TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2021 (6) TMI 957
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....of Writ Petitions relates to two sets of assessment orders passed in the case of two assessees under the provisions of Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (in short 'GST Act') for the periods 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. They are disposed by way of this common order, since the legal issue that arises in these cases is one and the same. 2. In W.P.No.3936 of 2020, it is argued by Mr.Joseph Prabakar, learned counsel for the petitioner that an additional issue is raised in regard to stock reconciliation. The admitted position as far as this issue is concerned is that the vehicle movement register correlating to the vehicle gate passes issued, have been specifically sought for by the authorities but not produced at the time of assessmen....
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....rtionate to the loss of the input, referring to the provisions of Section 17(5)(h) of the GST Act. 7. As regards the Legislative history of this provision, the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006 (in short 'TNVAT Act') contained an equivalent provision in Section 19 thereof, which deals with various situations arising from the grant and reversal of ITC. Section 19 (1) grants eligibility to ITC of the amount of tax paid under the TNVAT Act by a registered dealer. It sets out situations where such ITC shall be denied as well. 8. The provisions of Section 19, as relevant for the issue dealt with in these matters, are extracted below: 19. Input tax credit .- (1) There shall be input tax credit of the a....
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....the GST Act. Section 17 (1) to (4) set out the entitlement of the assessee to ITC. Sub-section (5) and its sub-clauses provide for situations where ITC claimed shall be restricted and read as follows: 17. Apportionment of credit and blocked credits. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 16 and subsection (1) of section 18, input tax credit shall not be available in respect of the following, namely:- ............. (c) works contract services when supplied for construction of an immovable property (other than plant and machinery) except where it is an input service for further supply of works contract service; (d) goods or services or both received by a taxable person....
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....is inherent to the process of manufacture itself. 12. In the case of Rupa & Co. Ltd. V. Cestat, Chennai (2015 (324) ELT 295), a Division Bench of this Court decided a question of law in regard to the entitlement to Cenvat credit involving the measure of inputs used in the manufacturing process, in terms of the provisions of Section 9A and 2(g) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002. 13. In that case, a certain amount of input had been utilised by the assessee, whereas the input in the finished product was marginally less. The department proceeded to reverse the cenvat credit on the difference between the original quantity of input and the input in the finished product. 14. The Bench, noticing at paragraph 13 that some amount of consumpti....