1994 (7) TMI 332

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....aler in television sets which come under electronic goods taxable under section 5 read with entry 38 of the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1957. The rate of tax payable on the sales of electronic goods is 0.10 paise in the rupee. It appears that by G.O. Ms. No. 520, dated July 20, 1988, the rate of tax on electronic goods was reduced to 2 per cent with effect from J....

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....titioner that G.O. Ms. No. 864, dated September 7, 1993, enhancing the rate of tax takes effect from August 1, 1993. For the same reason, according to the petitioner, the earlier G.O., could not have been rescinded with retrospective effect from August 1, 1993. Under section 40 of the Andhra Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, the State Government is empowered by a notification to alter, add to or c....

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....nning Mills Limited v. State of Andhra Pradesh [1976] 37 STC 314 held that such a notification cannot be given retrospective effect and it would be effective only on and from the date of its publication in the A.P. Gazette, but not with effect from any earlier date. Thus, the issue raised in the writ petition is no longer res integra and it is concluded by the aforementioned judgment. Following th....

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....ineffective. Notifications I and II being part of an integral scheme, the date of cancellation of the exemption and the date of operation of the modified rate of tax should necessarily coincide. If so, there can be no doubt, the rate of 4 per cent will be effective only from September 10, 1993, i.e., the date on which the notifications were published in the A.P. gazette. We, therefore, allow th....