TMI Blog1978 (4) TMI 222X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s Tax Act. This notice was served by affixation on 11th March, 1964. The assessee, however, did not appear. The Sales Tax Officer passed an assessment order. The assessee appealed. The assessment order was set aside, and the case was remanded. After remand the Sales Tax Officer passed a best judgment assessment on the ground that the assessee had not maintained any accounts. The assessment was m ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... provision: see Laxmi Narain Mittal v. Commissioner of Sales Tax(1). It goes to the very jurisdiction of the officer. It is equally well-settled that a point which goes to the root of the matter or affects the very existence of the jurisdiction of an authority can be raised at any time, be it in appeal or in revision: see B.K. Gooyee v. Commissioner of Income-tax(2). The finding of fact is tha ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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