2023 (4) TMI 1011

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....ner has sought to quash the order dated 25 February 2019 passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax. Petitioner had filed this Writ Petition in this Court because the hearing was not taking place before the Sales Tax Tribunal. Therefore, we had asked the Petitioner to ascertain, before giving any time-bound direction as to the position of the appeals pending prior to the Petitioner's appeal and we had directed the Registry of the Tribunal to provide such information. When the Petitioner applied for the information, it was so transpired that the case status of the pending cases was not available and Petitioner would have to take a search of physical records therefore, Petitioner amended the Writ Petition to seek directions to the Sal....

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....n No. 2069 of 2015 (Coram : A.S.Oka and Riyaz I. Chagla, JJ) on 28 and 29 September 2017, regarding the creation of a dedicated website and adopting project of computerisation. The directions issued by the Division Bench regarding the digitization read thus:- " (i) ........... ..... ...... ....... ...... (xii) The Tribunal shall take immediate steps to ensure that all the orders passed by the Tribunal are immediately uploaded on the dedicated website; (xiii) The Tribunal shall consider of adopting project of computerisation and digitization on the lines of E-Court Phase I and E-Court Phase II deviced by e-Committee of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. Needless to add that on requisition made by the President of ....

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....es Tax Appellate Tribunal is an independent adjudicator manned by judicial officers, the Division Bench of this Court has already stressed the need for a dedicated website. Uploading information on the GST department website can only be a stop-gap arrangement. The Registrar states that he has taken note of the situation with seriousness and assures the Court that all necessary steps will be taken to comply with the order passed by this Court on 28 and 29 September 2017. He states that steps would be initiated for creating a separate dedicated website and uploading the case status, and daily orders on the dedicated website. 8. We direct the State Government, if the requisition is received from the Registry of the Sales Tax Tribunal to relea....