High Court Karnataka High Court

M/S Biocon Ltd vs The State Of Karnataka on 22 January, 2010

Karnataka High Court
M/S Biocon Ltd vs The State Of Karnataka on 22 January, 2010
Author: D.V.Shylendra Kumar N.Ananda
 

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3. it was the case of the assessee before the assessing
officer as well as before the tribunal that this turnotfert of
Rs.3.70,19,1"/6/~ attributable to purchase of 
diesel and light diesel oil constituted ''
the output of enzymes and 
therefore was eligible for exemption  
the Act in terms of the Notificatiloil:ltieparing. 64 CET
2001[ll. Bangalore, dated 11-
A of the Act and the come up with
this notificationpVulrls'da1;{.tol  Biotech Policy
as spelt   fiivlinister of the State in his
Budget speechfor   1.
  cas"e~of_.the assessee that with furnace oil.
 oil being all fuels, utilized for the
  steam which is an inevitable item for
 production of enzymes and animal feed
  the fuel so used for producing steam should in

H  -itselflbe taken to be an input' for the purpose of producing



 

eruiymes and therefore was eligible for the be1t"1e't.'_it of
exemption notification. '

5. While this stand of the assessee was  ~
assessing officer in terms of the 
29.3.2006

by elaborate discussion
also the relevant Case law, the ” V
assessee only affirmed this ‘Mth View
taken by the assessing to follow and
apply the Judgmientyjyof thiyelin the ease of
‘STATE or M..-Pl.’ riravn MILLS’ reported
in 187 the ease of ‘M/S. DELTA

PAPERMILLS” .._L:ffD}’, ‘z’.r_s..:}(‘)IL AND NATURAL GAS

comuIs.sroI»* ANT) reported in 81 STC 339.

is -.vaggri:e’ved by this order, the present revision

~ Vvypetitionh

Appe’aVr5’§1g on behalf of the petitioner Sri Anand,

Eea1*ijed_oounse1 would urge that furnace oil, diesel and light

dlelselé oil used for the purpose of producing steam should

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notification issued under the provisions of the Act. The word

which is required to be understood and interpreted in-.»the

present case is the word ‘input’ and as already in

our considered opinion, While the Judgment cN1’__t’i:..g–;- Surpremsf K

Court is not an authority for understtinding

‘input’ under the Act, independent of it, ‘we are–“z;f. the cjleariifl

opinion that fuels such as lightvvdiesel
oil which might have bee1?;::4_.used.’_’ier;_ theflpiurpose of
producing steam which in -putting certain
other ingredients; 3 process
where or produce the
output of supplements is not an
input ‘thereitofigi “petition is dismissed even
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