The revising authority under Section 10-B of the U. P. Sales Tax Act can only exercise its power based on the materials already on record of the assessing authority and not on subsequent information or materials.

( 1 ) THE sole question involved in the present case is whether the Deputy Commissioner in exercise of powers under Section 10-B of the U. P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 can revise the assessment order on the materials, which came into existence subsequent to that of passing of the assessment order. This revision is directed against the order dated February 20, 1991 passed by the Trade tax Tribunal Bench-II, Agra, in Second Appeal No. 426 of 1988 (assessment year 1980-81 part-I ). The applicant is a registered dealer under the provisions of the U. P. Sales Tax Act and was carrying on the business of manufacture and sale of petha and namkeen. The Sales Tax officer passed assessment order on June 2, 1984 in respect to the assessment year 1980-81 (II-Part ). It appears that subsequently the said assessment order was sought to be revised by the deputy Commissioner (Executive), Sales Tax under Section 10-B of the Act, on the basis of the fact that there was income-tax search and seizure in the business premises of the applicant and in that search and seizure the statement of the proprietor of the firm was recorded on February 24/25th 1987. In the said statement the proprietor of the firm before the Income-tax Department admitted that he had been making suppression of sale in the books of account. The Deputy commissioner (Executive), Sales Tax by order dated May 27, 1988 revised the assessment order dated June 2, 1984 and enhanced the tax liability. The applicant filed an appeal against the aforesaid order before the Trade Tax Tribunal, which has been dismissed.

( 2 ) I have heard Sri Bharat Ji Agrawal, Senior Advocate for the applicant and Sri Bipin Kumar pandey, Standing Counsel for the department.

( 3 ) IT was submitted that the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner (Executive), Sales Tax under Section 10-B of the said Act is wholly without jurisdiction. The order under Section 10-B can be revised when there is any illegality or impropriety in the assessment order on the basis of materials already on record, of the case. It was further submitted that at the most this case may be case of escaped assessment for which there is provision under Section 21. This plea was also raised before the Tribunal but was not accepted on the basis that on fresh information obtained from other source the Commissioner can revise the order under Section 10-B of the Act.

( 4 ) IN [1995] 96 STC 31 (All.) : 1994 UPTC 75 (A. K. Corporation v. State of Uttar Pradesh) it has been held that from the language of Section 10-B of the Act it is evidently clear that the power under Section 10-B of the Act has been conferred on the authority to call for and examine the records relating to any order passed by any officer subordinate to him, for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of such an order and pass order with respect thereto as it thinks fit. The court in the aforesaid case thereafter considered Section 21 of the said act and held that while exercising power of revision the revising authority must confine itself to the material available on record of the assessing authority and it cannot take into consideration any material which was not on the record of the assessing authority. The revisional power can be exercised only to satisfy the revising authority about the legality or correctness of the order passed under the Act on the basis of existing materials and not on the subsequent information or materials. In view of this the observation made by the Tribunal that the information received subsequent to the assessment order can be the basis for revising authority to revise the assessment order, is incorrect in law.

( 5 ) FURTHER reference can be made to [1997] 105 STC 48 (All.) : 1996 UPTC 1185 (United tractors v. State of Uttar Pradesh) Para 3 of the said judgment reads as under : the question raised is regarding jurisdiction of the authority under Section 10-B of the Act. This section deals with revisional power o