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Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled to an interim direction requiring the State to issue C-Form for purchase of high speed diesel, subject to final adjudication of the petitioner's entitlement.
Analysis: The earlier coordinate bench decision was relied upon, in which it was held that registration under the Central Sales Tax regime continued to remain valid for inter-State sale and purchase of high speed diesel despite migration to the GST regime, because high speed diesel was not brought within the ambit of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 through any recommendation under Section 9(2). On that basis, the petitioner was held entitled to issuance of C-Form. The present request was examined in the same context, and the Court noted that withholding C-Form would serve no useful purpose when the matter would take time for final hearing. It was also recorded that if the C-Form was later found to have been wrongly issued, the State would remain free to take consequential action, including recovery of higher GST and penalty.
Conclusion: The State was directed to issue C-Form to the petitioner on an interim basis, subject to the final adjudication of entitlement.
Final Conclusion: Interim relief was granted by directing issuance of C-Form, while keeping the question of ultimate entitlement open for final decision.
Ratio Decidendi: Where an earlier binding view supports continued validity of CST registration for high speed diesel after migration to GST, interim issuance of C-Form may be directed subject to final adjudication, with consequential liability preserved if the entitlement is ultimately negatived.