Duplicate GST adjudication on identical issues and periods undermines later State GST assessment and rectification action.

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....Parallel Central and State GST proceedings concerning identical issues for the same assessment period require avoidance of duplicate adjudication. Where Central GST authorities issue an earlier adjudication order and an appeal against it remains pending, subsequent State GST assessment and rectification orders addressing the same issues and period cannot be sustained. The overlap between the two proceedings makes the later State GST action duplicative of the prior Central GST adjudication.....