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Issues: Whether freight charges separately shown in the sale invoice were deductible from the taxable turnover under the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Rules, 1959, and whether the Tribunal was bound to follow the assessee's earlier final order on identical facts.
Analysis: Rule 6(c) provides that freight and delivery charges, when specified and charged separately without being included in the price of the goods sold, are to be deducted from the total turnover. The separate disclosure of freight charges in the invoices was accepted by the Assessing Officer, and the rule contemplates deduction of such amounts from turnover rather than their first inclusion and later claim for exemption. The earlier order in the assessee's own case had already accepted the same treatment on identical invoices and had attained finality, and judicial discipline required the Tribunal to follow that view unless factual distinction was shown. No such distinction was recorded.
Conclusion: The freight charges were deductible from turnover, and the Tribunal erred in allowing the State's appeal and disturbing the First Appellate Authority's order.
Final Conclusion: The revision was allowed, the Tribunal's order was set aside, the First Appellate Authority's order was restored, and the substantial questions of law were answered in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Freight charges separately specified and charged in the invoice are deductible from taxable turnover under Rule 6(c), and an earlier final decision on identical facts must be followed in the absence of any factual distinction.
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