Valid GST service requires acknowledgment or response; portal-only uploads do not trigger appeal limitation or sustain ex parte adjudication.

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....Portal-only uploading of a show-cause notice or order-in-original in the GST Common Portal's "View Additional Notices and Orders" tab does not by itself constitute valid service. Service is sufficient only where receipt is acknowledged or the taxpayer files a reply. The retrospective amendment permitting GST Rules functions through the Common Portal does not designate it as a formal mode of service for notices or adjudication orders. Consequently, portal-only upload does not commence the appeal limitation period for contested adjudication orders; where ex parte adjudication followed without a reply, proceedings are restored to the show-cause notice stage.....