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Issues: Whether proceedings under section 74 of the GST enactments could be sustained on the basis of the inspection and notices issued, and whether the impugned orders required interference in view of the errors in the tax computation.
Analysis: The proceedings arose from an inspection which disclosed short payment of tax, and the notices expressly referred to section 74 and to suppression of facts. The Court held that the machinery under section 74 could be invoked in such circumstances. At the same time, the record showed computational errors in the show cause notice and in the impugned order for the 2020-2021 period, including an erroneous treatment of exempted turnover as tax liability. The reply in one petition was also found to be insufficient, but the defects in the revenue computation justified further examination by the authority.
Conclusion: The challenge to the invocation of section 74 was not accepted, but the matter was sent back for a fresh decision on merits after affording personal hearing and opportunity to file detailed replies and documents.
Final Conclusion: The writ petitions were disposed of by remitting the matters to the respondent for fresh adjudication, so the petitioners obtained a limited relief by way of reconsideration.
Ratio Decidendi: Proceedings under section 74 of the GST enactments may be initiated where inspection material reveals short payment of tax, but demonstrable errors in the notice or order warrant remand for fresh consideration on merits.