Eicher Motors LTD vs. Union Of INDIA And Others
Held
The Court noted that the parties agreed that the writ petition had become infructuous. This agreement stemmed from the fact that the necessary refund of the excess unutilized input tax credit for August 2017 had already been sanctioned and released to the petitioner company. Therefore, the Court did not delve into the merits of the petitioner's claim for the refund or the legal provisions governing input tax credit refunds. The decision was based solely on the subsequent development that the relief sought by the petitioner had already been granted. No specific legal principle or ratio decidendi was established as the matter was resolved by mutual consent due to the refund being processed.
Facts
The petitioner, Eicher Motors Ltd., a public limited company manufacturing auto and machine parts, filed a writ petition seeking a direction for the refund of excess unutilized input tax credit for August 2017, as reflected in its electronic ledgers under the GST regime. The petitioner was registered under the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003, and the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956. The respondents, Union of India and others, were represented by counsel. During the resumed hearing, counsel for both parties agreed that the petition had become infructuous because the necessary refund had already been sanctioned and released to the petitioner.
Key Issues
1. Whether the petitioner is entitled to a refund of the excess balance portion of unutilized input tax credit for August 2017 under the GST regime? The petitioner argued that it was entitled to the refund of the excess input tax credit. The respondents, Union of India and others, initially sought time to seek instructions. However, at the resumed hearing, the counsel for the respondents agreed with the petitioner's counsel that the petition had become infructuous. No specific legal provisions or precedents were cited by either party in the judgment regarding the entitlement to the refund itself, as the matter was resolved procedurally.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 114 Civil Writ Petition No.27475 of 2019. Date of Decision: 06.12.2019. Eicher Motors Ltd. ....Petitioner. Versus Union of India and others ....Respondents. *** CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE LALIT BATRA
---- Present: Mr. Rajiv Agnihotri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sourabh Goel, Advocate for respondents No.1 to 3. **** Jaswant Singh, J. (Oral) Petitioner, a public limited company, is engaged in the business of manufacturing of auto and machine parts. It is also registered as a dealer under Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003 as also Central Sales Tax Act, 1956. The prayer in the present writ petition was for issuance of direction to refund the claim of excess balance portion of the unutilized input tax credit for the month of August, 2017 shown in the electric ledgers of the petitioner company under the GST regime. Upon notice of motion, Mr. Sourabh Goel, Advocate had appeared on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 and sought time to seek instructions. JITENDER 2019.12.09 16:21 I agree to specified portions of this document
Civil Writ Petition No.27475 of 2019 -2- At the time of
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