1956 (4) TMI 49

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....OPALA AYYANGAR, J.-This is an application for the issue of a writ of prohibition to direct the Deputy Commercial Tax Officer, Special Circle, Non-resident, Vepery, Madras, from taking proceedings for the recovery of sales tax from the petitioner under the Madras General Sales Tax Act. The petitioner is a resident of the Hyderabad State, and he has been exporting goods into the Madras State. The....

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....mated turnover. As the petitioners still persisted in their attitude, that they were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the Sales Tax Authorities in Madras, the respondent passed an order on 13th January, 1955, provisionally assessing them to a tax of Rs. 2,812-8-0, and demanding payment of the said sum. The petitioners thereupon filed this writ petition in this Court questioning the legality of ....

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....e serious question for consideration. By reason of the sale transactions sought to be taxed, goods which were outside the State of Madras were brought over into Madras as part of the sale. As goods were transported to this State and delivered for consumption here they were inside sales within Article 286 (1)(a), Explanation. But, they were clearly transactions in the course of inter-State trade wi....