Mandatory filing requirement of Form GST DRC-07 was central to a...

Mandatory filing requirement of Form GST DRC-07 was central to a challenge to delay in preferring an appeal under the statutory limitation for appeals; the article emphasises that where delay is sought to be condoned on the basis of failure to upload a mandatory form, the appellate authority must expressly consider the grounds set out in the memo of appeal when adjudicating a condonation application. Failure to advert to those grounds vitiates the appellate decision and may require setting aside the order impugned.