Court corrects Assessing Officer, emphasizes natural justice, orders independent inquiry & personal hearing. The Court found the Assessing Officer's approach incorrect and partly allowed previous writ petitions with specific directions. Assessments were revised ...
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The Court found the Assessing Officer's approach incorrect and partly allowed previous writ petitions with specific directions. Assessments were revised without providing requested details, violating principles of natural justice. Allegations were solely based on information pending adjudication. The Court emphasized the need for an independent inquiry and opportunity for a personal hearing before concluding on alleged mis-declaration. The impugned notices lacked compliance with the Court's directions, were set aside, and matters were remitted back for diligent compliance.
Issues: Challenging notices for being arbitrary, unsustainable, and against natural justice under the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006.
Analysis: The petitioner, a registered dealer, challenged notices for being arbitrary and against natural justice. The revision of assessment was based on details from the Departmental website, without providing requested mismatch and check post details. The respondent lacked independent material except for information from the Director of Revenue Intelligence, which was a show cause notice pending adjudication. The Court found the Assessing Officer's approach incorrect and partly allowed previous writ petitions with specific directions.
Analysis: The Court noted that the assessments were revised without providing requested details, violating principles of natural justice. Allegations of mis-declaration of value were solely based on information from the Director of Revenue Intelligence, pending adjudication. The Court emphasized the need for an independent inquiry and opportunity for personal hearing before concluding on alleged sales suppression or mis-declaration of value.
Analysis: The respondent misunderstood the Court's directions in furnishing details and proceeded incorrectly by reproducing earlier notices verbatim. The Court expected the respondent to provide materials based on specific directions to avoid arbitrary actions. As the impugned notices lacked compliance with the Court's directions, they were set aside, and the matters were remitted back to the respondent to follow the earlier order diligently.
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