notices required payment within 30 days from service. The record showed that service on the assessee was completed only on 09.04.2015, so the 30-day period ran until 08.05.2015. Recovery action was, however, initiated before expiry of that period by issuing garnishee notices to third parties. Recovery prior to completion of the statutory period deprived the assessee of the time granted under the demand notices and could not be sustained.
Conclusion: The recovery notices were premature and were rightly quashed, in favour of the petitioner.
Issue (ii): Whether the authority was bound to consider and decide the rectification applications on merits instead of directing the assessee to file an appeal.
Analysis: The assessee had filed applications seeking rectification of the reassessment orders on the ground of error apparent on the face of the record. Such applications required examination under the rectification provision and could not be met merely by an endorsement advising resort to appeal. The authority was obliged to pass a reasoned order on the applications in accordance with law.
Conclusion: The rectification applications had to be decided on merits, in favour of the petitioner.
Final Conclusion: The writ petitions were partly allowed: the recovery notices were set aside, and the authority was directed to dispose of the rectification applications expeditiously.
Ratio Decidendi: Recovery under the Act cannot be enforced before the expiry of the period allowed in the demand notice from the date of service, and a rectification application alleging an apparent error must be considered and decided on merits.
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