Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat admitted in the Assembly on Monday that tax and non-tax revenue worth over Rs 51,914 crore, including Rs 46,191 crore mining taxes, could not be realised as 7,180 cases were pending for disposal in various courts, including the Supreme Court and the State High Court.
Replying to a question of Congress member Nabakishore Das, the Finance Minister said till 2013 a sum of Rs 46,191 crore mining revenue could not be realised as 122 cases were pending in the State High Court and other courts.
Amat said till the end of March last, 13 cases involving Rs 218 crore were pending in the High Court and till the end of December last, 109 cases involving Rs 45,973 crore were awaiting for disposal in various other courts.
The Government, he said, in certain cases had appointed special advocates for speedy disposal of the cases. Similarly, till the beginning of the current financial year, a total of Rs 3,563 crore commercial tax could not be realised as 6,858 cases were pending in various courts.
He said while 207 cases involving Rs 228 crore were pending in the Supreme Court, 1,576 cases involving Rs 1,676 crore were pending in the High Court and the rest 5,073 cases involving Rs 1,657 crore were pending in other courts.
The Minister said 26 cases including five cases are pending in the Supreme Court, 10 cases in the High Court and 11 cases in other courts involving Rs 64.48 crore relating to collection of electricity duty till April last. Similarly, 150 cases were pending in the High Court for collection of Rs 52.29 crore Forest Development Tax till March 31, 2012, he said.