Punjab and Haryana High Court dismisses Robert Vadra's petition
The excise department on October 19, 2015 had issued notices to Skylight Hospitality and others and were asked to disclose the transactions related to the cost of the land sold to DLF.
In a major setback to Skylight Hospitality (P) Ltd, a company owned by Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday disposed off its petition challenging the Value Added Tax (VAT) notice served by the excise department of Haryana government.
"The petitioner had demanded certain documents in its solitary plea which were already supplied by the state government. The court has disposed off the petition and directed the the petitioner to approach the department concerned for redressal. The petitioner will now have to approach Excise department to settle the case," Additional Advocate General, Haryana Deepak Balyan said.
The excise department on October 19, 2015 had issued notices to Skylight Hospitality and others and were asked to disclose the transactions related to the cost of the land sold to DLF, value of the licence (No KC 1868) sold to DLF and VAT deposited after selling land and licences.
The notice issued to Skylight Hospitality had said that the company was given a licence by The Town and Country Planning department to develop a commercial colony in Gurgaon. Later it was found that the company sold the licence at Rs 58 crore to DLF besides selling the land.
Skylight Hospitality (P) Ltd on October 12, 2015 had challenged the notice served under section 16 of Haryana Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, 2003. The court on March 29 had issued a notice to Haryana government. The firm had also told the court that a number of representations were made to the department to provide records submitted by the Town and Country Planning department pertaining to the land deal between Skylight and DLF.
The case pertains to the land measuring 3.53 acre located at Shikohpur, Gurgaon which was sold by Skylight Hospitality (P) Ltd to DLF.
The company had however, said that it had not sold the licence and only transferred the licence of commercial colony to DLF which was approved the then Congress government.