V.P. Somasundara Mudaliar vs The State Of Madras on 12 July, 1963
3. Against this order, the respondents preferred a revision before the Tribunal contending that the dental power was not a toilet article and this contention was accepted by the Tribunal and it restored the order of the Sales Tax Officer. The Tribunal has now referred the above question to us. In reversing the finding of the Deputy Commissioner, the Tribunal purported to follow a decision of the Madras High Court in V. P. Somasundara Mudaliar v. The State of Madras ([1963] 14 S.T.C. 943.) in which the Court has held that tooth-powder would not be included in entry 51 of the Madras Act, which entry was as follows :