TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2021 (10) TMI 369
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....ons becomes imminent to be considered, which deals with the aspect of cancellation or suspension of the registration, particularly, that as contained under Section 29 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, which is extracted hereunder :- "29. Cancellation [or suspension] of registration. [(1) The proper officer may, either on his own motion or on an application filed by the registered person or by his legal heirs, in case of death of such person, cancel the registration, in such manner and within such period as may be prescribed, having regard to the circumstances where,- (a) the business has been discontinued, transferred fully for any reason including death of the proprietor, amalgamated with other legal entity....
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.... [Provided further that during pendency of the proceedings relating to cancellation of registration, the proper officer may suspend the registration for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed.] (3) The cancellation of registration under this section shall not affect the liability of the person to pay tax and other dues under this Act or to discharge any obligation under this Act or the rules made thereunder for any period prior to the date of cancellation whether or not such tax and other dues are determined before or after the date of cancellation. (4) The cancellation of registration under the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, as the case may be, shall be ....
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....Rules framed under Section 164 of Uttarakhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, as provided under Rule 22 Sub-rule (3). In fact, what the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. S.K. Posti, wants to contend that once he himself as a partner of a partnership firm has submitted an application for cancellation of his GST registration No.GSTIN05AAGFE8721Q1ZZ, which was filed on 30th May, 2020, in that eventuality, under Sub-rule (3) of Rule 22 of the Rules framed under the Act, the decision on the application submitted for the cancellation of the registration was required to be taken by respondent No.2, within a period of 30 days as provided therein. In case, if no decision is taken, within a period of 30 days, in that eventuality, the r....
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....mount liable to be paid under sub-section (5) of section 29. (4) Where the reply furnished under sub-rule (2) is found to be satisfactory, the proper officer shall drop the proceedings and pass an order in FORM GST REG-20. (5) The provisions of sub-rule (3) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the legal heirs of a deceased proprietor, as if the application had been submitted by the proprietor himself" 5. The second limb of argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that, even if at all a decision was required to be taken on an application submitted by the petitioner on 30th May, 2020, requesting for the cancellation of the registration, if at all, the decision was required to be taken after the expiry of the per....