{"id":198011,"date":"2009-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-govindankutty-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-august-2009"},"modified":"2015-03-15T09:34:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T04:04:25","slug":"v-govindankutty-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-govindankutty-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"V.Govindankutty vs State Of Kerala on 7 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
V.Govindankutty vs State Of Kerala on 7 August, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nST.Rev..No. 153 of 2009()\n\n\n1. V.GOVINDANKUTTY,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.P.SUKUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.K.ABDUL REHIM\n\n Dated :07\/08\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                                                                                   C.R.\n                    C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR &\n                            C.K.ABDUL REHIM, JJ.\n               ....................................................................\n                           S.T. Rev. No.153 of 2009\n               ....................................................................\n                 Dated this the 7th day of August, 2009.\n\n                                          ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
Ramachandran Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n
      The question raised in the S.T. Revision case filed by the<\/p>\n
petitioner is whether the supply of track ballast for the Railways in<\/p>\n
terms of the order issued by the Railways is a civil work for the<\/p>\n
petitioner to opt for payment of tax at compounded rate under Section 7<\/p>\n
(7) of the KGST Act. It is seen from the records that the Assessing<\/p>\n
Officer accepted petitioner’s claim that the Railways’ order is a works<\/p>\n
contract. However, according to the officer it is not a civil contract<\/p>\n
falling under Section 7(7) of the KGST Act. He has in fact permitted<\/p>\n
payment of tax at compounded rate under Section 7(7A) which<\/p>\n
provides for other contracts. In appeal filed by the petitioner, the first<\/p>\n
appellate authority as well as the Tribunal confirmed the assessment<\/p>\n
and hence this revision. We have heard counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
petitioner and Government Pleader appearing for the respondents.<\/p>\n
                                          2<\/span><\/p>\n
       2. During preliminary hearing, we wanted to know the exact<\/p>\n
nature of work done by the petitioner for the Railways and in this<\/p>\n
regard we called for copy of the purchase order\/work order issued by<\/p>\n
the Railways, which is produced by the counsel before us today. Even<\/p>\n
though the name of work in the heading is written as “Collection and<\/p>\n
training out of track ballast in Wadakancheri Depot”, we find that the<\/p>\n
order is essentially one for supply, stacking and delivery of stone<\/p>\n
ballast on either side of the Railway track in terms of the instruction<\/p>\n
issued by the Engineer. The order in the Form given by the Railway is<\/p>\n
as follows:\n<\/p>\n
————————————————————————————-
\nS.N.          Description of work         App.Qty.       Rate Unit Amount\n<\/p>\n
————————————————————————————-\n<\/p>\n
1. Collection and supply of approved 12000 3811 10cum. 4573200
\n   quality machine crushed track
\n   ballast as per latest revised speci-\n<\/p>\n
   fication from outside the Railway
\n   limit and stacking for measure-\n<\/p>\n
   ments at locations in Wadakancheri
\n   station yard with all lead and lifts,
\n   loading and unloading, conveyance
\n   from the place of availability,
\n   crossing the track wherever required
\n   etc. complete using contractor’s
\n   labour, vehicle and consumables.\n<\/p>\n
  (Payment by stack measurements<\/p>\n
                                          3<\/span><\/p>\n
  without any deduction for voids)<\/p>\n
2. Loading of ballast stacked at             12000      550 10cum. 660000
\n   Wadakancheri station yard to
\n    Railway wagons and hoppers by
\n    using contractor’s machanised
\n    equipment, labour etc. and un-\n<\/p>\n
    loading the ballast in Trichur\/
\n    Chalakudi P.Way sections as
\n   directed by the Engineer-in-\n<\/p>\n
   charge of the work.(The work
\n   may be carried out during night
\n   also for which no extra payment
\n   is admissible). (Payment by stack
\n   measurements without any
\n   deduction for voids.)\n<\/p>\n
————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n
From the above it is clear that rate fixed for stone ballast supplied by<\/p>\n
the petitioner is based on the quantity supplied in cubic metres, the<\/p>\n
agreed rate of which is mentioned in the supply order. Under item 1 of<\/p>\n
the the supply order, petitioner is required to bring and stock the stone<\/p>\n
ballast of the required size at the Wadakkancherry Station in the<\/p>\n
Railway track. Measurement will be taken for the purpose of making<\/p>\n
payment at the rate at which the order is issued. The next item of work<\/p>\n
given to the petitioner is loading the stone ballast stacked at the<\/p>\n
Railway Station in the Railway wagons and hoppers by using<\/p>\n
