TMI Blog2024 (2) TMI 187X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ch detention. In the event of under valuation, appropriate notice under Sections 73 or 74 of the Uttar Pradesh Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 is required to be issued as per the procedure provided therein. If the Court holds such a detention to be valid, it would be open to the authorities to carry out detention on their whims and fancies. The detention of the goods in such a scenario is not envisaged under the Act and the officers have not been vested with such a power to detain the goods and thereafter impose penalty under Section 129 of the Act. Specific provisions have been provided for detection of under valuation and the GST officials have to adhere to the same. It is to be noted that only after issuance of notice under Sections 7 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ground of under valuation. The relevant paragraph of the aforesaid circulate is extracted below:- 5. Furthermore, Mr. Agarwal, appearing for the petitioner, has relied upon a judgment of the Kerala High Court in the case of Hindustan Coca Cola Private Limited vs. Assistant State Tax Officer reported in 2020 NTN (73)-58 wherein the Kerala High Court held as follow:- 7. From the perusal of the aforementioned findings, it is irresistibly concluded that in case of a bonafide dispute with regard to the classification between a transitor of the goods and the squad officer, the squad officer may intercept the goods and detain them for the purpose of preparing the relevant papers for effective transmission to the judicial as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tention to be valid, it would be open to the authorities to carry out detention on their whims and fancies. The detention of the goods in such a scenario is not envisaged under the Act and the officers have not been vested with such a power to detain the goods and thereafter impose penalty under Section 129 of the Act. Specific provisions have been provided for detection of under valuation and the GST officials have to adhere to the same. It is to be noted that only after issuance of notice under Sections 73 or 74 of the Act, if the goods are found under valued, penalty can be imposed. 8. Accordingly, imposition of penalty under Section 129 of the Act on the speculation that the goods are under valued cannot be allowed. 9. In light of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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