2023 (6) TMI 1098

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.... the Respondent. ORDER P.C. :  I have heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner on this petition which assails an order dated 30 July, 2021 passed under Section 53 of the Goa Value Added Tax Act, 2005 read with Rule 55 of the Rules whereby Commissioner of State Tax has ordered as under :- Now therefore, considering the application made by the dealer under rule 55 of the Goa Valu....

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....maximum amount of the penalty would be Rs. 10,000/-. The Learned Addl. Govt. Advocate for the Revenue however, submits that in the facts of the present case and considering that it was an offence under Section 22(1) of the Act, the maximum penalty would be Rs. 25,000/- under Section 44 clause (b) of the Act. 3. The second contention as urged on behalf of the petitioner is with regard to the fol....

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....with regard to penalty of Rs. 1,00,000/- being imposed by the impugned order would be required to be accepted being ex facie contrary to the provisions of the Act. Even assuming as to what has been stated on behalf of the Revenue that a penalty of Rs. 25,000/- would be maximum penalty under Section 44 of the Act or even if the petitioner is right in his contention that the maximum amount of penalt....