TMI Blog2022 (10) TMI 784X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... with the procedure contemplated under the Act including Section 61. The matter is remitted back to the Assessing Officer for redoing the assessment. It is open to the Respondent to issue appropriate Form (Form ASMT 10) and after affording a reasonable opportunity to the petitioner in the manner contemplated under the Act proceed further in accordance with law - Petition allowed by way of remand. - W.P.(MD)No.22642 of 2022 and W.M.P.(MD)Nos.16803 and 16804 of 2022 - - - Dated:- 27-9-2022 - THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ For the Petitioner : Mr. N. Viswanathan For the Respondent : Mr. M. Prakash Additional Government Pleader ORDER This Writ Petition is filed challenging the impugned order in Ref.No:33AADCV5898H1ZV dated 09.05.2022 passed by the Respondent herein as having been made in gross violation of principles of natural justice and the procedure provided/prescribed under the Tamil Nadu Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017. 2. The impugned order is apparently made pursuant to the Scrutiny of the GST returns filed by the petitioner under Section 61 of the Tamil Nadu Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (herein after referred to as TNGST Act) for ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... telephone by the office of the Respondent as to whether the petitioner had paid taxes, interest and penalty demanded vide order dated 09.05.2022. It is stated that the petitioner was until then unaware of any proceedings other than the Scrutiny under Section 61 of the Act resulting in the issuance of Form ASMT 10 dated 22.12.2021, which was responded to by the petitioner in Form ASMT 11 dated 18.01.2022. Thereafter, on enquiry with the office of the Respondent on 12.08.2022, the petitioner was informed that an order dated 09.05.2022 was passed by the Respondent and a Summary of the Notice in GST DRC-01 and Order in GST DRC-07 had also been uploaded in the GST portal. On being so informed, the petitioner logged in to the GST portal and found that the Notice and Order had in fact been uploaded. Thereafter, the petitioner downloaded GST DRC-01 and GST DRC-07. (iii) On perusal of the downloaded summary of Show Cause Notice in GST DRC-01 and Order in GST DRC-07, the petitioner found that pursuant to alleged Scrutiny of the returns, six defects were noticed, viz., [1] Difference of turnover reported in the audited financial statement and in the GSTR 9 C involving tax amounting to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ied, unless the proper conformation that notices and impugned orders which were uploaded in the web portal of the State Government in tngst.cid.tn.gov.in are auto populated, it cannot be said that there is a sufficient compliances of the aforesaid Section. 12. GST Act was implemented in the year 2017 with effect from 01.07.2017. The web portal maintained by GST has faced problems on several occasions and steps were taken for correcting the technical glitches. Even as on date, there are problems arising out of intercommunication between the State GST and Central GST and the web portal which has to be resolved. 13. The respondents can therefore continue the service of notice through registered post or speed post or courier with acknowledgment to the petitioners at their last known place of business or residence and upload the same in the web portal. Till all problems are resolved on the technical side, the authority may simultaneously serve the notice of assessment and communications under the Act and Rules both through registered post or speed post or courier with acknowledgment as is contemplated Section 169(1)(b) of the Act and through web portal. 14. Once all te ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised by reason of fraud or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts.- (1) Where it appears to the proper officer that any tax has not been paid short paid or erroneously refunded or where input tax credit has been wrongly availed or utilized by reason of fraud, or any willful misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax, he shall serve notice on the person chargeable with tax which has not been so paid or which has been so short paid or to whom the refund has erroneously been made, or who has wrongly availed or utilised input tax credit, requiring him to show cause as to why he should not pay the amount specified in the notice along with interest payable thereon under section 50 and a penalty equivalent to the tax specified in the notice. (2) The proper officer shall issue the notice under sub-section (1) at least six months prior to the time limit specified in subsection (10) for issuance of order. (3) Where a notice has been issued for any period under subsection (1), the proper officer may serve a statement, containing the details of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wron ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ayable thereon under section 50 and a penalty equivalent to fifty per cent. of such tax with in thirty days of communication of the order, all proceedings in respect of the said notice shall be deemed to be concluded. Explanation 1. For the purposes of section 73 and this section,- (i) the expression all proceedings in respect of the said notice shall not include proceedings under section132; (ii) Where the notice under the same proceedings is issued to the main person liable to pay tax and some other persons, and such proceedings against the main person have been concluded under section 73 or section 74, the proceedings against all the persons liable to pay penalty under 1[sections 122 and 125] are deemed to be concluded. Explanation 2. For the purposes of this Act, the expression suppression shall mean non-declaration of facts or information which a taxable person is required to declare in the return, statement, report or any other document furnished under this Act or the rules made thereunder, or failure to furnish any information on being asked for, in writing, by the proper officer. Rule 100(2): (2) The proper officer shall issue a notice to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rite law that when the Act prescribes the method and manner for performing an act, such act shall be performed in compliance with the said method and manner and no other manner. 6. To a pointed question as to whether Form ASMT 10 which ought to have been issued in respect of aspects forming the subject matter of the proceedings in GST DRC-01 culminating in GST DRC-07 in view of the fact that the proceedings are pursuant to scrutiny of assessments, the learned Additional Government Pleader submitted that Form ASMT 10 was not issued other than the one issued on 22.12.2021, which does not cover the issues raised in the impugned proceeding. The learned Additional Government Pleader sought leave to issue notice in Form ASMT 10 in respect of the aspects forming the subject matter of the impugned proceedings and thereafter to assess in compliance with the procedure contemplated under the Act including Section 61. 7. Recording the same, the impugned order dated 09.05.2022 is set aside and the matter is remitted back to the Assessing Officer for redoing the assessment. It is open to the Respondent to issue appropriate Form (Form ASMT 10) and after affording a reasonable opportunity to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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