The HC allowed the petition, quashing the appellate authority's...

The HC allowed the petition, quashing the appellate authority's order that rejected the petitioner's appeal for failure to pay the required pre-deposit in cash, and restored the appeal on file. The court held that payment from the electronic credit ledger satisfies the pre-deposit requirement under Section 107(6)(b) of the CGST Act and that electronic transfer must be treated as valid tender for pre-deposit purposes. Having found the appellate authority's refusal unsustainable in light of a directly analogous HC decision, the court set aside the impugned order and directed reinstatement of the petitioner's appeal, granting the petition.