Rejection of refund claim - It is settled principle of law that...

Rejection of refund claim - It is settled principle of law that if an allegation or ground is not made at the time of issuance of show cause notice, the authority cannot go beyond the scope of show cause notice to create new ground at the later stage of adjudication - it is only after the submissions of petitioner’s reply, the Adjudicating Officer decided the refund application on the grounds which were not part of the show cause notice i.e. related to maintaining of two GSTIN number - Matter restored back with direction - HC