Saptagiri Kandhapan vs. Additional CT And GST Officer, Koraput

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WP(C)/14964/2026HC OrissaGSTCNR ODHC01034491202615 May 2026Bench: MR. JUSTICE HARISH TANDON (CJ),MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN2 pages

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Page 1 of 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.14964 of 2026 Saptagiri Kandhapan …. Petitioner Ms. Itishree Tripathy, Advocate along with Mr. Jitendra Kumar Palei, Advocate -versus- Additional CT & GST Officer, Koraput Circle, Koraput …. Opposite Party Mr. Saurav Tibrewal, Additional Standing Counsel for Department CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MR JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN Order No.

ORDER 15.05.2026 01. 1. Learned counsel appears on behalf of petitioner and submits, under challenge is show cause notice dated 19th May, 2020 followed by order dated 10th June, 2020 cancelling his client’s registration under Odisha Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. He submits, his client is ready and willing to pay the tax, interest, late fee, penalty and any other sum required to be paid for the return form of his client to be accepted by the department. 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, Odisha, Cuttack and others). He submits, his client’s claim to relief including prayer for condonation of delay is covered by said order.

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Mr. Saurav Tibrewal, learned Additional Standing Counsel appears on behalf of the opposite party-Department.

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We reproduce below paragraph-2 from said order in M/s. Mohanty Enterprises (supra).

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In that view of the matter, the delay in Petitioner’s invoking the proviso to Rule 23 of the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Rules (OGST Rules) is condoned and it is directed that subject to the Petitioner depositing all the taxes, interest, late fee, penalty etc., due and complying with other formalities, the Petitioner’s application for revocation will be considered in accordance with law."

Likewise direction is made in this writ petition. Petitioner gets the relief in the interest of revenue.

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The writ petition is disposed of.

(Harish Tandon)

Chief Justice

(M.S. Raman) Judge

Sisira

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