Majeed Shanavas vs. Kerala State Electricity Board LTD.
Held
The High Court directed the Assistant Commissioner of State Tax (4th respondent) to take a final decision on the Ext.P7 notice within one month. This decision must be made after considering any reply submitted by the petitioner and affording him an opportunity of being heard.
Facts
An electrical contractor's payments from the Kerala State Electricity Board were withheld due to a notice from the Assistant Commissioner of State Tax (Ext.P7). The notice alleged non-filing of GST returns from an earlier period, leading to the cancellation of his previous GST registration, despite the contractor having obtained a fresh registration and claiming GST under it.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was the withholding of contractor payments by KSEB based on a tax authority's notice concerning alleged GST non-compliance related to a cancelled old registration, despite the contractor operating under a new registration, and the need for timely adjudication of such a notice.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPINATH P. FRIDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF JULY 2022 / 10TH ASHADHA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 14982 OF 2022 PETITIONER: MAJEED SHANAVAS AGED 41 YEARS S/O ABDUL MAJEED, ERATTAVILA VEEDU, CHENKAVILA, AYIRA P.O, KARODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV LATHEESH SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS: 1 KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD. REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, VYDYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 004. 2 DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD., TRANSMISSION CIRCLE, POWER HOUSE BUILDING, EAST FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695023 3 ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD., 220 KV SUB DIVISION, POTHENCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695584 4 ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX, STATE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX DEPARTMENT, MINI CIVIL STATION, NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695121 OTHER PRESENT: ADV. DR. THUSHARA JAMES (SR GP), ADV. RIJI RAJENDRAN (SC FOR KSEB) THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.07.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
W.P (C) No.14982/2022 -2- J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an Electrical Contractor and had executed certain w
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