Twice issue of show cause notice without considering the revocation application of cancellation

Case Title

Purabdhani Enterprise

Vs

State of Gujarat

Court

Gujarat High Court

Honorable Judges

Justice. N V Anjaria

Citation

2022 (7) GSTPanacea 118 HC Gujarat

W.P.A. 5999 of 2022

Judgement Date

07-July-2022

Council for Petitioner

Chetan K Pandya

Council for UOI

 

Council for State

Utkarsh R Sharma

Krutik Parikh

Favour

Assessee

Section

Section 30 of CGST Act,2017

The Gujrat High Court bench of Justice N V Anjaria has held that When the application is undecided at the end of competent authority,application should be treated in accordance with the provision of Act first.

FACTS OF THE CASE

The petitioner is a proprietorship firm. Registration of petitioner was cancelled by an order stating ground of cancellation that during physical verification of premises by anti evasion team, your premises found to be non existing and no business activity was conducted, and passing fraudulently ITC. The petitioner also issued show cause notice again stating reason why the registration of petitioner should not be cancelled by the authorities. The revocation application has also been submitted under section 30 of CGST Act, 2017 by the petitioner which is undecided till date.

COURT HELD

While the application of revocation is still pending to the respondent, hence the competent authority is directed to take decision on the application within 6 weeks from this order.

ANALYSIS OF THE JUDGEMENT

Where the revocation application of registration cancellation is undecided and pending to the authority no further addition show cause notice should be issued by the authority till the decision of prior SCN.

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