M/S Metal Handicrafts vs. State Of U.P. And 5 Others
Held
The Court held that there was no reason for the authorities to refuse to open the portal to enable the petitioner to correct the wrongly reported particulars in its GST registration. The Court found merit in the petitioner's grievance regarding the incorrect recording of its legal name, constitution of business, registration details, user ID, and password, which were linked to an individual's PAN instead of the company's PAN. The Court acknowledged the assurance from the Union of India's counsel that necessary steps would be taken and the lack of objection from the State. In the interest of justice, the Court disposed of the writ petition by commanding the respondents to carry out the necessary corrections in the petitioner's GST registration form to match the company's PAN number (AACCL0519Q). The Court further directed that, if necessary, the migration portal should be opened to facilitate these corrections. The respondents were ordered to take these steps within 10 days of receiving a certified copy of the order. No issue was expressly left undecided.
Facts
The petitioner, M/s Metal Handicrafts, a company registered under the U.P. VAT Act, sought to migrate to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. During the migration process, the petitioner applied for a GST registration using the signature of its Director, Shri Dheeraj Jain, and appended the company's PAN card. A GST registration number, user ID, and password were allotted. However, the legal name of the petitioner was incorrectly recorded as 'Dheeraj Jain' instead of the company's name. The GST registration and associated credentials were linked to the PAN number of Shri Dheeraj Jain. Despite repeated requests and personal meetings with officials, the error remained unrectified. The petitioner was informed that the migration portal had been closed, preventing correction. The petitioner approached the High Court seeking a mandamus to correct the registration details to match the company's PAN number (AACCL0519Q) and, if necessary, to reopen the migration portal.
Key Issues
1. Whether the Court should issue a mandamus directing the respondents to correct the petitioner's GST registration particulars, specifically the legal name, constitution of business, registration details, user ID, and password, to align with the company's PAN number (AACCL0519Q)? Petitioner's contention: The petitioner argued that an error occurred during the GST migration process where the legal name was wrongly entered as an individual's name instead of the company's name, and the registration was linked to the individual's PAN. Despite efforts to rectify this, the authorities failed to do so, citing the closure of the migration portal. The petitioner sought judicial intervention to compel the respondents to correct these erroneous details and, if required, to reopen the migration portal to facilitate the correction. Respondent's contention: The learned counsel for the Union of India, under whose control the Goods and Services Tax Network functions, assured the Court that necessary steps would be taken to address the petitioner's grievance. The learned Special Counsel for the State had no objection to the prayer being granted. No specific arguments against the prayer were recorded.
Sections Cited
Goods and Services Tax
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Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 631 of 2018 Petitioner :- M/S Metal Handicrafts Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rahul Agarwal Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Krishna Murari,J. Hon'ble Ashok Kumar,J. Heard Sri Rahul Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri C.B. Tripathi, learned Special Counsel for the State and Sri Vinay Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the respondent no.
Petitioner is unit of a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and registered under the U.P. VAT Act with effect from 01.04.2011. After the enforcement of the GST with effect from 01.07.2017, the petitioner was required to generate a user ID and password for migration from VAT to GST and for the purpose U.P. VAT Department was authorised by the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) for providing ID and password to the existing dealer to migrate existing TIN to new GST numbers. The petitioner being a corporate entity made an application for migration to the Goods and Service Tax under the signature of one of its Directors namely Shri Dheeraj Jain and in support of the documentation the PAN card was appended. The petitioner was allott
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