GST demand based on FORM 26AS fails when sale deeds show a prima facie sale of immovable property.

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....Demand under GST based solely on FORM 26AS entries could not be sustained where the sale deeds, if examined, indicated a prima facie sale of immovable property outside the GST levy. The HC found that the assessment proceeded on an assumed failure to produce the deeds, but once the copies of the sale deeds and corresponding FORM 26AS were considered, the underlying transaction required proper scrutiny. The impugned orders were quashed and the matter was remitted for fresh adjudication after notice.....