https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154225 Section 3-A of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 empowers the State Government and the Commissioner to issue administrative instructions to subordinate authorities, but it does not give a dealer a corresponding right to demand a clarification or impose a duty on the Commissioner to entertain such an application. A writ of mandamus is available only where there is a clear legal right in the applicant and a correlative statutory duty on the public authority. On that basis, the requested mandamus was held not maintainable and the relief was refused. en-us Mon, 18 Jan 1982 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:21:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154225 Section 3-A of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 empowers the State Government and the Commissioner to issue administrative instructions to subordinate authorities, but it does not give a dealer a corresponding right to demand a clarification or impose a duty on the Commissioner to entertain such an application. A writ of mandamus is available only where there is a clear legal right in the applicant and a correlative statutory duty on the public authority. On that basis, the requested mandamus was held not maintainable and the relief was refused. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Mon, 18 Jan 1982 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154225