2017 (4) TMI 1327

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.... T. K. Vedamurthy, Additional Government Advocate, for the respondents. ORDER The petitioner has challenged the endorsement dated February 20, 2017 and the recovery letter dated April 7, 2017 passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes. 2.  Briefly stated the facts of the case are that with regard to the tax period from April 2009 to March 2010 and specifically with regard ....

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....enalty of Rs. 65,62,975. Consequently, on January 28, 2016, respondent No. 2 also issued the demand notice for the said amount. 3.  Since, the petitioner was aggrieved by the assessment order and the demand notice, it had filed an appeal before the Joint Commissioner of Commercial Tax (Appeals-6), Bengaluru. The petitioner not only paid 50 per cent. of the tax, interest and penal liability....

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....tioner, whether the second appeal has been filed before the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal or not ? To this query, the learned counsel submits that appeal has been filed before the learned Tribunal. But despite filing of the appeal before the learned Tribunal, the learned counsel still insists that this court should stay the operation of the order dated February 20, 2017 as there is a distinct possi....