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TMI Blog2025 (5) TMI 239X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rdhaman Trade Linkers challenging the show cause notice dated 31st January, 2024 issued by Sales Tax Officer Class II/AVATO (hereinafter, 'the SCN') upon the Petitioner concern pertaining to the tax period April, 2018 to March, 2019. The petition also challenges the consequent order dated 11th April, 2024 (hereinafter, 'the impugned order') passed under Section 73 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter, 'CGST Act, 2017') 3. Additionally, the present petition also challenges the Notification No. 9/2023-Central Tax dated 31st March, 2023 & Notification No. 56/2023-Central Tax dated 28th December, 2023 as also Notification no. 9/2023-State Tax dated 22nd June, 2023 and Notification no. 56/2023- State Tax dated 11th July, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... , Notification Nos. 09 and 56 of 2023 (Central Tax) were challenged before various other High Courts. The Allahabad Court has upheld the validity of Notification no. 9. The Patna High Court has upheld the validity of Notification no. 56. Whereas, the Guwahati High Court has quashed Notification No. 56 of 2023 (Central Tax). 6. The Telangana High Court while not delving into the vires of the assailed notifications, made certain observations in respect of invalidity of Notification No. 56 of 2023 (Central Tax). This judgment of the Telangana High Court is now presently under consideration by the Supreme Court in S.L.P No 4240/2025 titled M/s HCCSEW- MEIL-AAG JV v. Assistant Commissioner of State Tax & Ors. The Supreme Court vide order date ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dated 12th March, 2025, all the writ petitions have been disposed of in terms of the interim orders passed therein. The operative portion of the said order reads as under: "65. Almost all the issues, which have been raised before us in these present connected cases and have been noticed hereinabove, are the subject matter of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid SLP. 66. Keeping in view the judicial discipline, we refrain from giving our opinion with respect to the vires of Section 168-A of the Act as well as the notifications issued in purported exercise of power under Section 168-A of the Act which have been challenged, and we direct that all these present connected cases shall be governed by the judgment passed by the Hon& ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ity to the Petitioners to place their stand before the adjudicating authority. In some cases, proceedings including appellate remedies may be permitted to be pursued by the Petitioners, without delving into the question of the validity of the said notifications at this stage. 11. The said categories and proposed reliefs have been broadly put to the parties today. They may seek instructions and revert by tomorrow i.e., 23rd April, 2025." 5. As observed by this Court in the order dated 22nd April, 2025 as well, since the challenge to the above mentioned notifications is presently under consideration before the Supreme Court in S.L.P No 4240/2025 titled M/s HCC-SEW-MEIL-AAG JV v. Assistant Commissioner of State Tax & Ors., the challenge m ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ber Products) vs. Sales Tax Officer SGST, Ward 25-Zone 1 (W.P.(C) 12589/2024; DHC) as also order dated 23rd December, 2024 in Anant Wire Industries vs. Sales Tax Officers Class II/Avato, Ward 83 & Anr (W.P.(C) 17867/2024; DHC) where the Court under similar circumstances has remanded back the matter to ensure the Noticee/Petitioners get a fair opportunity to be heard. The order of the Court in Sathish Chand Mittal (Supra) reads as under: "4. It is the petitioner's case that he had not received the impugned SCN and, therefore, he had no opportunity to respond to the same. For the same reason, the petitioner claims that he had not appear for a personal hearing before the Adjudicating Authority, which was scheduled on 17.10.2023 and later re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ingly set aside. In response to show cause notices dated 04th December, 2023 and 23th September, 2023, the Petitioner shall file its replies within thirty days. The hearing notices shall now not be merely uploaded on the portal but shall also be e-mailed to the Petitioner and upon the hearing notice being received, the Petitioner would appear before the Department and make its submissions. The show cause notices shall be adjudicated in accordance with law. 8. The petitions are disposed of in the above terms. The pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of." 9. Even though the SCN has been issued post 16th January, 2024, considering the fact that Petitioner did not get an opportunity to file the reply to the SCN, the Court is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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