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-Since revisional proceedings under Section 108 to consider order on merits already started therefore prayer made to direct officer to undertake rectification not to be gone into.
-Until further orders, payment of GST for grant of mining lease/royalty was stayed
-Petitioner approaching the court against issue of DRC-01A held to be pre-mature.(Levy of CGST/SGST instead of IGST on order placed by local customer but vehicle transported from Assam to Tripura)
-A recipient of service cannot apply for Advance Ruling.
-Grant of Bail

S.No

Section

Case Subject

Case

Held

1

Section
108 and
Section
161

Since revisional
proceedings under
Section 108 to consider
order on merits already
started therefore prayer
made to direct officer to
undertake rectification
not to be gone into

Lakshmi Cot-Gin (P.)
Ltd. v. State of
Gujarat [2023] 151
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(Gujarat

In the instant case, order was passed under Section 74 on dated 3.3.2022. Order of provisionally attaching bank account was also
passed. The petition was filed to direct the officer to pass rectification order under section 161 with reference to adjudication order
dated and to set aside the order for provisional attachment alongwith refund of the amount which according to the petitioner, was
recovered coercively from the bank account. By order dated 23.11.2022, the court issued notice for final disposal but in the meantime,
officer initiated the revisional process under section 108(1) of the GST Act to again examine the merits of the said order.
The High Court thus considering the above stated that there was no gainsaying that issue raised by the petitioner and for which the
rectification had been sought for, would be under examination by the revisional authority. Thus, in view of the above, it was held that
the present petition was rendered not liable to be gone into as revisional authority was in process of adjudication of disputed aspects.

2

Section 9

Until further orders,
payment of GST for
grant of mining
lease/royalty was
stayed

Amorous Trading
India (P.) Ltd. v. State
of U.P [2023] 151
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(Allahabad

The petitioner contended that royalty payment is tax and not consideration in the context of the privilege parted by the State allowing
the petitioner and others to mine sand. That being the nature of the payment made by the petitioner, the same is not amenable to
GST as it is not consideration either for sale of goods or service provided. The reliance was placed on a Constitution Bench decision
of the Supreme Court in India Cement Ltd. and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu and Others [1990] 1 SCC 12, wherein, nature of royalty
payment was considered and it was opined to be tax, and it was shown that a similar controversy is engaging the attention of the
Supreme Court in M/s Lakhwinder Singh v. Union of India & Ors. in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1076 of 2021. The High Court held that
until further orders, payment of GST for grant of mining lease/royalty by the petitioner shall remain stayed.

3

Section
10 of
IGST
Act,2017

Petitioner approaching
the court against issue
of DRC-01A held to be
pre-mature.(Levy of
CGST/SGST instead of
IGST on order placed
by local customer but
vehicle transported from
Assam to Tripura)

SL Automobiles (P.)
Ltd. v. State of
Tripura [2023] 151
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(TRIPURA)

The petitioner was a dealer of Honda motorcars having its head office at Guwahati and a branch office at Agartala. Upon an order
placed by a local customer for delivery of the car, the petitioner sent the vehicle from Guwahati to Agartala by way of a branch transfer
but upon payment of full IGST. The State GST authorities, however, held the belief that not IGST but CGST and SGST were payable
since this is an incident of local sale. The officer seized three motorcars which were lying in the showroom of the petitioner at Agartala
and issued DRC-01A under Section 74(1) and passed an intimation/order asking the petitioner to pay a sum of Rs.1,28,37,517/- by
way of unpaid CGST and SGST with interest and penalty. The orders of attachment and assessment was challenged in the petition.
The Court noted that DRC-01A being issued is not a show-cause notice which petitioner had prayed to quash in the writ petition.
Moreover, the proceeding was pending and without any outcome of the proceeding, the petitioner approached the court. The court
felt that the writ petition filed was at a pre-mature stage, and accordingly, the same was dismissed.

4

Section
95

A recipient of service
cannot apply for
Advance Ruling

Uttar Pradesh Metro
Rail Corpn. Ltd.
[2023] 151
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(AAR- UTTAR
PRADESH)

The applicant was a receiver of the Services and in view of point (a) provided under Section 95 of CGST Act 2017, since a supplier
of the services can only file Application for Advance Ruling. Therefore, following the decision in the matter of M/s Purvanchal Vidyut
Vitran Nigam Limited, authority did not admit the application for consideration/ruling on merits as applicant did not fall under the
definition of Advance Ruling

5

Section
69 and
Section
132

Grant of Bail

Vivek Mishra v.
Union of India [2023]
151 taxmann.com
226 (Allahabad)

The High Court noted that it was an admitted fact that applicant was neither proprietor nor owner of the firm, whereas his mother Smt.
Anusuiya Mishra was the proprietor of the firm and no charge-sheet or complaint had been filed by the Department against her. The
investigation was completed and charge-sheet/complaint had already been filed and there was no chance of tampering of evidence
or influence of witnesses.
The High Court noted that the maximum punishment under Section 132(1)(a) of the Act, 2017 is five years which was triable by
Magistrate and there was no criminal history of the applicant and applicant was having fixed place of residence and there was no
chance of his absconding. Thus, considering the complicity of accused, severity of punishment as well as totality of facts and
circumstances, the High Court found it a fit case for bail and thus bail application is allowed