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2021 (7) TMI 396 - HC - GSTNon-compliance with the requirement of holding the mandatory pre-SCN consultation in terms of the Master Circular dated 10th March 2017 of the Department of Revenue, Central Board of Excise and Customs - numerous summons issued but Department had not yet the issues or the demand to be raised in the SCN - HELD THAT:- The purpose of paragraph 5.0 of the Master Circular is only that there should be “trade facilitation” and “voluntary compliance” in order to reduce the necessity of issuing a SCN. At the stage where numerous summons were issued to the Petitioner and to its Director, the Department had not yet the issues or the demand to be raised in the SCN. In effect what appears to have transpired pursuant to the summons issued was a ‘consultation’ where the documents produced by the Petitioner/employees of the Petitioner were examined and questions were posed to the notices to explain many aspects of such documents. In the considered view of the Court, the requirement of there having to be a ‘consultation’ in terms of paragraph 5.0 of the Master Circular stands satisfied in the present case - the Court is therefore not inclined to interfere at the present stage of the SCN. Petition disposed off.
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