2024 (10) TMI 1248

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....R. JUSTICE A.K. JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR AND HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SYAM KUMAR V.M. For the Petitioner : By Government Pleader Smt. Resmitha Ramachandran. For the Respondent : By Advs. Shri. Philip J. Vettickattu, Smt. Sajitha George. ORDER PER DR. A.K. JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR, J. As all these OT Revision petitions involve a common issue pertaining to the eligibility of the respondent asse....

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....ods, purportedly for incorporation into the works contracts. Finding that this dis-entitled the assessee to claim the concessional rate of 4% under Section 8 (a) (ii) of the KVAT Act and that the assessee was liable to pay tax at the rate of 7% in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 (a) (i) of the KVAT Act, the assessing authority completed the assessment by directing the assessee to pay t....

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....ribunal, after considering the said contentions of the assessee and verifying the material produced to show that the imported items had since been returned without incorporating any part of it in the works contracts undertaken for the assessment year 2015-16, found that the conditions required for attracting the higher rate of tax of 7% under Section 8 (a) (i) of the KVAT Act were not satisfied in....

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....ated in the works contract for the year 2015-16 and the goods were returned to the supplier? 5. We have heard Smt. Resmitha Ramachandran, the learned Government Pleader for the petitioner and Sri. Philip Vettickattu, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent assessee. 6. On a consideration of the rival submissions, we are of the view that while it may be a fact that in the absence of ....