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2021 (10) TMI 256 - HC - GSTRevocation of cancellation of registration of petitioner - preventive measure has been taken by the LPO to prevent future fraud or to prevent from recurrence for such the regular claims of the ITC - Section 30(2) of the OGST Act - HELD THAT:- To attribute fraud in such circumstances to the Petitioner, as a purchasing dealer, the Department would have to satisfy a high threshold of showing that the purchaser indulged in the transactions with the full knowledge that the selling dealer was non-existent. The Department would have to show that somehow the purchasing dealer and selling dealer acted in connivance to defraud the revenue. This threshold has not been made in the present case. In other words, the Department has failed to show that the Petitioner as a purchasing dealer deliberately availed of the ITC in respect of the transactions with an entity knowing that such an entity was not in existence. The impugned order of the LPO rejecting the Petitioner’s application for revocation of its cancellation of registration and the impugned appellate order dated 5th April, 2021 rejecting the Petitioner’s appeal are hereby set aside. The Department is now directed to restore the Petitioner’s registration forthwith by issuing appropriate orders/directions not later than one week from today - Petition allowed.
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