The Karnataka High Court had summoned the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes on Tuesday and directed him to file a statement revealing the names of officers responsible for non-filing of an appeal against an improper judgment of the Tax Tribunal.
Hearing a tax matter, the Division Bench comprising Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice Arali Nagaraja observed that the Commercial Tax Tribunal had passed an award that had set aside levy of entry tax on a company dealing with cutting tools by quoting a wrong provision of law.
Commercial Taxes Commissioner B A Harish Gowda appeared before the court and assured to answer the court’s queries with due information as to the officers responsible, if given a week’s time.
Justice Gopala Gowda asked the commissioner : ``Where will be the money to build roads for villages if the tax amounts are not collected properly ?’’ The judge pointed out that such cases were repeatedly coming before the court.
The Bench directed Mr Gowda to furnish details as to who were the officers responsible for non-filing of the appeal while there was scope for doing so. It sought specific information as to the competent person concerned with giving legal opinion in the matter, at the relevant point of time and posted the case to Aug 29.
Mutation entries
The High Court ordered notices to State Land Survey, Land Records and Revenue department and Bangalore Urban District Special Deputy Commissioner, following a petition against cancellation of mutation entries concerning certain lands in Thurahalli.
The petition by K T Girianna stated that he owned about 10 acre 7 guntas land in Thurahalli of Uttarahalli hobli, Bangalore South taluk. He challenged an order passed by the Spl DC on March 15, 2007, which had cancelled the mutation entries in respect of new survey numbers 69 to 74.
The DC’s order had declared the said land measuring about 185 acres and 12 guntas of land in all as minor forest area and Government gomala land. Justice N K Patil ordered notices to authorities, while orally directing them to abstain from precipitating the matter further, pending the petition’s hearing.