2018 (12) TMI 1353

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..... Principal Secretary of Finance and the Secretary of Tourism Department - appeal allowed by way of remand. - WRIT PETITION NO. 3027 OF 2018 - - - Dated:- 21-12-2018 - AKIL KURESHI M.S. SANKLECHA, JJ. Mr. Abhishek Rastogi a/w Mr. Ankit Shah, Ms. Rashmi Deshpande i/by Khaitan Co for the Petitioner Mr. S.P. Bharti for Respondent No. 5 Mr. Himanshu Takke, AGP for Respondent Nos. .....

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..... tax was subsumed. The GST currently prescribed is @ 18%. As a result of these changes, according to the petitioner, two things happened. First is, since the entertainment tax was abolished, the incentive offered to the petitioner no longer survived. Secondly, the petitioner would now have to pay tax @ 18% of GST at par with other entities. According to the petitioner, this made the petitioner' .....

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..... ed counsel for the petitioner submitted that if the industry would go sick, besides the capital investment going waste, it will also render larger number of people directly or indirectly employed in the industry jobless. We are informed that the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation has also written to the Government taking up the cause of the petitioner. 4. In our opinion, the issue is r .....

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