{"id":177976,"date":"2007-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-madhu-kumar-vs-the-commercial-tax-officer-on-24-august-2007"},"modified":"2014-09-11T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T03:45:46","slug":"p-madhu-kumar-vs-the-commercial-tax-officer-on-24-august-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-madhu-kumar-vs-the-commercial-tax-officer-on-24-august-2007","title":{"rendered":"P.Madhu Kumar vs The Commercial Tax Officer on 24 August, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">P.Madhu Kumar vs The Commercial Tax Officer on 24 August, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 25971 of 2007(P)\n\n\n1. P.MADHU KUMAR, PROPRIETOR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE COMMERCIAL TAX OFFICER, KUTHIATHODE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (RR),\n\n3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.P.SUKUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\n\n Dated :24\/08\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                  C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J.\n                  -----------------------------------\n                    WP(C) No. 25971 of 2007\n                       -------------------------\n            Dated, this the 24th day of August, 2007\n\n                          J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>        Since petitioner has offered settlement of liability in<\/p>\n<p>instalments, i.e. arrears of sales tax due for the assessment years<\/p>\n<p>2002-03, 2005-06 and 2006-07, this writ petition is disposed of<\/p>\n<p>directing 2nd &amp; 3rd respondent to release the vehicle after making<\/p>\n<p>endorsement in the RC book that the vehicle should not be<\/p>\n<p>transferred without prior permission from the 2nd respondent on<\/p>\n<p>petitioner remitting 25% of the sales tax arrears within three weeks<\/p>\n<p>from now. Petitioner is granted ten equal monthly instalments to<\/p>\n<p>clear the balance arrears, first of which will be paid on or before<\/p>\n<p>10\/10\/2007 and balance on or before 10th day of nine succeeding<\/p>\n<p>months.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                       (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE.)<br \/>\njg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court P.Madhu Kumar vs The Commercial Tax Officer on 24 August, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 25971 of 2007(P) 1. P.MADHU KUMAR, PROPRIETOR, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE COMMERCIAL TAX OFFICER, KUTHIATHODE, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (RR), 3. 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