Rajesh Dharmani
Shimla, January 29: The Himachal Pradesh government has approved the Himachal Pradesh Sadhbhawana Legacy Cases Resolution Scheme, 2025. The state government has decided to expand the scope of this scheme and include pending cases under non-incorporated acts in this scheme. Under this scheme, all cases related to petroleum products up to the financial year 2017-18 will now be resolved, which will reduce the number of pending cases under non-incorporated acts.
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that about 3,500 cases are expected to be resolved through this scheme, which will generate revenue of about Rs 10 crore for the state. He said that the state government is committed to reducing the number of cases and encouraging revenue growth. In this direction, legacy case resolution schemes have been implemented from time to time.
It is worth noting that after the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act on July 1, 2017, state taxes like entry tax, entertainment tax and luxury tax were included under GST. To resolve pending cases and disputes related to these taxes, the state government has so far implemented three legacy case resolution schemes.
Chief Minister Sukhu said that under these schemes, 48,269 pending cases have been resolved so far, generating revenue of Rs 452.68 crore. This has also provided relief to the litigants. This new scheme of the government will not only increase revenue collection, but will also reduce the number of cases, making administrative processes simple and effective.