(1.) Heard.
(2.) The present Tax Reference u/S. 70(1) of the M. P. Commercial Tax Act, 1994, has been received from the M.P. Commercial Tax Appellate Board in respect of levy of entry tax on SIM Cards. The following question of law has been referred to this Court :
(3.) Learned counsel for the Telecom Company has straightway drawn attention of this Court towards a judgment delivered by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of M/s. Idea Cellular Ltd., Indore Vs. The Asstt. Commissioner of Commercial Tax, Indore and Ors., (W.P.No. 7631/2014, decided on 3/1/2017). This Court in the aforesaid case has dealt with the issue of imposition of Value Added Tax under the provisions of M. P. VAT Act, 2002 in respect of SIM Cards. This Court in the aforesaid case has held as under :