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Issues: Whether the Government could enforce its priority claim for income-tax arrears against sale proceeds already paid over to the decree-holder before the Government moved the executing court.
Analysis: The right of priority is a common law right preserved by Article 372 of the Constitution of India, but it can be enforced only while the assets remain in the custody of the executing court as the property of the judgment-debtor. A mere attachment by the Collector in proceedings under the Income-tax Act does not by itself suffice to defeat the decree-holder's entitlement once the court has directed payment and the amount has been paid over. The decisive factor is that the Government must move the executing court before the relevant sale proceeds are distributed, because after payment the decree-holder's rights supervene.
Conclusion: The Government's priority claim was not enforceable against the amount already realised in execution and paid to the decree-holder; the suit failed and the appeal succeeded.
Final Conclusion: The Government could not recover the distributed sale proceeds by asserting priority after the execution money had already passed to the decree-holder.
Ratio Decidendi: Government priority over tax dues can be enforced only against assets still belonging to the judgment-debtor and in the custody of the executing court, and not after the money has been paid to the decree-holder.
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