IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 31ST DAY OF MAY, 2019 PRESENT THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE L. NARAYANA SWAMY AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. DEVDAS WRIT APPEAL No.6939 of 2017 (T-RES) & WRIT APPEAL NOS.902-908 OF 2018 BETWEEN:
M/s. DODSAL ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LTD. NO.185, BRIGADE ROAD RICHMOND TOWN BENGALURU 560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR NAIMISH B. RESHAMWALA (BY SHRI ATUL K ALUR, ADVOCATE) AND:
1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA VIDHANA SOUDHA, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU 560 001 2. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES LVO-020, VV BUILDING …APPELLANT III FLOOR, ABEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU 560 001 3. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES (AUDIT 1.2), VAT DIVISION-1 V FLOOR, BMTC, TTMC BUILDING YESWANTHPUR BENGALURU 560 022 4. THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES, KARNATAKA COMMERCIAL TAX BUILDING-I I FLOOR, GANDHINAGAR BENGALURU 560 009 (BY SHRI VIKRAM HUILGOL, HCGP) …RESPONDENTS THESE WRIT APPEALS ARE FILED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO ALLOW THE ABOVE WRIT APPEAL AND SET ASIDE THE COMMON ORDER DATED 07.11.2017 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE IN WP NO.5916 OF 2014 AND 6168-6174 OF 2014 (T-RES) AND GRANT ALL THE PRAYERS MADE IN THE SAID WRIT PETITION; AND ETC.
THESE WRIT APPEALS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, DEVDAS J., DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R Shri Vikram Huilgol, the learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for the respondent-Revenue submits that in these matters the appellants have not filed reply to the Proposition Notice. Therefore, four weeks time is granted to the appellants to file reply to the Proposition Notice. Thereafter, the Assessing Authority may consider the reply and being uninfluenced by the Circular No.20/2013-14 dated 18th December, 2013, shall pass orders, in view of the decision of this Court in Writ Appeal No.20 of 2018 and connected matters which were disposed of on 30th January, 2019.
Appeals are accordingly disposed of.
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