WP/9885/2024 of ASIAN TIMBER ESTATES Vs THE STATE OF AP

1 RRR, J & MRK, J W.P.No.9885/2024 APHC010156212024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3508] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R RAGHUNANDAN RAO THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION NO: 9885/2024 Between: Asian Timber Estates ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. LEO LAW ASSOCIATES LLP Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR COMMERCIAL TAX 2. GP FOR COMMERCIAL TAX (TG) The Court made the following ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice R. Raghunandan Rao) Heard Sri Gudipudi Venkateswarlu, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned G.P. for Commercial Tax, appearing for the respondents. 2 RRR, J & MRK, J W.P.No.9885/2024 2. The petitioner herein, which was registered under the AP VAT Act, 2005 had been served with the assessment order bearing A.O.No.142179 dated 31.12.2018 for the tax period 01.11.2014 to 31.06.2017 and penalty order in A.O.No.154737, dated 30.03.2019 for the same tax period, by the C.T.O Morrispet Circle, Tenali, Guntur District. The petitioner submits that a