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TMI Blog1997 (9) TMI 560X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sh, out of those rods. The mesh so manufactured, which is a different commercial product, was then sold to buyers outside the State of Tamil Nadu. The movement of the goods so sold, viz., the welded mesh commenced from the State of Tamil Nadu. 3.. The assessee had contended before the Tribunal that it has paid the Central sales tax on this sale to the State of Maharashtra, and therefore, it could not be compelled to pay tax once again to the State of Tamil Nadu. It was also contended by the assessee before the Tribunal, that the Central sales tax is levied under a Central enactment, which is payable to Government of India, and that it is only by virtue of the authority given by the Government of India to the States through the Central Sal ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ate from which the goods have moved pursuant to the sale, and had rejected the plea that if a wrong State has already assessed, levied tax, it would no longer be open to the State, from which the movement commenced to collect the tax. 6.. As there is no doubt as to the State which is competent to levy the tax the movement of the material that was sold to buyers outside the State having commenced from the State of Tamil Nadu, the appropriate State under section 9(1) of the Act, for levying and collecting the Central sales tax, is the State of Tamil Nadu. 7.. Learned counsel for the assessee, however, contended that since the tax has been paid in a wrong State, the court should direct that State to make over the amounts so collected by it ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the particular facts of that case. In that case, orders of sales tax authorities of any particular State had not become final. When more than one State sought to tax the same transaction on different basis, BHEL came to this Court by way of a writ petition under article 32 of the Constitution and certain directions were made by this Court. Moreover, the matter there was decided by the High Court and the various State Governments who were impleaded as respondents did not object to the jurisdiction of the High Court to decide the dispute-dispute as to the true nature of the transaction and who should tax it. In this matter, the situation is different. The orders of several State authorities have become final and there is no way provided by t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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