AJAY TEWARI, AVNEESH JHINGAN, PANKAJ JAIN
Excise And Taxation Commissioner, Haryana – Appellant
Versus
Gupta Brother, Bhiwani – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Avneesh Jhingan, J. - Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Haryana has filed these appeals against the orders of Haryana Tax Tribunal, Chandigarh [hereinafter referred to as 'Tribunal']. Tribunal accepted the appeals and held that dealers were entitled to Input Tax Credit [for brevity 'ITC'] on evaporation loss of Petrol and High Speed Diesel [for brevity 'HSD']. The issue canvassed in appeals is based on the decision of Division Bench of this Court in All Haryana Petroleum Dealers Association, Bhiwani Versus The State of Haryana and others, 2014(42) R.C.R. (Civil) 811. While dealing with present appeals, considering that in the decision relied upon by appellant Entry 1 of Schedule E of Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003 [for short 'the Act'] was not dealt with and ITC was taken as liability instead of credit, the Division Bench referred the matter to the larger Bench by framing following question :-
'Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case the assessee is entitled to ITC under the provisions of the Act on evaporation/handling losses of the petroleum products?'
2. For the sake of convenience, the facts from VATAP-242-2018 are being extracted. Respondent No. 1 is the de
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