1976 (8) TMI 69

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....ant reported the following total and taxable sales during he respective years. Asst. yr. . Turnover Reported 1970-71 Total 32,51,047.11 . Taxable 23,500.54 1971-72 Total 37,25,155.61 . Taxable 7,856.75 1972-73 Total 26,66,090.01 . Taxable 253.20 1973-74 Total 31,27,214.88 . Taxable 68.00 The various issues arising in these appeals are separately discussed. 3. For asst. yr. 1970-71 sales of two motor cars are involved. MSQ 5665 was purchased from Tvl. Sundaram Motors on 15th July, 1968. It is stated that even a letter from the seller was produced in respect of the same. It is further stated that even in respect of MDJ 6101 the appellant had shown that the purchase was made locally from a registered dealer. The au....

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.... it should have been very easy for the appellant to show that these were second sales. All the same the appellant had merely asserted that these are sales without showing any correlation between the goods locally purchased and those sold. In fact, it appears that even purchase and sale bills were not made available. Even before us no evidence is produced. Under the circumstances the appeals on this point have to fail. 5. The next ground relates to levy of tax on sales of M.S. Rounds to the extent of Rs. 10,60,956.68 for asst. yr. 1970-71, Rs. 17,37,456.65 for 1971-72, Rs. 13,08,689.32 for 1972-73 and Rs. 8,25,687.83 for 1973-74. It is the appellant's case that these were made out of locally purchased billets, blooms, skelps etc. It is argu....

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....llowing the decision of the Madras High Court in the appellant's own case reported in Pyare Lal Malhotra's case, 26 STC 416 to local sales made out of locally purchased scrap to the following extent are stated to have been exempted. Assessment Year Amount 1970-71 22,04,699.97 1971-72 9,12,237.74 1972-73 18,60,928.55 1973-74 23,94,173.39 Since the decision on the basis of which exemptions have been granted had been reversed by the Supreme Court in 33 STC 319, the learned State Representative has come up with enhancement petitions asking for inclusion of the above amounts in the taxable turnover. The learned counsel for the appellant on the other hand has raised a preliminary objection to our jurisdiction at this state. It is point....