AAR rejects advance ruling as non-maintainable under first proviso to Section 98(2) due to identical earlier departmental proceedings

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....The AAR dismissed the applicant's advance-ruling application filed on 11-02-2025, holding it non-maintainable under the first proviso to Section 98(2) of the CGST/TNGST Acts because identical questions were already the subject of departmental proceedings commenced earlier. The Authority found the dispute-taxability arising from mismatched turnover declarations in GSTR-9 and GSTR-3B and the applicability of an exemption notification for solid-waste-management services to a municipal contract-was substantively identical to the scrutiny and recovery proceedings initiated by the assessing officer (DRC-01A dated 22-03-2024). Consequently, admission was precluded and the application was rejected.....