1956 (7) TMI 40

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....ed the 4th March, 1955, quashing an order of assessment dated the 16th March, 1952, made by the Sales Tax Officer, Banaras, against the res- pondent company.   The respondent company is incorporated under the Indian Companies Act and has its registered office in Bombay. It has branch offices at Calcutta, Madras and Delhi, but it is common ground that it has no office or agent within this S....

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....hould be the assessing authority, and as the Commissioner had also failed to deter- mine as to who the Sales Tax Officer should be, no assessment could validly be made. Mr. Justice Chowdhary was of opinion that both the submissions were well-founded. In his opinion a person or association of persons would not be a "dealer" within the meaning of that term as defined in section 2(c) of the Act un....

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....ule 6(c) would not enable him to avoid assessment which can be made by the Sales Tax Officer under sub-rule (a) of that rule. Learned counsel for the appellants however found himself unable to contend that upon the facts of this case, as set out in the affidavit accompanying the petition, the sales of the goods despatched by the respondent company to the United Provinces took place in this State. ....