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2022 (3) TMI 166 - HC - GSTMaintainability of petition - Jurisdiction of Proper Officer to invoke section 74 of the CGST/OGST Act - input tax credit - HELD THAT:- Since the Petitioner has come up before this Court without raising any objection or filing any reply to the said Show Cause Notice, we are not inclined to entertain the writ petition at this stage. The contentions of the Petitioner are in the nature of disputed fact which requires adjudication of fact on the basis of documents available in record and evidence to be adduced by the Petitioner during the course of adjudication process before the Proper Officer. It may be pertinent to have reference to the judgment by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in India in the case of UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS VERSUS COASTAL CONTAINER TRANSPORTERS ASSOCIATION & OTHERS [2019 (2) TMI 1497 - SUPREME COURT]. In the said case, the case of Respondents was that Show Cause Notice issued was contrary to circular issued by the CBEC. Hon’ble Court observed that entertaining writ petition is not proper when alternative remedy under statute is available. The Hon’ble Court in the said judgment therefore observed that the Respondents therein ought to have responded to the Show Cause Notice by placing material in support of their stand but at the same time, there was no reason to approach the High Court questioning the very Show Cause Notices. During the course of hearing, the Petitioner admitted that though he had adjusted its tax liability against input tax credit available in the electronic credit ledger, he has not paid interest against such delayed adjustment/payment - the disputed facts arising in the matter are required to be adjudicated by the Proper Officer. The Petitioner is at liberty to file his Show Cause reply and raise objections including jurisdictional issue. Petition disposed off.
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