Sri Balaji Enterprises v. The Assistant Commissioner (St)
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court writ appeal dismissed; intra-court appeal under Clause 15 Letters Patent; ITC Input Tax Credit claim without documents; movement of goods not substantiated; alternative statutory appeal remedy; liberty to appeal before Appellate Commissioner within 30 days; writ petition wrong route; intention to delay proceedings; no merit; no costs; W.P.No.47291 of 2025 order dated 09.12.2025; WA No. 806 of 2026; CMP No. 8500 of 2026; Assistant Commissioner (ST) Hosur; Dr. G. Jayachandran J.; Shamim Ahmed J.
What did the court decide?
The appellant's plea of readiness to produce the necessary documents to substantiate his ITC claim should have been taken after filing the statutory appeal; instead, by filing a writ petition and then this intra-court appeal rather than availing the statutory remedy, the appellant took a wrong route with the obvious intention to delay the proceedings, and the appeal has no merit.