GST intimation on mining lease amounts kept in abeyance, with reply allowed under the earlier interim arrangement.
GST intimation on mining lease amounts was dealt with by extending the same interim arrangement already applied in the connected batch. The petitioner relied on the exclusion notification for specified government-supplied renting services and on Supreme Court interim protection in the mining lease and royalty matters. Consistent with the earlier Division Bench directions, objections were to be filed, adjudication was to proceed on merits, and recovery was to remain in abeyance until the Constitution Bench decides the issue. The writ petition was closed without determining GST liability, and the petitioner was allowed four weeks to file a reply to the intimation.
Issues: Whether the writ petition challenging the GST intimation on mining lease amounts should be disposed of on the same terms as the earlier Division Bench order.
Analysis: The petition concerned an intimation of GST liability on mining lease amounts. The petitioner relied on the notification excluding certain government-supplied renting services from GST and on the interim protection granted by the Supreme Court in the mining lease/royalty matters. The Court noted the earlier Division Bench directions in the connected batch, under which objections were to be filed, adjudication was to proceed on merits, and recovery was to remain in abeyance until the Constitution Bench decided the issue.
Conclusion: The writ petition was disposed of by extending the same course, permitting the petitioner to submit a reply to the intimation within four weeks.
Final Conclusion: The petition did not result in a determination of the GST liability on mining lease amounts and was closed by granting the petitioner an opportunity to respond in terms consistent with the earlier batch order.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a connected issue is already covered by an earlier binding interim arrangement, the writ petition may be disposed of by following the same procedural safeguards and without deciding the substantive tax question.
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