1990 (9) TMI 304

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.... Whether, on the facts of the case, the Tribunal wrongly applied the ratio of the Madras decision reported in [1977] 39 STC 443 (Natarajan and Sons v. State of Tamil Nadu) and failed to correctly apply the ratio of the decision of the Honourable Supreme Court of India reported in [1979] 43 STC 13; AIR 1978 SC 1496 (Hindustan Sugar Mills Ltd. v. State of Rajasthan) in a situation where the nature of the transaction between the parties negatived the intention to effect sale of the container together with the contents and this has resulted in denying to the appellant the deduction it was entitled to under Rule 6(4)(ff) of the Rules? 2.. Whether, on the facts of the case, the exercise of power under section 25-A of the Act was illegal and im....

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....e sale of the container and as such the cost of container was not liable to be computed out of the total turnover under rule 6(cc)(i) of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Rules, 1959, which is in pari materia with Rule 6(4)(ff) of the Karnataka Sales Tax Rules. 3.. We see from the order of the Appellate Tribunal, which dismissed the appeals before it, that the same proposition was laid down by the Madras High Court earlier in the case of Madras Cements Limited v. State of Madras [1973] 31 STC 221. It would be useful to extract the passage relied upon by the Tribunal in the course of its judgment and it is as follows: "........ Where a manufactured product has to be necessarily bottled, packed or bagged after the sale and the dealer und....

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....If that is the correct position, pressing into service rule 6(4)(ff) to compute out the turnover relating to the cost of packing material was clearly an error of law which could be rectified under section 25-A of the Act. If that power is exercised and the assessment rectified (we may mention here, due to some unfortunate error, the rectified assessment order of the original assessing authority has not been produced and in its place the original assessment order, which was rectified, has been produced), the second question really does not arise for our consideration at all. 5.. In regard to the first question, Mr. A.N. Jayaram, learned counsel for the petitioner, placed strong reliance upon certain observations made by the Supreme Court ....