                                    4<\/span><\/p>\n
contractor’s equipments, men and labour, transport it through the<\/p>\n
Railway line and unload it in the permanent way sections between<\/p>\n
Thrissur and Chalakkudy. It is to be noted that training out which is<\/p>\n
laying the stone ballast in a pattern, is not required to be done by the<\/p>\n
petitioner, even though the heading of the work order mentioned so.<\/p>\n
On the other hand petitioner has to only train the ballast into the track<\/p>\n
side in terms of the instruction given by the Site Engineer. Obviously<\/p>\n
the purpose is to replenish the deficiency in stone ballast on Railway<\/p>\n
track as part of maintenance work. However, the little technical work<\/p>\n
of laying the unloaded ballast in the required pattern to call it training<\/p>\n
out is the work probably done by the Railways and it is not part of the<\/p>\n
work assigned to the petitioner. Therefore, the petitioner’s claim that<\/p>\n
work involves training out of the supplied stone ballast and so much so,<\/p>\n
it is maintenance of Railway track which is a civil work falling under<\/p>\n
Section 7(7) is unacceptable. We are of the view that the order is just a<\/p>\n
purchase order and the stacking is provided at a particular station to<\/p>\n
verify the actual quantity supplied by the petitioner and the balance<\/p>\n
work also forming part of the supply order requires the petitioner to<\/p>\n
                                     5<\/span><\/p>\n
carry the goods in the wagons or hoppers supplied by the Railway and<\/p>\n
deliver it on either side of the Railway track specified in the supply<\/p>\n
order in terms of the instruction of the Site Engineer. Therefore, this is<\/p>\n
sale of goods with instruction to deliver the commodity at a particular<\/p>\n
spot. The sale price includes not only the rate paid for stacking at the<\/p>\n
Railway Station, but includes the cost of delivery i.e. labour, whether<\/p>\n
mechanised or otherwwise, used for delivering it on the sides of the<\/p>\n
Railway track.    Explanation 2(i) to Section 2(xxvii) providing for<\/p>\n
turnover takes in any sums charges for anything done by the dealer in<\/p>\n
respect of the goods sold at the time or before the delivery thereof. So<\/p>\n
much so, the labour and the other cost incurred by the petitioner until<\/p>\n
delivery of goods including the cost of delivery will form part of the<\/p>\n
turnover attracting sales tax. In view of this finding by us, we hold that<\/p>\n
the order given by the Railway is one for pure supply i.e. sale of goods<\/p>\n
and not for executing any works contract as claimed by the petitioner<\/p>\n
and found by the officer. Two decisions of the Karnataka High Court,<\/p>\n
an old one in STATE OF MYSORE V. S.R.BHIDE<\/a> ((1969) 24 STC<\/p>\n
446) and the later decision in H.Y.JADHAV V. COMMISSIONER OF<\/p>\n
                                     6<\/span><\/p>\n
COMMERCIAL TAXES, KARNATAKA ((1994) 94 STC 205) were<\/p>\n
cited before us. While the earlier decision holds the view that training<\/p>\n
out is a works contract, a different view was taken in the later judgment<\/p>\n
whereunder the transaction was found to be sale of goods. We do not<\/p>\n
think we should express our opinion as to whether training out which is<\/p>\n
laying stone ballast on Railway track in a particular pattern is a works<\/p>\n
contract or not because in this case the question does not arise and we<\/p>\n
have already noticed that it is only a pure sale of goods and training<\/p>\n
out, if any, was done by the Railway. However, it is to be seen from<\/p>\n
Section 7(7) that Railway track maintenance is also treated as a civil<\/p>\n
work by the Legislature. Certainly the training out is a maintenance<\/p>\n
work of the Railway track as it helps to retain the sleepers on the track<\/p>\n
and the Railway lines intact. In fact, the department cannot have a case<\/p>\n
that the training out is not a maintenance work when Railway track<\/p>\n
maintenance is included in the definition clause of “civil works” under<\/p>\n
Section 7(7).    However, assessment as a contract for Railway track<\/p>\n
maintenance can be claimed only when indivisible work order is issued<\/p>\n
for track maintenance and not when order is issued for payment for the<\/p>\n
                                     7<\/span><\/p>\n
ballast supplied at a rate fixed for every cubic metre and a separate rate<\/p>\n
for delivery charges.     Even though we dismiss the revision petition<\/p>\n
holding that the work is not a civil work as claimed by the petitioner<\/p>\n
for payment of tax at compounded rate under Section 7(7) of the KGST<\/p>\n
Act, we simultaneously hold that assessment of the work as “other<\/p>\n
contract” under Section 7(7A) is also not correct. However, since the<\/p>\n
assessment has become final, we do not want to disturb the same. The<\/p>\n
S.T. Revision case is accordingly dismissed, but with direction to the<\/p>\n
officer not to repeat the mistake for later years.<\/p>\n
                                     C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR
\n                                     Judge<\/p>\n
                                     C.K.ABDUL REHIM
\n                                     Judge
\npms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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