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2013 (6) TMI 576 - HC - VAT and Sales TaxForm H - sale in the course of Export - Exemption on the purchases of raw hides from unregistered dealer - held that:- the test to be applied is, whether there is an inseverable link between the local sale or purchase on export and if it is clear that the local sale or purchase between the parties is inextricably linked with the export of the goods, then a claim under section 5 (3) for exemption from State sales tax is justified, in which case, the same goods theory has no application. The applicant purchased raw goat skins from unregistered dealer and sold to the exporter. The authorities below have recorded the finding that the goods mentioned in the invoices, by which the goods have been sold, are different to the goods mentioned in the bill of ladding and Form 'H'. It means that the goods, which had been exported, were different to the goods sold by the applicant. In Form 'H' the foreign buyer's order number and date are not mentioned. Therefore, Form 'H' filed was incomplete and inadmissible for the transaction in dispute. The copy of the order of the foreign buyer has not been produced before any of the authorities to show that the purchases by the exporter from the applicant was inextricably connected with the export and there existed a bond between the contract of sale and the actual export. Such link is missing in the present case. Therefore, in view of the law laid down by the apex Court, in the case of State of Karnataka v. Azad Coach Builders Pvt. Ltd. And another [2010 (9) TMI 879 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA], the sale by the applicant to the exporter cannot be said to be in the course of export under Section 5(3) of the Central Sales Tax Act. The Tribunal has rightly held so. - Decided against the assessee.
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