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Issues: Whether the assessee, whose turnover had crossed the prescribed threshold before the amendment, was entitled to input tax credit in light of the Commissioner's clarification and whether the assessment required reconsideration accordingly.
Analysis: The turnover had exceeded the statutory limit during the relevant period, and the assessee had submitted Form I before the substituted proviso came into force. The clarification issued under the TNVAT regime stated that a dealer crossing the threshold in the middle of the year would not continue under the concessional scheme for the entire year, but would remain eligible for input tax credit on purchases made from the beginning of the year, while the time-barred credit on stock held as on 31.12.2006 could not be claimed. The earlier order of the Court had already treated the clarification as binding on the assessing authority and had directed reassessment in accordance with law and the clarification. The same reasoning was found applicable to the present case.
Conclusion: The assessee was entitled to have the assessment reconsidered in the light of the clarification, and the matter could not be sustained without such review. The appellant succeeded to that extent.