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2015 (6) TMI 303 - HC - VAT and Sales TaxWhether the Tribunal and the authorities below failed to note and appreciate that the appellant having furnished valid and genuine declaration form ST-35 in terms of rule 11 (XXXIV) of the Delhi Sales Tax Rules, 1975 was legally and rightfully entitled to deduction under Section 4(2)(a)(v) of Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975, on account of sales made to registered dealer - Held that:- Unless there is some material available to show complicity between the purchasing dealer and the selling dealer vis-à-vis the alleged "doubtful" activities of the former, inferences adverse to the interest of the latter are impermissible. The default on the part of the purchasing dealer in submitting a proper utilization certificate respecting the goods purchased under the cover of the ST-35 form may lead to consequences for him but not for the selling dealer. In this context, the third proviso to Section 4(2)(a) of the Sales Tax Act quoted earlier only needs to be applied. It makes it clear that the benefit of deduction continues to inure for the benefit of selling dealer even if the purchasing dealer is found to have indulged in misutilisation. The assessee explained in the proceedings under Section 23(3) of Delhi Sales Tax Act that the sale transactions herein were relatable to purchase order dated 27.06.2000. It is not the case of the Revenue that the ST-35 form is a fabricated document. Concededly, it was issued by the sales tax department of GNCTD to the purchasing dealer who is registered for such purposes with the concerned authorities. There is nothing to show that the selling dealer (the assessee) could have known as to for which assessment year the specific form had been issued by the department. For his purposes, the endorsement on the top showing it to be a form pertaining to AY 2000-01 was sufficient. The mere fact that the form when handed over did not bear a specific date is inconsequential and from this complicity of the assessee cannot be inferred. - deduction of the value of the transaction represented by the ST-35 form has been wrongly disallowed by the Tribunal and the authorities below. - Decided in favour of assessee.
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