M/S Indtec Elektro Control vs. Union Of INDIA & Others
Held
The Court held that the present writ petition should be disposed of in terms of the common order passed in M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises vs. State of Punjab and others (CWP No.4180 of 2018) dated May 21, 2018. In that prior order, liberty was granted to the petitioners therein to file a representation before the I.T. Redressal Committee. The reasoning for this disposition is that the issue in the present case was identical to the one decided in the earlier batch of writ petitions. The ratio decidendi is that when a similar issue has been dealt with by the court, subsequent petitions with the same facts and legal questions can be disposed of by referencing the prior judgment, often by granting liberty to approach a specific redressal mechanism. The operative direction was to dispose of the present petition in terms of the earlier order, which included the liberty to file a representation.
Facts
The petitioner, M/s Indtec Elektro Control, approached the High Court of Punjab and Haryana seeking a writ of mandamus. The petitioner requested a direction to the respondents (Union of India and others) to allow the carry forward of unutilized input tax credit. The parties agreed that a similar issue had been decided by the same court in a previous common order dated May 21, 2018, in CWP No.4180 of 2018, M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises vs. State of Punjab and others. The present writ petition was disposed of in terms of that prior order.
Key Issues
1. Whether the petitioner is entitled to a direction for the carry forward of unutilized input tax credit, as per the provisions of the GST law. Petitioner's Contention: The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to permit the carry forward of their unutilized input tax credit. They relied on the principle that such credit should be allowed to be carried forward, implicitly arguing that denial would be contrary to the scheme of GST. The petitioner's case was presented as being identical to that of other petitioners in a previously decided case. Respondents' Contention: The respondents, represented by the Union of India and others, did not present any specific arguments against the petitioner's claim. Instead, they agreed that the issue was similar to one previously adjudicated by the Court and that the present petition could be disposed of based on the earlier order.
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207-2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 20.07.2018 M/s Indtec Elektro Control ...Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT RAWAL Present: Mr. J.S. Bedi, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. Sourabh Goel, Senior Standing Counsel, for respondent Nos.1 to 3.
Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Addl. A.G., Punjab. **** RAJESH BINDAL, J.
Petitioner approached this Court praying for issuance of writ of mandamus seeking a direction to the respondents to permit carry forward of un-utilized input tax credit.
Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that similar issue came up before this Court and a bunch of writ petitions were disposed of by a common order dated 21.5.2018 passed in CWP No.4180 of 2018 M/s 2018.07.24 12:21 I attest to the accuracy and integ
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