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Issues: Whether the writ petition challenging the assessment order under the GST regime was maintainable in view of the statutory appellate remedy and the general rule against interference at the show-cause notice stage.
Analysis: The petition was founded on alleged violation of natural justice and the plea that the order had been passed before expiry of the time granted in the show-cause notice. The Court applied the settled principle that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is ordinarily not exercised when an effective statutory remedy is available, particularly where the impugned order is appealable under section 107 of the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The Court also noted that challenges to show-cause notices are generally not entertained and that the factual controversy regarding service and the timing of the reply was better suited for determination by the appellate authority.
Conclusion: The writ petition was not entertained and was dismissed, leaving the petitioner to pursue the statutory appeal remedy.
Final Conclusion: Interference in writ jurisdiction was declined because the dispute was amenable to the statutory appellate mechanism and no exceptional ground for bypassing that remedy was made out.
Ratio Decidendi: Where an effective statutory appeal is available, a writ petition challenging a GST assessment order will ordinarily not be entertained unless a clear case of lack of jurisdiction or other exceptional illegality is shown.