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2023 (1) TMI 380 - HC - GSTCancellation of registration of petitioner - delay in filing of appeal before the first Appellate Authority - HELD THAT:- Without entering into the merits of the case, this Court finds that as the GST regime was introduced PAN India in the year 2017, there was some teething problem in its implementation. The Government was inviting suggestion and making improvement in the functioning of the provisions of the said Act - Looking to the fact that the appeal has been filed by the Assessee-petitioner at a delayed stage and in between the COVID-19 pandemic had intervened, taking sympathetic view, this Court finds that the Assessee cannot be left remediless and the Appellate Authority should have entertained the appeal and decided the same on merits. The business cannot be hampered and suffered on mere technicalities of law and the Appellate Authority should have considered the appeal on merits. The order passed by first Appellate Authority dated 04.09.2021 is unsustainable in the eyes of law and the same is hereby set aside. The matter is remitted back to the first Appellate Authority to reconsider the appeal of the Assessee-petitioner on merits and decide the same strictly in accordance with law without going into the question of limitation, preferably within a period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order before him - Petition disposed off.
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