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QUESTION 11
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20 marks

Dr. X plans a charitable super-speciality hospital in a neglected region. As head of the tax investigation agency, you find substantial tax irregularities which he agrees to pay, along with technical compliance defaults. Strict pursuit of the technical defaults would consume time and may hamper the hospital. Should you take a broader view—ensuring substantial tax compliance while ignoring merely technical defaults—or pursue every default strictly? Which course would you choose and why?

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What the examiner wants

Explain: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “Dr. X plans a charitable super-speciality hospital in a neglected region. As head of the tax investigation agency, you find substantial tax irregularities which he agrees to pay, along with technical compliance defaults. Strict pursuit of the technical defaul…” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Tax Irregularities vs Public Interest(Super-Speciality Hospital Prospects).

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Map the stakeholders, facts, competing obligations and the ethical/public-interest conflict embedded in the case≈65 words
  2. 2Answer each explicit sub-question in the case and compare feasible options using legality, consequences, rights, fairness and integrity≈65 words
  3. 3Choose and justify an implementable course of action, including safeguards, accountability and follow-through≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Key facts and stakeholdersEthical/legal issuesRealistic options with consequencesReasoned choiceImplementation safeguards and accountability

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Tax Irregularities vs Public Interest(Super-Speciality Hospital Prospects) without directly resolving: “Dr. X plans a charitable super-speciality hospital in a neglected region.”
  • Under-developing the second scoring limb: “As head of the tax investigation agency, you find substantial tax irregularities which he agrees to pay, along with technical compliance defaults.”

Value addition

  • Stakeholder map + options-versus-values decision matrix
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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