1976 (9) TMI 158

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....ithin a very narrow compass. In the original assessment made in respect of the turnover, the turnover relating to the following items of foodgrains were assessed at 1 per cent as provided for in the proviso to section 3(1) of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959: Samai arisi, thinai arisi, irungu chola arisi, irungu chola kurunai and kudiraivali arisi. Subsequently, the assessment was reopen....

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....han those mentioned in the First Schedule), fresh fruits, betel and plantain leaves, flowers, eggs, meat and fish (other than canned meat and fish), the rate shall be one per cent." Admittedly, samai, thinai, cholam and kudiraivali are mentioned in the first proviso to section 3(1). The only other question is whether the items in the present case go out of the proviso, simply because they are c....

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....d conclusion is erroneous in law. The learned Additional Government Pleader brought to our notice the decision of the Supreme Court in Ganesh Trading Co. v. State of Haryana[1973] 32 S.T.C. 623 (S.C.). In that judgment, the Supreme Court pointed out: "Now, the question for our decision is whether it could be said that when paddy was dehusked and rice produced, its identity retained. It was true th....

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....pinion that samai arisi, thinai arisi, irungu chola arisi, irungu chola kurunai and kudiraivali arisi will come within the scope of the proviso to section 3(1) of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959, and, therefore, were eligible for the concessional rate of 1 per cent of the tax and, consequently, the reopening of the assessment for the purpose of assessing the turnover referable to the sa....