2024 (4) TMI 157

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....d in this case: For the Petitioner: Mr. Vineet Bhatia, Mr. Ashok Sharma and Mr. Vishal Sharma, Advocates. For the Respondents: Mr. Rajeev Aggarwal, Additional Standing Counsel with Ms. Samridh Vats, Advocates. JUDGMENT SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J. (ORAL) 1. Petitioner impugns order dated 01.01.2023 whereby the appeal of the Petitioner has been dismissed solely on the ground that the same is....

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....s filed returns for a continuous period of six months". Further, the said Show Cause Notice fails to mention the date and time for the Petitioner to appear for the personal hearing. Further, it also does not put the petitioner to notice that the registration is liable to be cancelled retrospectively. Accordingly, the petitioner had no opportunity to even object to the retrospective cancellation of....

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....In our view, order dated 26.10.2021 does not qualify as an order of cancellation of registration. On one hand, it states that the registration is liable to be cancelled and on the other, in the column at the bottom there are no dues stated to be due against the petitioner and the table shows nil demand. 7. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner has closed business and is no ....

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....e criteria. Merely, because a taxpayer has not filed the returns for some period does not mean that the taxpayer's registration is required to be cancelled with retrospective date also covering the period when the returns were filed and the taxpayer was compliant. 10. It is important to note that, according to the respondent, one of the consequences for cancelling a taxpayer's registration with....