2017 (5) TMI 544

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....and do not require to be repeated. What, however, requires to be noted is that this Court, by the said order, set aside the order dated 16th March 2013 passed by the Value Added Tax Officer sealing the three office premises of the Petitioner: at Shivaji Marg, Nehru Place, and Udyog Vihar. The Court also set aside the de-sealing order dated 18th March, 2013 to the extent that it required the Petitioner to deposit Rs. 600 crores as a condition for de-sealing the aforementioned three premises of the Petitioner. The Court recorded a definite finding that the entire action was taken without the authority of law and in the background of challenge by the Petitioner to assessment proceedings for the year 2008-09 and a challenge to the validity of S....

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.... examine them in these proceedings. It will be open to any person aggrieved by any of these orders to take recourse to appropriate proceedings in accordance with law. 4. One of the issues that remain to be considered in terms of the orders dated 3rd February 2016 and 15th March 2016 passed by this Court is the costs that should be awarded to the Petitioner. Mr. Jain states that the Petitioner's premises remained sealed for three working days entailing losses in several crores of rupees. The Court directs that an affidavit be filed by the Petitioner, within four weeks with an advance copy to counsel for the DT &T, indicating how many employees of the Petitioner were deployed in the premises that were sealed and what the loss of man ho....