M/S Khandelwal Extractions LTD. vs. State Of U.P. And 6 Others
Held
The Court found the Appellate Authority's rejection of the adjournment and subsequent ex-parte decision to be harsh and unreasonable. It emphasized the legislative intent for timely resolution of advance rulings and set aside the Appellate Authority's order.
Facts
The petitioner challenged an order of the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling which upheld a prior ruling on GST classification and input tax credit. The petitioner argued that the Appellate Authority erred by deciding the appeal ex-parte on the first hearing date after rejecting a request for adjournment, despite short notice.
Key Issues
Whether the Appellate Authority acted unreasonably by deciding an appeal ex-parte on the first hearing date without granting a reasonable adjournment, and whether the notice period provided was adequate.
Sections Cited
Section 97, Section 100, Section 101
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Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 1605 of 2018 Petitioner :- M/S Khandelwal Extractions Ltd. Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rahul Agarwal Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,A.S.G.I.,Dhananjay Awasthi Hon'ble Saumitra Dayal Singh,J.
The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner to challenge the order dated 25.05.2018 passed by the Authority for Advance Ruling, Uttar Pradesh and the ex- parte order dated 12.10.2018 passed by the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling for Goods and Services Tax, Uttar Pradesh, by which the said Appellate Authority has upheld the order dated 25.05.2018 passed by the Authority for Advance Ruling, Uttar Pradesh, on two counts (that had been decided against the petitioner) and has partly modified the order of the original authority (on the issue that had been decided in favour of the petitioner).
Briefly, the petitioner is a manufacturer of vegetable oil. The petitioner filed an application under Section 97 of the Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act') before the Authority for Advance Ruling, seeking answer to the following questions:
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