Mathew Joseph vs. State Of Kerala
Held
The Court noted that the introduction of the scheme by the GST department has substantially redressed the grievances of the petitioners. Therefore, the writ petitions were closed.
Facts
Petitioners, including GST practitioners and taxpayers, had a grievance regarding the negative balance in their cash ledgers under the GST regime. The GST department subsequently introduced a scheme to address this issue.
Key Issues
The primary issue was the inability to remove negative balances from cash ledgers for taxpayers under the composition scheme. The court considered the impact of a new departmental scheme on this issue.
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W.P(C).16764/22 and conn. cases 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPINATH P. WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH DAY OF JULY 2022 / 29TH ASHADHA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 16764 OF 2022 PETITIONER/S: 1 G.S.T. PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION , KERALA STATE COMMITTEE, KERALA REGISTERED OFFICE, BUILDING NO XVII/584, KANDATHIL GUEST HOUSE, THIRUNAKKARA WEST GATE, KOTTAYAM, KERALA- 686001 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT SHAIJUDHEEN K.A., AGED 45 YEARS, SON OF ABDUL LATHEEF, GST PRACTITIONER, S.K. ASSOCIATES, KANJIRAPALLY, KOTTAYAM-686507 2 SURESH KUMAR G GST PRACTITIONER, SURESH ASSOCIATES VAZHAPPALLY P.O., CHANGANACHERY, KOTTAYAM-686101 BY ADVS. K.P.PRADEEP HAREESH M.R. SANAND RAMAKRISHNAN T.T.BIJU T.THASMI M.J.ANOOPA SANU S MALAKEEL RESPONDENT/S: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY (TAXES), GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695001 2 COMMISSIONER OF KERALA STATE GST KERALA STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KILLIPALAM, KARAMANA.P.O. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695002 3 GOODS AND SERVICE TAX COUNCIL GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, OFFICE OF THE GST COUNCIL SECRETARIAT, 5TH FLOOR, TOWER II, JEEVAN BHARTI BUILDING, JANPATH ROAD, CONNAUGHT PLACE, NEW DELHI-110 001 00
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