Excess stock found during GST inspection? Initiate proceedings u/ss 73/74, not Section 130.

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....The High Court quashed the orders initiating proceedings u/s 130 of the GST Act against the petitioner for excess stock found during inspection/search u/s 67. It held that if excess stock is found, proceedings u/ss 73/74 of the GST Act should be initiated, not Section 130 read with Rule 120. The Court reiterated that the law is clear that Section 130 proceedings cannot be invoked if excess stock is found during survey. Consequently, the impugned orders passed by the appellate authorities were set aside as unsustainable in law.....