(Per : HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR.BHASKAR BHATTACHARYA) Learned Advocate General appearing on behalf of the State respondent submits that since the amendment relates to pure question of law, there is no necessity to file affidavit dealing with the averments made in the amendment application, but he will deal with those at the argument stage.
After hearing learned counsel for the parties and after going through the materials on record, we find that in the past by virtue of the interim order passed by this Court, the respondent was restrained from taking coercive steps for realisation of the disputed entertainment tax. However, there is no payment from last quarter of 2010 till today. In such circumstances, we direct the petitioners to pay the entertainment tax for the last five quarters within a fortnight from today. In default of payment within a fortnight from today, the State will be free to realise the amount. It is needless to state that such payment will be without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the petitioners in the pending matter.
Let the matter appear on May 4, 2012.
(Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Actg. C.J.) (J.B.
Pardiwala, J.) */Mohandas Top