M/S. Exos It Management Private Limited vs. The Assistant Enforcement Officer
Held
The High Court directed the appellate authority to consider and dispose of the petitioner's appeal within two months. This is conditional upon the petitioner curing any noted defects in the appeal within ten days, as the temporary GST ID had been re-opened.
Facts
Petitioner's goods were detained in Kerala while in transit from Telangana to Bangalore, and a penalty was imposed under Section 129(3) of the CGST Act. An appeal filed using a temporary GST registration remained undisposed for 17 months, partly because the temporary registration expired, preventing access to the GST portal and communications regarding defects. The petitioner sought a direction for time-bound disposal of the appeal.
Key Issues
The key legal issues were the undue delay in the disposal of a GST appeal and the petitioner's inability to access the GST portal or cure appeal defects due to the expiry of their temporary GST registration.
Sections Cited
Section 129(1), Section 129(3)
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WP(C) NO. 5973 OF 2025 1 2025:KER:27764 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS TUESDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 11TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 5973 OF 2025 PETITIONER : M/S. EXOS IT MANAGEMENT PRIVATE LIMITED FIRST FLOOR, ROAD NO. 1, MID-TOWN PLAZA, BANJARA HILLS, HYDERABAD, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR, SURESH KUMAR CHATRASASUPALLI, PIN – 500 033 BY ADVS. K.KRISHNA ACHYUTH MENON NIRMAL KRISHNAN RESPONDENTS : 1 THE ASSISTANT ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ENFORCEMENT SQUAD NO. 2, SGST DEPARTMENT, PERUMANOOR, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682015 2 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX & GST (APPEALS) SGST DEPARTMENT, PERUMANOOR, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682015 3 THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES SGST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KILLIPPALAM, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695002
WP(C) NO. 5973 OF 2025 2 2025:KER:27764 4 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, TAXES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695001 BY SMT.JASMIN M.M., GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP
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