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GST Registration Cancellation Overturned: Timely Return Filing Validates Taxpayer's Compliance and Restores Legal Standing HC ruled that GST registration cancellation was unsustainable. Despite initial non-filing, petitioner submitted returns for August and September before ...
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HC ruled that GST registration cancellation was unsustainable. Despite initial non-filing, petitioner submitted returns for August and September before cancellation order. Court set aside cancellation order, conditionally restoring registration and clarifying that tax liability proceedings remain unaffected. Appellate dismissal was overturned, emphasizing procedural compliance over strict limitation interpretation.
Issues: Challenge to cancellation of GST registration and subsequent appellate order.
Cancellation of GST Registration: The petitioner challenged the cancellation of their GST registration, attributing the non-filing of returns to the departure of their Accountant. Despite receiving a show cause notice, the petitioner filed GSTR 1 and GSTR 3B returns for August and September of the assessment period in February 2023. The petitioner argued that there was no contravention of Section 29(2)(c) of GST enactments as of the relevant time. The cancellation order was issued on 15.03.2023 after the filing of these returns, rendering it unsustainable.
Appellate Proceedings: The petitioner's counsel referred to the show cause notice and evidence of filing returns for August and September 2022-23. Although the petitioner applied to revoke the cancellation and filed an appeal, the appeal was dismissed on grounds of limitation. The Government Advocate contended that the petitioner failed to file returns for a continuous six-month period as per the show cause notice, citing the precedent of Suguna Cutpiece.
Legal Analysis: Section 29(2)(c) of GST enactments allowed cancellation of registration for non-filing of returns for a continuous period of six months. The show cause notice alleged such non-filing, but the petitioner submitted proof of filing returns for August and September 2022-23 before the cancellation order was issued. Consequently, the cancellation order could not be upheld as it was based on the assumption of continuous non-filing for six months, which was not the case.
Judgment: The High Court set aside the cancellation order dated 15.03.2023, restoring the petitioner's registration conditionally upon filing returns for all periods from the cancellation date. The ruling clarified that it would not impede any proceedings related to the petitioner's tax liability. The writ petition was disposed of with no costs, and related motions were closed accordingly.
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