TMI Blog1988 (6) TMI 329X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the M.P. Sthaniya Kshetra Me Mal Ke Pravesh Par Kar Adhiniyam, 1976, i.e., the Entry Tax Act, read with section 44(1) of the M.P. General Sales Tax Act, 1958 (for short "the Act"), at the instance of the assessee requiring answer to the following question of law referred to this Court by the Tribunal: "Whether, under the facts and circumstances of the case, the applicant was not liable to pay t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the assessing authority, as also by the appellate authorities on the ground that for an exemption under clause (iii) of the first proviso to section 3(1) of the Entry Tax Act, it was necessary that the particular transaction was liable to additional tax, but the coal in the present case was included under the declared goods and was liable to a tax at the rate of 4 per cent and, therefore, by virtu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... time, provided as follows: "Provided that no tax under this sub-section shall be levied: (i) ................. (ii) ................ (iii) in respect of goods specified in Schedule II or III if the entry of goods is caused by the purchase of such goods and such purchase transaction or the counter-part sale transaction is liable to additional tax." It is not disputed that the coal was an item ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e held that the assessee was entitled to exemption from payment of entry tax under clause (iii) of first proviso to section 3(1) of the Entry Tax Act. 4.. The Tribunal was apparently wrong in applying the provisions of clause (b) of section 5-B of the Act, because the coal imported by the assessee was not subjected to tax at the rate of 4 per cent and further because clause (b) of section 5-B of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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