{"id":105532,"date":"1998-08-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-08-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/executive-engineer-electricity-vs-commissioner-sales-tax-u-p-on-6-august-1998"},"modified":"2016-08-25T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T03:45:20","slug":"executive-engineer-electricity-vs-commissioner-sales-tax-u-p-on-6-august-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/executive-engineer-electricity-vs-commissioner-sales-tax-u-p-on-6-august-1998","title":{"rendered":"Executive Engineer, Electricity &#8230; vs Commissioner, Sales Tax, U.P. on 6 August, 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Executive Engineer, Electricity &#8230; vs Commissioner, Sales Tax, U.P. on 6 August, 1998<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: JT 1999 (5) SC 231, (1999) 1 SCC 704<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S Bharucha<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S Bharucha, G Pattanaik<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>S.P. Bharucha, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. The appellant is an officer of the U.P. State Electricity Board. The Board is engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. For this purpose, it uses transformers. When the transformers are burnt or otherwise become unutilisable, they are sold. The question, specifically, is whether when such core stamping, which are bunches of tin plates that are placed within the transformers, are sold, they are liable to sales tax under Entry 3 of the notification dated 7.9.1981 issued in exercise of powers under Section 3A(1)(e) of the U. P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 or under Entry 32 thereof. It is the contention of the appellant that the appropriate entry is Entry 3. The High court has found the appropriate entry to be Entry 32.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Entry 3 relates to &#8220;all kinds of minerals, ores, metals, scraps and alloys including sheets and circles used in the manufacture of brassware&#8230;&#8221;. Entry 32 relates to &#8220;old, discarded, unserviceable or obsolete machinery, stores or vehicles including waste products&#8230;.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. We are in doubt that the appropriate entry for the core stamping that come out of old and discarded transformers must be taxed under Entry 32 as old, discarded and unserviceable machinery and that they do not fall within the scope of Entry 3 which plainly relates to scrap of metal, i.e., of metal as such.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. The appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Executive Engineer, Electricity &#8230; vs Commissioner, Sales Tax, U.P. on 6 August, 1998 Equivalent citations: JT 1999 (5) SC 231, (1999) 1 SCC 704 Author: S Bharucha Bench: S Bharucha, G Pattanaik ORDER S.P. Bharucha, J. 1. The appellant is an officer of the U.P. State Electricity Board. 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