Himachal starts scheme to resolve legacy cases
The Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday started Sadhbhawana Legacy Cases Resolution Scheme 2025 and brought non-subsumed enactments under its ambit.
Informing about this, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the scheme has been launched to reduce litigation and enhance revenue realisation.
Notably, the State Value Added Tax Act, which governs petroleum products like diesel and petrol, remains outside the purview of GST.
Under this new scheme, cases related to petroleum products up to 2017-18 FY will be addressed. The scheme aims to further reduce the backlog of cases under non-subsumed enactments.
“The new scheme is expected to resolve approximately 3,500 cases, with an anticipated revenue realization of Rs 10 crore.
The government, committed to reducing litigation and enhancing revenue realization, has periodically launched Legacy Cases Resolution Schemes,” he said.
Sukhu said following the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act on 1st July, 2017, state taxes such as Entry Tax, Entertainment Tax, and Luxury Tax were subsumed under GST.
To address pending cases and disputes under these taxes, the state has introduced three Legacy Cases Resolution Schemes to date.
The Chief Minister said that these schemes have successfully resolved 48,269 pending cases, generating revenue of Rs 452.68 crore and providing significant relief to litigants.
