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2018 (8) TMI 995 - HC - VAT and Sales TaxEntitlement to Interest on refund amount - relevant date for calculation of interest - pre-deposit of amount - Held that:- Pre-deposit sums which the assessee is compelled to pay to seek recourse to an appellate remedy, do not necessarily bear the stamp or character of tax, especially when it succeeds on the particular plea. That being the case, the insistence upon a procedural step, i.e. filing of a form which is purely for the purpose of administrative convenience cannot in any manner fix the period or periods of limitation when the amounts became due on the question of interest. The fact that the amounts were due and payable from the date the appeal was allowed is not in dispute. The postponement of the period from when interest became calculable is incomprehensive and illogical - the petitioner is entitled to interest calculable from the date when its appeal was allowed by this Court by order dated 14.05.2015. Petition allowed.
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