IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
ST.Rev..No. 205 of 2005()
1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY
... Petitioner
Vs
1. M/S. THYAMALA TEA FACTORY, TEEKOY.
... Respondent
For Petitioner :GOVERNMENT PLEADER
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble the Chief Justice MR.H.L.DATTU
The Hon'ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER
Dated :16/07/2008
O R D E R
H.L.DATTU, C.J. & A.K.BASHEER, J.
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S.T.Rev.No.205 of 2005 &
C.M.Appln.No.393 of 2005
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Dated, this the 16th day of July, 2008
ORDER
H.L.Dattu,C.J.
State being aggrieved by the orders passed by the Kerala Agricultural
Income Tax and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Additional Bench, Kottayam in
T.A.No.295 of 1999 dated 16.11.2001 is before us in this revision petition.
(2) In filing the revision petition there is a delay of 918 days. To
condone the said delay, C.M.Appln.No.393 of 2005 is filed under section 5 of the
Limitation Act. Along with the said application a printed affidavit is filed before us. In
the said affidavit except stating that the papers were moving from table to table and
person to person, no other explanation is offered by the revenue for the delay in
filing the revision petition.
(3) The explanation offered by the petitioner for condonation of the
delay in filing the Sales Tax Revision case is wholly unsatisfactory. Therefore, the
delay in filing the revision petition cannot be condoned by us. Accordingly the
application for condonation of delay requires to be rejected and it is rejected.
(4) Consequently the revision petition is also rejected.
Ordered accordingly.
H.L.DATTU
CHIEF JUSTICE
A.K.BASHEER
JUDGE
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