HC Dismissed Writ Petition Against Summons Issued by CGST Authority Where SGST Authority Already Initiated Proceedings

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Case Details: Rais Khan v. Add. Commissioner, Enforcement Wing-II, Rajasthan - [2024] 160 taxmann.com 546 (Rajasthan)

Judiciary and Counsel Details

    • Pankaj Bhandari & Mrs. Shubha Mehta, JJ.
    • Prabhansh Sharma for the Petitioner.
    • Bharat Vyas, AAG (Sr. Adv.), Ms Pratyushi Mehta, Ajay Shukla and Raghav Sharma for the Respondent.

Facts of the Case

The petitioner was issued summons by the DGGI under Section 70 of CGST Act, 2017. It filed writ petition and contended that State Authorities had already initiated proceedings and as per Section 6(2)(b), if a proper officer under SGST Act, 2017 had initiated any proceedings on a subject matter, no proceedings shall be initiated by proper officer under CGST Act, 2017 on same subject matter.

High Court Held

The Honorable High Court noted that in the instant case, the petitioner had already filed writ petition against the notice issued by State Authorities and had not put in appearance before the State Authorities. The Court further noted that the scope of Section 6(2)(b) and Section 70 is different and distinct as former deals with any proceedings on subject matter whereas latter deals with power to issue summon in an inquiry.

Therefore, the words ‘proceedings’ and ‘inquiry’ cannot be mixed up to read as if there is a bar for department to invoke power under Section 70. Thus, it was held that summons issued under Section 70 was not hit by Section 6(2)(b) and the petition was liable to be dismissed.

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