Refund of excess amount lying to the credit of electronic cash...

Refund of excess amount lying to the credit of electronic cash ledger of the petitioner - applicability of proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 54 or sub-section (1) of Section 54 - the stand of the respondents that since the amount collected by ECO under Section 52 of the CGST Act is not paid by the petitioner by himself and therefore, it is not entitled to claim refund of the same, is totally misplaced. As the petitioner is claiming refund balance in electronic cash ledger, it is covered by the proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 54 and would not fall under sub-section (1) of Section 54. - HC