2025 (8) TMI 1216

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....is covered under amended provision of Section 16(4) and 16(5) of CGST Act, 2017. 2. At the threshold, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the issue involved in this Writ Petition is no longer res integra, as it has already been decided by this Court in a batch of Writ Petitions, viz, in W.P.No.25081 of 2024, etc dated 17.10.2024. Therefore, the learned counsel prays that the benefit of the said order dated 17.10.2024, may extended to the petitioner herein as well. 3. The learned Government Advocate (Taxes) for respondent also fairly conceded that the issue involved in this Writ Petition is covered by the decision relied on by the petitioner. 4. Considering the fact that the legal issue involved in this Writ Pet....

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....ing for setting aside the impugned orders. 10. After the filing of these Writ Petitions, certain development took place, i.e. that 53rd GST Council Meeting was held on 22.06.2024, and during the said Meeting, the GST Council recommended for extension of the deadline for availing ITC on any invoice or debit note under Section 16(4) of the CGST Act and this extension would be applicable to any GSTR-3B returns filed for the Fys 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 with a new deadline deemed to be as ''30.11.2021'', to which, the Presidential Assent was also obtained by the Government of India on 16.08.2024, whereby, the financial proposals of the Central Government for the Financial Year 2024-25 was given effect to vide Fin....

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....it note for supply of goods or services or both pertaining to the Financial Years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21, the registered persons shall be entitled to take input tax credit in any return under section 39 which is filed upto the thirtieth day of November, 2021.'' 10.1 Thus, a perusal of above Section 16 (5) makes it clear that 'notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section 4, referred to above, in respect of any invoice or debit note for supply of goods or services or both pertaining to the Fys 2017-18 to 2020-21, the registered persons shall be entitled to take ITC in any return under section 39 which is filed upto the 30th day of November, 2021. 10.2 Thus, this Court considering the fact that the issue i....

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....itions, if any orders are proposed to be passed towards recovery, same shall be dropped immediately upon production of the order copy by the petitioners, in whichever case, where, there is no interim order. v) It is also made clear that if at all, if there is any tax amounts were collected from the petitioners based on the impugned assessment orders from the cash ledgers/credit ledgers of the petitioners concerned, the same shall be refunded to them or by means of orders of this Court or even in the absence of any order from this Court, if any amount is deposited either in the cash ledgers/credit ledgers of the petitioners concerned, the same is permitted to be utilized/adjusted by the petitioners towards payment of future tax. iii) I....