M/S. J. K. Cotton Spinning & Weaving ... vs Sales Tax Officer, Kanpur And Another on 28 October, 1964
We find from the order of the Commissioner that in
spite of taking note of the aforesaid use of the railway
tracks and accepting the same as correct, the Commissioner
denied the relief to the appellant on an extraneous
ground, i.e., railway tracks were used for other purposes
as well, namely, apart from conveying hot metal and hot
pigs, it was used for carrying raw materials and finished
goods as well. This can hardly be a ground to deny the
relief inasmuch as by incidental use of the railway tracks
for some other innocuous purpose, it does not lose the
character of being an integral part of the manufacturing
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process. The Commissioner has further observed in his
order that the railway track is not utilised directly or
indirectly for producing or processing of goods or
bringing about any change for manufacture of final
product. This conclusion, obviously, is completely
erroneous and amounts to misreading of the process. Such
an error has occurred because the Commissioner did not
keep in mind the principle of law laid down by this Court
in M/s. J. K. Cotton Spinning & Weaving Mills Co. Ltd.'s
case, highlighted above.