the draft of certain rules further to amend the Orissa Entry Tax Rules, 1999 was published as required by sub-section(1) of Section 37 of the Orissa Entry Tax Act, 1999(Orissa Act 11 of 1999),in the extraordinary issue No 682 of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 5th May, 2010 in the notification of the Government of Orissa in the Finance Department No.21778-CTN-5/2010/F,dated the 4th May, 2010 bearing S.R.O. No. 165/2010 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby till the expiry of a period of fifteen days from the date of publication of the said notification in the Orissa Gazette,

And, whereas, no objection and suggestion, have been received by Government,

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the said Act, the State Government do hereby make the following rules further to amend the Orissa Entry Tax Rules, 1999, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Orissa Entry Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2010.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Orissa Gazette.

2. In the Orissa Entry Tax Rules, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2, in sub-rule (1), after clause (a), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-

"(aa) "e-challan" means a copy of the challan in the prescribed form generated by the bank/ the tax payer from the computer on successful completion of the on-line payment transaction" and

(aaa) "e-payment" means payment of taxes payable or any other amount due to State Government through electronic funds transfer mechanism"

3. In the said rules, in rule 9, in sub-rule (3), after Clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(aa) through e-payment; or

4. In the said rules, in rule 10, in sub-rule (3),-

(i) in clause (a), the words 'or e-challan' shall be inserted after the words 'a receipt from the Government Treasury' and

(ii) after clause (a), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided the Government may ask a certain or all class of dealers to make payment through e-payment only from the date as notified by the Government"

By order of the Governor