2013 (4) TMI 379

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....ry, learned counsel for the petitioner. Ms. Mini Ravindran, learned Deputy Government Advocate for the respondents. ORDER 1. By filing this petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the imposition of Entry Tax on purchase of plant and machinery acquired for execution of work contract during the period 01.04.1987 to 31.03.1988 vide order dat....

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....g the petitioner's revision petition, the revisional authority has not passed speaking order. The grounds raised by the petitioner through its written submissions (Annexure P/5) have not at all been dealt with. In the absence of reasons in the revisional order, the same cannot be sustained. 4. It has now been well settled that failure to give reasons amounts to denial of justice. Reasons ar....

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....4 (1) SCC 547]. In the case of Assistant Commissioner Commercial Tax Department v Shukla and Brothers (2010) 4 SCC 785, the Supreme Court reiterating its earlier view and has stated that recording of reasons is an essential feature of dispensation of justice. A litigant, who approaches the Court with any grievance, in accordance with law, is entitled to know the reasons for grant or rejection of h....