TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2024 (9) TMI 1205
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.... of the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as 'the RGST Act, 2017')/the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as 'the CGST Act, 2017') for financial year 2017-18 as also order dated 21.12.2022 passed by Respondent No. 3 by which the petitioner has been directed to deposit the amount of Rs. 1,82,930/- towards service tax on royalty, interest and penalty. 2. Though number of grounds have been urged in the writ petition as also before this Court to assail the correctness and validity of aforesaid show cause notice as also order dated 21.12.2022, learned counsel for the respondents, appearing on advance copy, brought to the notice of the Court that after the proceedings under Section....
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....e demand based on incorrect turnover reported by the assessee. The application having been rejected, an appeal was filed. Finally, the assessee filed an appeal before the Appellate Authority against the assessment order. The appeal against the assessment order was dismissed being barred by limitation and also because no sufficient cause was made out. Thereafter, the assessee filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking quashment and setting aside of assessment order on various grounds including the ground that it was contrary to law, without jurisdiction and in violation of principles of natural justice. Prayer was also made to carry out fresh assessment. The writ petition was allowed quashing and setting aside the order of assessment re....
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....ced that the respondent had asserted that it was not aware about the passing of assessment order dated 21.6.2017 although it is admitted that the same was served on the authorised representative of the respondent on 22.6.2017. The date on which the respondent became aware about the order is not expressly stated either in the application for condonation of delay filed before the appellate authority, the affidavit filed in support of the said application or for that matter, in the memo of writ petition. On the other hand, it is seen that the amount equivalent to 12.5% of the tax amount came to be deposited on 12.9.2017 for and on behalf of respondent, without filing an appeal and without any demur - after the expiry of statutory period of max....
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.... and order at all, but the High Court was more impressed by the fact that the respondent was in a position to offer some explanation about the discrepancies in respect of the volume of turnover and that the respondent had already deposited 12.5% of the additional amount in terms of the previous order passed by it. That reason can have no bearing on the justification for non-filing of the appeal within the statutory period. Notably, the respondent had relied on the affidavit of the Site Director and no affidavit of the concerned employee (P. Sriram Murthy, Deputy Manager-Finance) or at least the other employee [Siddhant Belgaonker, Senior Manager (Finance)], who was associated with the erring employee during the relevant period, has been fil....