Ex parte cancellation of GST registration can be set aside...

Ex parte cancellation of GST registration can be set aside conditionally where the taxpayer is willing to regularise the default by filing pending returns and paying the consequential tax, interest and penalty. The HC stated that restoration should be granted on compliance within a reasonable time, and directed that the registration be restored after the portal is enabled if the petitioner uploads all pending returns and makes the required payments within the time granted. The cancellation order and the appellate order were quashed subject to that compliance, with liberty to the authorities to proceed according to law on default.