GST: consolidated SCNs valid for connected-period fraud, cross-examination limited unless prejudice shown.
The adjudicating authority must consider representations and hearings under section 74(9), but the right to cross-examination in SCN proceedings is not absolute and requires demonstrable prejudice to vitiate adjudication. Sections 73 and 74 allow consolidated SCNs across periods when connected fraudulent invoice chains exist. Orders must remain within the grounds and amounts specified in the SCN, and writ jurisdiction should be declined where an efficacious statutory appeal under section 107 is available absent exceptional circumstances.