2025 (1) TMI 472

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....be admitted on questions suggested in additional affidavit dated 2nd January, 2025. The suggested questions are reproduced below. "a. Whether, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, the Hon'ble Tribunal was correct and justified in passing a non-speaking order without considering the submissions of the Petitioner? b. Whether, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, the Hon'ble Tribunal was correct in classifying the product as "Rusk" (hardened bread) under Entry 77B of the Schedule of the OVAT Act, 2004, instead of classifying it as "Bread (branded or otherwise)" under Entry 34 of Schedule A of the OVAT Act, 2004? c. Whether, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, the Hon'ble ....

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....ities considered his client's product to be 'namkeen'. Entry 77B in Schedule B relates to exactly those items that have been mentioned therein. His client's product is nowhere near being a 'namkeen'. It is bread and therefore did not and does not attract levy nor collection of value added tax. 4. He cites view taken by a learned single Judge in the High Court of Chhattisgarh on judgment dated 5th March, 2018 in Kesharwani Enterprises v. State of Chhattisgarh available at 2018 SCC OnLine Chh 988. He relies on several paragraphs in the judgment. Reproduced below is paragraph-34 from it. "34. Under the factual circumstances, this court is also of the opinion that the term "bread" under Schedule I, entry 7 has to be construed as a g....

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....ubmits, there is entry 34 in Schedule A and entry 77B in Schedule B. They are distinct and separate entries. While entry 34 in Schedule A exempts products under classification bread, toasted bread falls under taxable entry 77B in Schedule B. 7. On Kesharwani Enterprises (supra) Mr. Mishra submits, it is not applicable to the case. The Chhattisgarh Value Added Tax Act, 2005 does not have any entry corresponding to entry 77B in Schedule B of Orissa Value Added Tax Act, 2004. In the circumstances, view taken in relation to relevant entry in the local Act was of wider meaning given to product bread, to include all its modifications, as not falling under the residuary entry. So far as G. Radhakrishna Murthy (supra) is concerned, the Supreme C....