2018 (4) TMI 462

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....dated 30.03.2017 for the assessment year 2009-10 and to quash the same. 3. Mr.A.Thiagarajan, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the issue involved in this writ petition is mismatch and such issue is already covered by the decision of this Court in W.P.No.105/2016 etc., batch, dated 01.03.2017. This Court, in the said decision, has directed the Assessing Officer to evaluate a centralised mechanism exclusively to deal with the cases of mismatch and to do some exercise, before issuing a notice. In the said order, in Paragraph Nos.56 to 58, it has been observed as follows: "56. The procedure adopted under the Maharastra VAT Act appears to be a more reasonable procedure, the Rules have been so designed to const....

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....tly no action being taken against other end dealer, assuming, he is at fault. Therefore, it is high time the Department wakes up and stops the one way approach and examine the matter in a holistic manner so that the defaulting dealer is brought to books. 57. Hence, for all the above reasons, all the Writ Petitions are allowed and the notices/orders either original or appellate or revisional are set aside and the matters are remanded to the respective Assessing Officers, to undertake a fresh exercise by conducting a thorough enquiry in consultation with the Assessing Officers of the other end dealer for which purpose the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes shall empower the Assessing Officers to seek information from other circles as well and....