COMMISSIONER OF SALES TAX U P LUCKNOW Vs. INDRA PRASAD MOHAN LAL
LAWS(ALL)-1979-4-34
HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Decided on April 26,1979

COMMISSIONER OF SALES TAX, U. P., LUCKNOW Appellant
VERSUS
INDRA PRASAD MOHAN LAL. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

SINGH, J. - (1.) THE Revising Authority, Varanasi, has referred the following question for opinion of this Court : "Whether, on the facts and circumstances of the case, lal and chura fall under the category of cooked food or are foodgrains as held by the revising authority ?" This reference is being treated as a revision in view of the amendment in the law. THE matter stands concluded by the decision of this Court in the case of Commissioner of Sales Tax, U.P., Lucknow v. Mohan Lal Goverdhan Das, Jawaharganj, Mathura ([1979] 44 S.T.C. 325; 1978 U.P.T.C. 404.), wherein it has been held that chirwa and kheel were different forms of rice, one being made by flattening rice and the other by parching it. Lal is not kheel but is made by the same process and is puffed rice obtained by parching. THE view taken is in consonance with the Supreme Court in the case of Alladi Venkateswarlu v. Government of Andhra Pradesh ([1978] 41 S.T.C. 394 (S.C.); A.I.R. 1978 S.C. 945.), wherein it has been held that the word "rice" is wide enough to include parched and flattened rice. THE revising authority took the correct view. THE revision fails and is dismissed. THEre shall be no order as to costs. Petition dismissed.;


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