ගෙවීම පැහැර හැර තිබෙන බව කියන රුපියල් මිලියන 5800 ක වැට් බදු මුදල්, කිසිදු නිදහසට කරුණක් නොකියා වහාම ගෙවා අවසන් කරන ලෙස කොළඹ මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණය ඩබ්ලිව්. එම්. මෙන්ඩිස් සහ සමාගමේ අධ්යක්ෂවරුන්ට නියෝග කළා. දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව පැවරූ මෙම නඩුව කොළඹ අතිරේක මහේස්ත්රාත් ඕෂද මි…
The Colombo Magistrate's Court ordered W. M. Mendis and the directors of the company to immediately pay the VAT amounting to Rs. 5800 million, which is said to have been evaded, without giving any excuse. When the case filed by the Inland Revenue Department was taken up before Colombo Additional Magistrate Oshada Migara Maharachchi, one of the defendants, the director of the company in question, Arjun Aloysius, appeared before the court. The lawyer for the defendant company, while presenting the facts to the court, stated that a part of the outstanding tax money has already been paid. However, he stated that since the company's properties have been seized and seized by the banks, it has not been possible to find the documents of the tax payment so far. However, lawyer Dinesh Perera, appearing for the Inland Revenue Commissioner, strongly objected to this. He said that if the tax has been paid, the relevant documents should be submitted to the court and that saying that the documents cannot be found is not an excuse. He emphasized that the defendants cannot be given any further relief since the time to pay the tax has long passed. The Additional Magistrate, who considered the facts presented, pointed out that the time to pay the tax has already passed. Accordingly, the Magistrate, who ordered the defendants to immediately pay the relevant tax, also ordered that they should make a definitive statement on the next court date as to whether or not they will pay the tax without delay. The case was adjourned to September 30th.