Kalasaiah Annappa v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes
2023-12-11
B.M.SHYAM PRASAD
body2023
DigiLaw.ai
ORDER : 1. The petitioner has impugned the second respondent's order dated 30.12.2022, and the second respondent by this order has cancelled the petitioner's GST registration. Sri. K.M. Shivayogiswamy, the learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri. Shamanth Naik, the learned High Court Government Pleader, who is called upon to accept notice for the respondents, are heard for final disposal. 2. The petitioner is served with the Show Cause Notice dated 09.11.2022 proposing cancellation of the GST registration on the ground that the petitioner has not filed returns for a continuous period of six [6] weeks, and according to Sri. K.M. Shivayogiswamy, the petitioner has filed its Returns up to the month of December 2022 on 20.06.2023. The petitioner's GST registration is cancelled on the ground that the petitioner has caused reply to the Show Cause Notice and such reply would not merit acceptance though indisputably the petitioner has not filed any reply. 3. It is seen from the impugned order that while the second respondent has referred to the petitioner's purported reply dated 12.12.2022, in the very next sentence, the second respondent has also recorded that no reply is filed to the Show Cause Notice. The non-application of mind is obvious and therefore there must be interference quashing the cancellation of the petitioner's GST registration but on terms. Hence, the following: ORDER: (A) The petition is allowed, and the second respondent's impugned order dated 30.12.2022 is quashed but on the condition that the petitioner shall file necessary declarations, if not already filed, and discharge of dues within the period of four [4] weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. [B] It would be needless to observe that if there is any default, the respondents shall be at liberty to initiate action as is permissible in law.