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GST audit and adjudication should not be undertaken by the same officer where the adjudication order is issued under Section 73(9). The High Court, following a co-ordinate Bench ruling, quashed an order passed by the officer who had conducted the audit. Fresh adjudication was directed from the stage of the reply to the show-cause notice, to be undertaken by a proper officer other than the audit officer after providing an adequate hearing opportunity.
GST audit and adjudication should not be undertaken by the same officer where the adjudication order is issued under Section 73(9). The High Court, following a co-ordinate Bench ruling, quashed an order passed by the officer who had conducted the audit. Fresh adjudication was directed from the stage of the reply to the show-cause notice, to be undertaken by a proper officer other than the audit officer after providing an adequate hearing opportunity.
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