Court Faults Bank Account Freeze Without Notice Under Goa GST Act; Appointment of Officer Not Justification for Action.

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....Attachment of Bank Accounts - Neither any show cause notice has been issued to any of the petitioners. It appears that the impugned order is passed only because the respondent No.1 has appointed an appropriate officer for determining the tax liability of the petitioners. Mere appointment of an appropriate officer for determining the tax liability will certainly not be a ground to initiate any action, like the present one i.e. of provisionally freezing the bank accounts of the petitioners under the Goa GST Act. - HC....