Shribanta Behera vs. Commissioner Of CT And GST

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WP(C)/2121/2026HC OrissaGSTCNR ODHC01004235202621 January 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. 2121 of 2026 Shribanta Behera …. Petitioner Mr. Jagamohan Pattanaik, Advocate -versus- Commissioner of CT & GST, Cuttack and others …. Opposite Parties Mr. S. Das, Additional Standing Counsel CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MR JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN Order No.

ORDER 21.01.2026 01. 1. Mr. Jagamohan Pattanaik, learned counsel appears on behalf of petitioner and submits, under challenge is show cause notice dated 6th February, 2024 followed by order dated 24th May, 2024 cancelling his client’s registration under State 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. S. Das, learned Additional Standing Counsel appears on behalf of the opposite parties-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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