The Sales Tax authorities held that green ginger is used to.
From 1he Judgment and Order dated 20 12 1968 of the Calcutta High Court in Appeals from Original Orders Nos.
taste to food and it is, therefore, number vegetable companymonly known as sabji, tarkeri or ask.
add Havour and.
556 559, 571 and 572 of 1967 Lal Narain Sinha, Sol.
Hence the present appeal by the State with special leave obtained from this Court.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by BHAGWATI, J. The short question which arises for deter mination in these appeals is whether green ginger falls within the category of goods described as vegetables, green or dried, companymonly known as sabji, tarkeri or ask in Item 6 of Schedule I to the Bengal Finance Sales Tax Act, 1941.
If it is companyered by this description, it would be exempt from sales tax imposed under the provisions of that Act.
The orders of the Sales Tax authorities were challenged in a writ petition filed under article 226 of the Constitution and a Single Judge of the High Court who.
1546 1551 of 1971.
General and G.S. Chatterice, for the appellants.
Purushottam Chatterjee and Ratbin Des, for the respondents.
