2007 (11) TMI 693

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.... For Petitioner: Sri.K.Jaju Babu For Respondent: Government Pleader JUDGMENT Mr. C.N. Ramachandran Nair Petitioners are challenging Exts. P7 to P9 notices issued to them to produce books of accounts for 1994-95 and 1995-96 on the ground that proceedings are barred by limitation. According to the petitioners, they were not retaining books of accounts relevant to the assessment years 1....

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....ace of business mentioned in the certificate of registration. Counsel for the petitioners submitted, and it is clear from the above rule, that dealers are not bound to preserve books of accounts beyond two years from the date of completion of final assessment of the year to which they relate. If assessment is subject matter of appeal or revision, then books have to be maintained until expiry of....

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....e issued, penalty proposal contained in the notices is also quashed. However, I make it clear that even if petitioners are not bound to preserve books of accounts beyond two years, it is open to the department to collect information, compare the same with statement of accounts and returns filed by the petitioners and if the department has any material to hold that accounts produced were wrong, and....