TMI Blog2025 (5) TMI 1602X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he is an Assesee registered under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017/Assam Goods and Services Tax (AGST) Act, 2017 bearing registration No. 18AANFN6254A1Z9 and because of non-filing of GST returns for a continuous period of six months, the petitioner was served with a show cause notice bearing reference No. ZA180820015461V dated 27.08.2020 asking him to furnish reply to the aforesaid notice within a period 30 (thirty) days from the date of service of notice and it was mentioned in the aforesaid show cause notice that if the petitioner fails to furnish a reply within the stipulated date or fail to appear for personal hearing on the appointed date and time, the case will be decided ex-parte on the basis of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 2017 being bone of contention is quoted herein below:- Rule 22 : Cancellation of Registration (1) Where the proper officer has reasons to believe that the registration of a person is liable to be cancelled under Section 29, he shall issue a notice to such person in FORM GST REG-17, requiring him to show cause, within a period of seven working days from the date of the service of such notice, as to why his registration shall not be cancelled. (2) The reply to the show cause notice issued under sub-rule [1] shall be furnished in FORM REG-18 within the period specified in the said sub-rule. (3) Where a person who has submitted an application for cancellation of his registration is no longer liable to be registered or his registrati ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... erved with a show cause notice under Section 29 (2) (c) of the CGST Act, 2017, is ready and willing to furnish all the pending returns and to make full payment of the tax itself along with applicable interest and late fee, the officer, duly empowered, can drop the proceedings and pass an order in the prescribed Form i.e. Form GST REG-20. 9. The learned counsel for the parties have also referred to an Order dated 11.10.2023 passed in a writ petition, W.P.(C) No. 6366/2023 (Sanjoy Nath vs. The Union of India and others) wherein the petitioner therein was similarly situated like the present petitioner. 10. Having regard to the fact that the GST registration of the petitioner has been cancelled under Section 29 (2) (c) of the CGST Act, 2017 f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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