State Of Tamil Nadu vs M/S Burmah Shell Oil Storage & ... on 10 October, 1972
We are of the view that there is no comparison between the case considered by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in [1989] 74 STC 336 (State of Andhra Pradesh v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) and the case on hand before us. The Tribunal, in our view, without reference to the distinguishing features and the peculiar circumstances of the case considered by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in its decision reported in [1971] 27 STC 42 (Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation v. Commercial Tax Officer) mechanically applied the same to the facts of the present case in preference to the decision of the Apex Court in [1973] 31 STC 426 (State of Tamil Nadu v. Burmah Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Co. of India Ltd.). This approach, in our view, is not only incorrect and patently illegal but the same runs counter to the several decisions of this Court referred to supra which have been consistently taking a contrary view.