Section 12A(1) in The Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975
(1)If any question arises, otherwise than in proceedings before a Court or before the prescribed authority has commenced assessment of an employer under section 7, about the interpretation or the scope of any expression defined in section 2 or of any entry in Schedule I, the Commissioner shall make an order determining such question.Explanation. - For the purposes of this sub-section, the prescribed authority shall be deemed to have commenced assessment of an employer under section 7, when the employer is served with a notice under that section.