{"id":188247,"date":"2007-06-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/deputy-tahsildar-rr-vs-p-k-balan-on-19-june-2007"},"modified":"2017-05-12T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T09:42:18","slug":"deputy-tahsildar-rr-vs-p-k-balan-on-19-june-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/deputy-tahsildar-rr-vs-p-k-balan-on-19-june-2007","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Tahsildar (Rr) vs P.K.Balan on 19 June, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Deputy Tahsildar (Rr) vs P.K.Balan on 19 June, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA No. 1186 of 2006()\n\n\n1. DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (RR), OFFICE OF\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. VILLAGE OFFICER,\n3. THE ASSISTANT EXCISE COMMISSIONER,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. P.K.BALAN, S\/O. KUMARAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.G.HARIHARAN\n\nThe Hon'ble the Chief Justice MR.H.L.DATTU\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.T.SANKARAN\n\n Dated :19\/06\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                                H.L.DATTU, C.J.   &amp;   K.T.SANKARAN, J.\n\n                                      ------------------------------------------\n\n                                                W.A.No.1186  of 2006\n\n                                      ------------------------------------------\n\n                               Dated, this the   19th  day of June,  2007\n\n\n                                              JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>H.L.Dattu, C.J.\n<\/p>\n<p>            This   writ   appeal   arises   out   of   an   order   passed   by   a   learned   Single<\/p>\n<p>Judge   in   O.P.No.10110   of   2001   dated   15th  February,   2006.         The   learned<\/p>\n<p>Single Judge has disposed of the writ petition in the light of an earlier decision<\/p>\n<p>of this Court in W.P.(C) No.5876 of 2005.  Ext.P1 notice was issued by the third<\/p>\n<p>respondent to recover interest on additional tax for transporting toddy from one<\/p>\n<p>district   to   another.       A   similar   issue   came   up   for   decision   before   a   Division<\/p>\n<p>Bench of this Court in W.A.No.1027 of 2005 and connected cases.\n<\/p>\n<p>            3.   The Division Bench by its order dated 27th  June, 2006 has rejected<\/p>\n<p>the writ appeals.\n<\/p>\n<p>            4.   Respectfully   following   the   observations   made   in   the   aforesaid<\/p>\n<p>decision,   this   writ   appeal   also   requires   to   be   rejected   and   it   is   rejected.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ordered accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                            (H.L.DATTU)<\/p>\n<p>                                                                              CHIEF JUSTICE<\/p>\n<p>                                                                         (K.T.SANKARAN)<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                 JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>vns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Deputy Tahsildar (Rr) vs P.K.Balan on 19 June, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA No. 1186 of 2006() 1. DEPUTY TAHSILDAR (RR), OFFICE OF &#8230; Petitioner 2. VILLAGE OFFICER, 3. THE ASSISTANT EXCISE COMMISSIONER, Vs 1. P.K.BALAN, S\/O. 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