Where appellate tribunal had not been constituted as per provisions of section 112 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, assesse was to invoke remedy of appeal through provisions as provided by Central Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019.

Where appellate tribunal had not been constituted as per provisions of section 112 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, assesse was to invoke remedy of appeal through provisions as provided by Central Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019.

Goods & Services Tax
M/S. JAI ENTERPRISES vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS-(GST HC Cases)

Appeals to Appellate Tribunal — Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit — Assesse preferred writ petition challenging order passed in appeal and tax and penalty order by revenue under Section 129 (3) of UP Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and Section 20 of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Petition filed bypassing remedy of appeal under Section 112 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, on ground that appellate tribunal had not yet been constituted — Held, assesse to invoke remedy of filing appeal before Tribunal in terms of provisions of Central Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order,2019 — Petition disposed of.

Heard Ms. Pooja Talwar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri B.K. Pandey, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent and Sri Shashi Prakash Singh, ASGI assisted by Sri Vinay Kumar Pandey for respondent No.2.


The petitioner has preferred the instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the order dated 19.12.2019 passed in Appeal No.GST/KN/109/2018/P by respondent no.4 under Section 129 (3) of the U.P. G.S.T. Act and C.G.S.T. Act, 2017/ Section 20 of the IGST Act, 2017 and tax and penalty order dated 22.5.2018 passed by respondent no.3 under Section 129 (3) of the U.P. G.S.T. Act and C.G.S.T. Act, 2017/ Section 20 of the IGST Act, 2017.


It is not disputed that the impugned orders are appealable under Section 112 of the C.G.S.T. Act, 2017. The appeal is to be filed within 90 days from the date on which the order sought to be appealed is communicated to the person preferring the appeal.


The instant petition has been filed bypassing the remedy of appeal under Section 112 of the Act on the ground that the appellate tribunal has not been constituted till date.


It has been pointed out by learned standing counsel that the Government, having regard to the difficulty faced by the assessees in filing appeal on account of non-constitution of the Tribunal and its Benches in various States and Union Territories, has issued Central Goods and Service Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019 notified in the Gazette of India dated 3rd December, 2019 stipulating that in such a situation, the three months' period shall be considered to be the date on which the President or the State President, as the case may be, of the Appellate Tribunal after its constitution under Section 109, enters office. It is urged that in such circumstances, the petitioner can wait and avail the remedy of filing appeal as and when the Tribunal is constituted. It is also pointed out that since the seized goods have already been released, therefore, no prejudice is going to be caused to the petitioner at the present moment.


Learned counsel for the petitioner very fairly admits the above legal position and also the fact that the goods have already been released.


In view of the above, the instant petition is disposed of by providing that the petitioner can invoke the remedy of filing appeal before the Tribunal in terms of the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019.


(Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.)

Order Date :- 12.6.2020

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