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2023 (5) TMI 72 - AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULING, TELANGANAValidity of Advance Ruling application obtained - matter was alreay pending before DG GST Intelligence - suppression of material facts or not - HELD THAT:- Section 98(2) of the CGST/TGST Act, 2017 states that Authority for Advance Ruling shall not admit the application where the question raised in the application is already pending or decided in any proceedings in the case of an applicant under any of the provisions of this Act. Therefore the application was liable to be rejected under Section 98(2) of the CGST/TGST Act, 2017. Taxpayer has not brought the issue to the notice of the Authority for Advance Ruling at any stage of the Advance Ruling proceedings including at the time of the personal hearing dated 28.06.2022. Therefore the applicant has obtained the Advance Ruling by suppressing the facts and hence the Order issued is liable to be declared as void ab initio. The Order is declared as void ab initio as per section 104(1) of CGST/TGST Act, 2017 and thereupon all the provisions of CGST/TGST Act, 2017 or the rules made thereunder shall apply to the applicant as if such advance ruling had never been made.
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