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2011 (6) TMI 715 - HC - VAT and Sales TaxWhether the activity of the petitioner in printing of packaging materials to the specification of customers amounts to works contract taxable under section 5B of the Act or constitute sales taxable under section 5(1) of the Act? Whether, in the facts and circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal is legally justified in summarily dismissing the appeal filed by the petitioner, without independent examination and application of mind of the contentions of the petitioner that its activity is one of works contract of printing falling under section 5B read with entry 31 of the Sixth Schedule to the Act and not a sale taxable under section 5(1) of the Act? Whether the Appellate Tribunal is legally justified in confirming the levy of penalty of ₹ 36,000 under section 12(4) of the Act without appreciating the fact that there was no suppression of turnover detected outside the books of account and that the determination of taxable turnover by the assessing authority was merely based on his best judgment and the opinion expressed by the inspecting authority? Whether the penalty levied under section 12A(1A) of the Act is legally justified in the facts and circumstances of the case? Held that:- the Tribunal has erred in passing the order impugned without going through the relevant material on record. It is significant to note that after careful perusal of the order impugned passed by the Tribunal that the first part of the order consists of the facts of the case and the second part does not contain any reasoning or finding as such for passing the said order. Except referring "since the FAA has already considered the amount raised which are perfectly within the framework of law, we do not find sufficient reasons to interfere with the orders of the FAA" nothing worthwhile is forthcoming. The said reasoning given by Tribunal cannot be sustained. The instant revision petition is allowed in part and the impugned common order passed by the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore on April 29, 2008, in S.T.A.No. 590 of 2007 for the assessment year 2001-02 is hereby set aside and the matter is remitted back to the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore to reconsider the same
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