Whereas, the draft amendment in Part-II-'A' of SCHEDULE 'A' appended to the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act,2005 (Act No.12 of 2005) was notified in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of the Act ibid for inviting objection(s)/suggestion(s) from the person(s) likely to be affected thereby within a period of 10 days from the date of publication of the notification in the Rajpatra(e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh, vide this department notification No.EXN-F(10)-20/2014-Loose, dated 28th July,2015 and published in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh on 29.7.2015;

And whereas, no objection(s)/suggestion(s) has been received within the above stipulated period in this behalf;

Now, therefore, the Governor, Himachal Pradesh in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005(Act No.12 of 2005) is pleased to make the following amendments in Part-II-'A' of SCHEDULE 'A' appended to the Act ibid, with effect from 01-10-2015, namely:-

AMENDMENT

In Part-II- 'A' of SCHEDULE 'A' appended to the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act,2005, for item No.13, the following item shall be substituted, namely:-

" Bitumen & Coal-tar of all kinds.".

By Order

Additional Chief Secretary(E&T) to the

Government of Himachal Pradesh