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2016 (10) TMI 784 - HC - VAT and Sales TaxCourier service provider - logistics Agreement - inspection of premises - presence of various goods which had not entered the State of U.P on the strength of certain Forms 38/39 - seizure of goods - power of seizure - Held that: - The power to seize goods is not dependent upon the bonafides or characteristics of a past transaction or perceived course of business. It has to be necessarily exercised in the backdrop of whether the goods which are being seized fall within the mischief of Section 48 or not. Whether the sales were liable to be treated as inter-State sales? - Held that: - What appears to have weighed with the Tribunal is the fact that the payment for the goods was made within the State. What the Tribunal clearly lost sight of and unjustifiably chose to ignore was its own record wherein it was admitted that the goods in question had come from outside the State of U.P. The Tribunal in its entire order nowhere places reliance or refers to any material which may have cast a shadow of doubt on the said recital which stood recorded in the course of the initial seizure proceedings. Further, the view taken by the Tribunal to the effect that the sale would stand completed only upon the payment for the goods and that the payment of price would be determinative of the issue would also, in the opinion of this Court, appear to be an issue which may not be free from debate. This Court however refrains from commenting further on this aspect. The caveat which stands entered above is primarily on account of the fact that in the opinion of this Court there was no occasion for the Tribunal to have ruled upon this aspect of the matter at all, the proceedings themselves being confined to the validity of seizure. This Court therefore without commenting any further on this aspect refrains from returning or entering any finding which may prejudice the rights and contentions of either of the parties - seizure quashed - revision allowed - decided in favor of revisionist.
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