IF VAT Rate reduced by Govt, Similar reduction should also be in Entry Tax Rate: HC

Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd Vs State of Gujarat  (Gujarat High Court) It is the case of the petitioners that while the State Government reduced the applicable rate of tax under the VAT Act on stainless steel flats and sheets to 1% it did not correspondingly reduce the rate of entry tax applicable to the same goods and thus, while the rate of tax under the VAT Act for stainless steel flats and sheets is reduced to 1%, the rate of entry tax on the same goods continues to be four percent. The petitioners being aggrieved by the prescription of rate of entry tax at the rate of four percent as well...