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-Intimation in DRC-05 is an appealable order
-Failure to do through a statutory remedy cannot be permitted to be done through a writ petition
-Refund allowed for Tax Excess Paid @ 18% instead of 0.1%
-Transitional Credit denied as Return for 30.06.2017 was having Ni Balance

S.No

Section

Case Subject

Case

Held

1

Section
107

Intimation in
DRC-05 is an
appealable
order

Savita Oil
Technologies Ltd
v. Union of India
[2023] 152
taxmann.com 577

The petitioners had deposited the disputed tax under protest and were issued an intimation in Form GST DRC-05. The petitioner approached
to contend that intimation issued in Form GST DRC-05 by the adjudicating authority itself is an appealable order as the CGST Act would clearly
provide. It is therefore, contended that as the portal is not allowing filing of appeal, it will render the remedy of an appeal illusory.
The High Court observed that petitioners have a legitimate right to file an appeal being aggrieved by intimations issued in Form DRC-05.
Merely because electronic portal does not make a provision for filing of an appeal against an intimation issued in Form DRC-05, the petitioners
cannot be faulted and for such technical reason, it cannot be countenanced that a statutory right of appeal available to the petitioners is
rendered otiose. In the above circumstances, the high court held that till an appropriate provision is made for acceptance of such
appeal electronically, the filing of such appeal is required to be permitted by the manual method.

2

Section
107

Failure to do
through a
statutory
remedy
cannot be
permitted to
be done
through a writ
petition

Marvel
Associates
v. State Tax
officer [2023] 152
taxmann.com 576
(Kera

The petitioner's grievance was that, as time period prescribed under Section 107 (4) of the CSGT Act to challenge the impugned orders by
way of a statutory appeal had lapsed, the petitioner was left remediless. Therefore, the present writ petition was filed.
The High Court observed that without taking recourse to the above statutory remedies, the petitioner assailed the impugned orders in the writ
petition, that too after a year. What the petitioner had failed to do directly through a statutory remedy cannot be permitted to be done indirectly
through a writ petition, that too at its own sweet will and pleasure. A Constitutional Court is not an open Forum to be approached at the whims
and caprice of a litigant. The Court’s extraordinary power can be exercised sparingly and in exceptional cases. The High Court did not find
any such circumstances in the present case to entertain the writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ
petition was held to be groundless and was thus, dismissed.

3

Section
54

Refund
allowed for
Tax Excess
Paid @ 18%
instead of
0.1%

Tagros
Chemicals India
(P.) Ltd.
v. Union of India
[2023] 152
taxmann.com 570
(Gujarat)

The petitioner had supplied goods at the concessional rate of IGST at the rate of 0.1% in terms of Notification No.41/2017 - Integrated Tax
(Rate) dated 23.10.2017. The petitioner thereafter supplied goods to the buyer on payment of full duty (under an error) of IGST at the rate of
18% instead of concessional rate of 0.1%. Thereafter, the petitioner issued credit note dated 16.03.2020 for the excess amount of tax to the
buyer. The details of credit note were duly mentioned in GSTR-1 return for the month of March, 2020, however, the petitioner could not reduce
the turnover and GST liability as there were no outward supplies during the said month and subsequent month. The refund application was
however rejected without assigning any reason.
The High Court relied upon the judgement of Hon’ble Apex Court in the matter of Bonanzo Engineering & Chemical Pvt. Ltd. v.
Commissioner of Central Excise reported in 2012(4) SCC 771 (Principle- Assessee paid duties on the goods which are exempted from
payment does not mean that the goods would become goods liable for the duty under the Act) and Share Medical Care v. Union of India
reported in 2007(4) SCC, 573 (Principle- even if an applicant does not claim benefit under a particular notification at the initial stage, he is
not debarred, prohibited or estopped from claiming such benefit at a later stage). The refund was thus allowed and the impugned order
set aside

4

Section
140

Transitional
Credit denied
as Return for
30.06.2017
was having Ni
Balance

Tvl. Devesh
Spices v.
Assistant
Commissioner
(CT)/(ST) [2023]
152 taxmann.com
553 (Madras)

The petitioner carried forward credit of Rs.1,36,563/- through TRAN-1. However, she did not have any excess credit for the year 2017.
The High Court observed that on perusal of the relevant record for the month ending June, 2017, the entry under the head "excess input tax
credit" at column 11 was shown as '0.00'. Thus, contention of the petitioner that she had a credit limit was held to be incorrect and thus petitioner
was held no to be entitled for any relief.