Zero-rated IGST refund claims routed through a Foreign Post...

Zero-rated IGST refund claims routed through a Foreign Post Office were treated as enforceable statutory entitlements. Reading the IGST Act with the CGST Rules, the Court stated that taxpayers had a right to seek refund and that the respondents were responsible for processing the claim. The absence of an available upload mechanism for the relevant period, and shifting responsibility between customs, the Foreign Post Office and the Board, was treated as an administrative failure that could not defeat a statutory refund claim. The matter was left pending on an assurance of further action.

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