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2025 (5) TMI 1267

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..... , GNCTD, pertaining to the Financial Year 2019-20, as also the consequent order dated 28th August, 2024 passed by the office of Sales Tax Officer Class II/ AVATO, Delhi (hereinafter, 'the impugned order'). 3. The petition also challenges the vires of Notification No. 9/2023-Central Tax dated 31st March, 2023 and Notification No. 56/2023-Central Tax dated 28th December, 2023 as also the Notification No. 9/2023-State Tax dated 22nd June, 2023 and Notification No. 56/2023-State Tax dated 11th July, 2024 (hereinafter 'impugned notifications'). 4. The validity of the impugned notifications was under consideration before this Court in a batch of petitions with the lead petition being W.P.(C) 16499/2023 titled 'DJST Traders Pvt. Ltd. vs. Union o .....

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..... 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 HCC-SEW-MEIL-AAG JV v. Assistant Commissioner of State Tax & Ors. The Supreme Court vide order dated 21st February, 2025, passed the following order in the said case: "1. The subject matter of challenge before the High Court was to the legality, validity and propriety of the Notification No.13/2022 dated 5-7-2022 & Notification Nos. 9 and 56 of 2023 dated 31-3-2023 & 8-12-2023 respectively. 2. H .....

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..... ubject 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'ble Supreme Court and the decision thereto shall be binding on these cases too. 67. Since the matter is pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the interim order passed in the present cases, would continue to operate and would be governed by the final adjudication by the Supreme Court on the issues in .....

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..... efs have been broadly put to the parties today. They may seek instructions and revert by tomorrow i.e., 23rd April, 2025." 5. Thereafter, on 23rd April, 2025, this Court, having noted that the validity of the impugned notifications is under consideration before the Supreme Court, had disposed of several matters in the said batch of petitions after addressing other factual issues raised in the respective petitions. Additionally, while disposing of the said petitions, this Court clearly observed that the validity of the impugned notifications therein shall be subject to the outcome of the proceedings 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. 6. However, in c .....

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..... d credit is available in Table 8A as the supplier has duly filed GSTR-1 in stipulated time. The cancellation must have been done at a later date and we are fully eligible to get credit as per Section 16(2) of CGST Act, 2017. Observations and conclusion of the assessing authority : Not Agreed with Tax Payer Specific reasons entered The reply of the taxpayer has been examined and found that reply is incomplete/not comprehensive and no supporting documents has been attached. Hence, this demand is created." 10. Upon considering the impugned order, it is seen that the Adjudicating Authority observed that the reply was incomplete and no supporting documents are attached. Accordingly, this Court is of the opinion that the same does not me .....

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