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-Mere intention to file an appeal is not a ground for not complying with the appellate authority order.
-Notices issued against supplier to petitioner and against petitioner are separate proceedings
-SCN along with the report satisfies the condition of not being vague and petition dismissed
-What should be mode of communication & whether service by portal is valid service as per Section 169
-Approaching Appellate Authority beyond Limitation

S.No

Section

Case Subject

Case

Held

1

Section
112

Mere intention
to file an
appeal is not a
ground for not
complying with
the appellate
authority order

Shine Jewellery v.
Enforcement
officer, SGST
[2023] 153
taxmann.com 414
(Kerala) (8-8-2023)

The respondents have seized the gold ornaments belonging to the petitioner and passed Ext P1 order on 6-9-2021 under section 129 read with
Section 130 of the CGST Act. An appeal filed before the Joint Commissioner Appeals was partially decided in favour of the Taxpayer. Taxpayer
approached the High Court that the revenue till date has not complied with the Appellate Order.
The High Court allowed the petitioner filed by the taxpayer by observing that Section 112 of the CGST Act provides that any person
aggrieved by an order passed under section 107 or Section 108 of the Act has a remedy to file an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal. It
may be true that the Appellate Tribunal has not been constituted till date but, the fact remains that order was passed on 10-1-2023 and the department
have not worked out their alternative remedies till date. The request of the petitioner was held to be reasonable and just.

2

Section
6

Notices issued
against
supplier to
petitioner and
against
petitioner are
separate
proceedings

Fondement
Bitumenous
Industries (P.) Ltd.
v. State of Bihar
[2023] 153
taxmann.com 452
(Patna) (11-04-
2023

The petitioner contended that he was issued with summons by the Central Tax Officer, pursuant to which the petitioner filed the required documents.
State Tax Authority, by notices dated 22.08.2022 and 18.08.2022, initiated proceedings on the very same transaction.
The High Court observed that although there is no prohibition in the State Tax Authority initiating an action where the Central Tax Authority
is seized of the matter but, however, on the very same transaction, obviously, only one assessment can be made and it is proper that the
authority, who initiated the action first, continues with it and the other authority restrains itself from so proceeding. The action initiated by
the central authority was against the supplier to the petitioner whereas notice was issued to the assessee by the State Tax Authority as the petitioner
was one such dealer, who had allegedly purchased material from the said bogus firm. The investigation, as initiated against the supplier of the
petitioner, cannot have any bearing on the action taken by the State Tax Authority against the petitioner for the relevant periods, being
distinct from each other and against two separate assessee.

3

Section
73

SCN along
with the report
satisfies the
condition of not
being vague
and petition
dismissed

Geeta Ganesh
Promoters (P.) Ltd.
v. Union of India
[2023] 153
taxmann.com 450
(Calcutta) (11-08-
2023)

Petitioner contended that show cause notice is devoid of any reason, it is not specific, it is vague, it is not signed and does not contain the requisite
details and it can never be regarded as a valid show cause notice in the eye of law. The department contended that SCN had been been issued
under section 73. In the said show cause notice, the demand details were mentioned and the name of the Deputy Commissioner, who issued the
show cause notice has also been furnished. SCN was in statutory format, which was forwarded to the registered e-mail I.D of the appellant/assessee
along with the statutory form viz. GST DRC-01, which is the summary of the show cause notice. Along with the SCN, a report in the matter of the
appellant dated 8th May, 2023 was appended.
The High Court on a perusal of the report, observed that it explicitly stated that appellant is required to show cause as to why it should
not pay the amount specified in the table in the said report along with the interest payable and penalty leviable thereon. Therefore, the
assessee should treat the annexure to the notice i.e. the report dated 8th May, 2023 as the material based on which they are called upon to show
cause as to why the tax, which has been computed should not be recovered along with the interest and penalty.

4

Section
169

What should
be mode of
communication
& whether
service by
portal is valid
service as per
Section 169

[2023] 153
taxmann.com 447
(Allahabad)
Virender Kumar
Projects (P.) Ltd. v.
State of U.P. (09-
08-2023)

Petition was filed challenging the order dated 31.05.2023, by which the appeal of the petitioner had been dismissed on the ground of limitation by
taking the date of order under challenge as the date of communication. It was contended that statute nowhere provides that the order made available
on the common portal is deemed to be served and clauses (c) & (d) of sub-section (1) of section 169 of the GST Act are not covered by sub-section
(2) of section 169 of the GST Act. Therefore, appeal preferred on 13/14.04.2023 was within limitation as the date of communication of the order was
22.03.2023, when the petitioner for the first time became aware of the order dated 03.12.2021, but appeal was dismissed as barred by time.
The High Court stated that matter requires consideration required that the State shall specifically averred as to how and under what
manner, the deeming service as per clauses (c) & (d) of sub-section (1) of section 169 can be said to be deemed service as per sub-section
(2) of section 169 of the GST Act

5

Section
107

Approaching
Appellate
Authority
beyond
Limitation

Vishwanath
Traders v. UOI
[2023] 153
taxmann.com 427
(SC) (4-8-2023)

Having regard to sub-section (4) of Section 107 of the Bihar Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017, there was a delay in approaching the appellate
authority therefore, the High Court was justified in dismissing the writ petition. In the circumstances, the Special Leave Petition was dismissed.
Affirmed- Vishwanath Traders v. Union of India [2023] 153 taxmann.com 426 (Patna)