https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154509 Where a statutory sales tax application remains pending for an inordinate period without any satisfactory explanation, a writ court may direct the authority to dispose of it within a fixed time. Here, the application under section 22 of the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 had been heard on several occasions but was left undecided for years, and no counter-affidavit was filed to explain the delay. The court treated the matter as fit for final disposal and directed the Assistant Commissioner (Judicial), Sales Tax, to decide the pending application within two months unless it had already been decided. en-us Fri, 19 Apr 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:51:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154509 Where a statutory sales tax application remains pending for an inordinate period without any satisfactory explanation, a writ court may direct the authority to dispose of it within a fixed time. Here, the application under section 22 of the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 had been heard on several occasions but was left undecided for years, and no counter-affidavit was filed to explain the delay. The court treated the matter as fit for final disposal and directed the Assistant Commissioner (Judicial), Sales Tax, to decide the pending application within two months unless it had already been decided. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Fri, 19 Apr 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154509