1994 (11) TMI 406

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....learned Additional Standing Counsel for Commercial Taxes Department. 2.. The petitioner has assailed the correctness of the order passed by the Sales Tax Officer, Ward A, Kalahandi Circle (opposite party No. 2). The dispute revolves round the question whether the word "sealed" used in serial Nos. 29 and 89 relating to tax-free and taxable goods covers both packets and containers or only packets....

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....is thus taxable. Word 'sealed' does not govern the word 'container'." 3.. In view of the aforesaid decision of this Court, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that any statutory remedy will be of no use. On consideration of the entries, we are prima facie of the view that the word "sealed" related to both packets and containers. Packets and containers are different only....

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....ermined in this matter is as follows: "Whether the word 'sealed' used in serial No. 29 and serial No. 80 (subsequently 89) relating to tax-free and taxable goods covers both packets and containers or only packets?" 2.. The petitioner is a registered dealer under the Orissa Sales Tax Act, 1947 ("the Act"). He carries on wholesale business of purchase and sale of salt in non-sealed gunny bags ....

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....ives the State the power of exemption on sale/ purchase of any goods subject to such conditions and exceptions as may be notified. Serial No. 29 reads thus: "29. Salt Except when sold in sealed packetsand containers." Serial No. 89 reads as under: "89. Salt when sold in sealed packets and containers. 4 per cent." In Kishore Kumar Thakkar [1991] 80 STC 134 (Orissa) it has be....