2025 (8) TMI 561

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....nt No. 1. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that she has been carrying out his business under the name & style, "Borah Brothers". He is the sole proprietor and is an Assessee registered under the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017/Assam Goods and Services Tax (AGST) Act, 2017 bearing registration No. 18AHBPB3973F1ZK. Because of non- filing of GST returns for a continuous period of six months, the petitioner was served with a show cause notice bearing reference No. ZA1812200166207 dated 28.12.2020 asking HIM to furnish reply to the aforesaid notice within a period of 7 (seven) days from the date of service of notice and it was mentioned in the aforesaid show cause notice that if the petitioner fails to furnish a reply withi....

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....axpayer to file application for revocation of cancellation is expired." 6. Being aggrieved, the petitioner approached this Court by filing the present writ petition. 7. Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is ready and willing to comply with all the formalities required as per proviso to sub-rule (4) of Rule 22 of the CGST Rules, 2017. 8. As per Section 29(2)(c), an officer, duly empowered, may cancel the GST registration of a person from such date, including any retrospective date, as he deems fit, where any registered person, has not furnished returns for a continuous period of 6 (six) months. Rule 22 of the CGST Rules, 2017 has laid down the procedure for cancellation of the registrati....

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....tisfactory, the proper officer shall drop the proceedings and pass an order in FORM GST REG-20 : Provided that where the person instead of replying to the notice served under sub rule (1) for contravention of the provisions contained in Clause (b) or Clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 29, furnishes all the pending returns and makes full payment of the tax dues along with applicable interest and late fee, 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. 10. It is discernible from a reading of the proviso to sub-ru....