2011 (2) TMI 1387

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..... llowed and the writ petition is restored to its original number. C.W.P. No.3492 of 1992: 1. This petition seeks quashing of Notice issued by the Excise and Taxation Department for recovery of sales tax dues from the petitioner who had stood surety in case of default of the dealer. 2. Case set out in the petition is that after the petitioner stood surety in the year 1986, the petitioner ga .....

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..... riod to which the recovery relates is covered by the surety furnished by the petitioner. Mere fact that the petitioner gave notice of intention to withdraw, is not enough to absolve the petitioner of his liability under the surety bond. Learned counsel placed reliance on judgment of this Court in Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of Haryana and others [1999] 114 STC 227 observing that the guarantor was l .....

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