Saktiranjan Sahu vs. The Principal Commissioner, CGST And Central Excise, Bhubaneswar Commissionerate, Bhubaneswar

WP(C)/18960/2026HC OrissaGSTCNR ODHC01044478202614 August 2026Bench: MR. JUSTICE MANASH RANJAN PATHAK,MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN2 pages
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Held

The Court directed the petitioner to deposit all outstanding amounts within two weeks. Upon compliance, the authority shall consider the application for revocation of cancellation within six weeks.

Facts

The petitioner's GST registration was cancelled. The petitioner is willing to pay all outstanding dues including tax, interest, late fee, and penalty to get the registration revoked.

Key Issues

Whether the delay in seeking revocation of GST registration can be condoned, and if so, on what conditions.

Sections Cited

Rule 23

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Cause title — parties, addresses and appearances
Page 1 of 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.18960 of 2026 CNR No.ODHC010444782026 M/s. Saktiranjan Sahu …. Petitioner Represented by Adv.– Mr. Subash Chandra Sahoo, Advocate -Versus- The Principal Commissioner, CGST and Central Excise and another …. Opposite Parties Represented by Adv._ Mr. Sujan Kumar Roy Choudhury, Senior Standing Counsel CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANASH RANJAN PATHAK AND HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN Order No.

ORDER 14.08.2026 (Hybrid mode)

01.

1. Learned advocate appears on behalf of petitioner and submits that the show cause notice dated 16th November, 2025 followed by order dated 12th January, 2026 cancelling the registration certificate of the petitioner under Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 is under challenge. He submits that the petitioner is ready and willing to pay the tax, interest, late fee, penalty and any other sum required to be paid along with the return. He relies on order dated 16th November, 2022 of coordinate Bench in W.P.(C) No.30374 of 2022 (M/s. Mohanty Enterprises v. The Commissioner, CT & GST

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