TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1955 (7) TMI 15
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....it I dated 15th November, 1949, is the application filed by the petitioner to the Assistant Sales Tax Commissioner, Parur, for obtaining registration under rule 22: "As per Travancore General Sales Tax Act, 1124, Rule 22(1), Porunchu Varieth, proprietor, St. Joseph's Electrical Oil Mills, Parur, pray that I may be registered as a manufacturer of cocoanut oil and cake for this area for 1125, at your earliest convenience" and Exhibit II dated 31st March, 1950, the certificate granted to him: "Certified that Sri Porunchu Varieth, Proprietor, St. Joseph's Electrical Oil Mills, Parur, has been registered as manufacturer of cocoanut oil and cake under rule 22(1) of the Travancore General Sales Tax Turnover and Assessment Rules. This certificate w....
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....pecify any date for application for registration under rule 20, registration within the course of the assessment year should make the dealer, a person who is 'such manufacturer' as is referred to under rule 20(2). This conten- tion is apparently supported by a ruling of the Madras Sales Tax Tribunal. But it has to be noted that the obligation cast upon a manufacturer under rule 20(3) can be discharged only if he is already registered under rule 20(1). It follows that the manufacturer should get registered under rule 20(1) either within two months of the commencement of the business or within 31st May of the year for which deduction is claimed. In this case the application for registration was made only on 17th November, 1949, and the appell....
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....t is true that rule 22(1) does not fix a time limit within which the application has to be filed. But when the Advocate himself points out the absence of any provision to condone the delay in making the application, if he wants to enjoy the benefit of the deduction under rule 22(2) he has but to apply for and take out the registration certificate from the very begin- ning. If he fails to do so, he loses the benefit. As stated by the Appellate Assistant Commissioner the obligation cast upon a manufac- turer under rule 22(3) can be discharged only if he has already registered under rule 22(1). The certificate was issued only from 17th November, 1949, and therefore the petitioner is entitled to the deduction only from that date. There is no pr....
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....red as a manufacturer of cocoanut/groundnut oil and cake. (2) Every such manufacturer shall be entitled to a deduction under clause (k) of sub-rule (1) of rule 7 equal to the value of the cocoanut and/or copra or groundnut and/or kernel purchased and converted by him into oil and cake provided that the amount for which the oil is sold is included in his turnover. (3) Every such manufacturer shall, not later than the last day of every month, submit a statement to the registering authority furnishing the following particulars in respect of transactions relating to the pre- vious month: (1) the aggregate amount of cocoanut and/or copra, groundnut and/or kernel purchased by him, and the total purchase price; and (ii) the quantity of the coco....
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....ursuance of sub-rule (1) of rule 22" and the deduction is in respect of oil and cake "converted by him", i.e., "converted by a registered manu- facturer." In view of this it is impossible to say that any oil manu- factured by a dealer who was unregistered at the time of the manufac- ture is none the less oil manufactured by a registered dealer simply because the dealer chose to obtain a certificate of registration subse- quent to the completion of the manufacture. 9.. The petitioner's counsel drew our attention to The State of Madras, In re(1). In that case the assessee though registered under rule 18 of the Madras General Sales Tax (Turnover and Assessment) Rules, 1939, only on the 3rd March, 1951, was granted the deduction in respect o....