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of <h1>Tax Assessment Voided: Critical Procedural Error Nullifies GST Order Due to Missing Document Identification Number</h1> <h3>Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Versus The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others</h3> HC set aside GST assessment order due to absence of Document Identification Number (DIN), following SC precedent. Court invalidated tax assessment for ... Challenge to assessment order - proceedings did not contain a DIN number - HELD THAT:- The question of the effect of non-inclusion of DIN number on proceedings, under the G.S.T. Act, came to be considered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Pradeep Goyal Vs. Union of India & Ors [2022 (8) TMI 216 - SUPREME COURT]. The Hon’ble Supreme Court, after noticing the provisions of the Act and the circular issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (C.B.I.C.), had held that an order, which does not contain a DIN number would be non-est and invalid. A Division Bench of this Court in the case of M/s. Cluster Enterprises Vs. The Deputy Assistant Commissioner (ST)-2, Kadapa [2024 (7) TMI 1512 - ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT], on the basis of the circular, dated 23.12.2019, bearing No.128/47/2019-GST, issued by the C.B.I.C., had held that non-mention of a DIN number would mitigate against the validity of such proceedings. Another Division Bench of this Court in the case of Sai Manikanta Electrical Contractors Vs. The Deputy Commissioner, Special Circle, Visakhapatnam [2024 (6) TMI 1158 - ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT], had also held that non-mention of a DIN number would require the order to be set aside. Conclusion - In view of the aforesaid judgments and the circular issued by the C.B.I.C., the non-mention of a DIN number in the order, which was uploaded in the portal, requires the impugned order to be set aside. This Writ Petition is disposed of, setting aside the impugned proceedings, dated 29.07.2024, issued by the 5th respondent, with liberty to the 5th respondent to conduct fresh assessment, after giving notice to the petitioner and assigning a DIN number to the said order. The Andhra Pradesh High Court, per Justice R. Raghunandan Rao, set aside the GST assessment order dated 29.07.2024 issued under the Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, for the tax periods 2017-2018 to 2023-2024, on the ground of non-inclusion of a Document Identification Number (DIN). Citing the Supreme Court's ruling in *Pradeep Goyal Vs. Union of India & Ors* 2022 (63) G.S.T.L. 286 (SC), which held that an order without a DIN is 'non-est and invalid,' and consistent Division Bench decisions of this Court (*M/s. Cluster Enterprises* 2024 (88) G.S.T.L. 179 (A.P.) and *Sai Manikanta Electrical Contractors* 2024 (88) G.S.T.L. 303 (A.P.)), the Court emphasized that absence of a DIN undermines the validity of GST proceedings. The Court granted liberty to the 5th respondent to conduct a fresh assessment after issuing proper notice and assigning a DIN, excluding the period from the impugned order date to receipt of this order for limitation purposes, and declined costs.
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