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TMI BlogAudit wing of SGST Authority shall keep all proceedings in abeyance if the subject matter is pending before the CGST AuthorityX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Audit wing of SGST Authority shall keep all proceedings in abeyance if the subject matter is pending before the CGST Authority - By: - CA Bimal Jain - Goods and Services Tax - GST - Dated:- 8-4-2024 - The Hon ble High Court of Calcutta in the case of MR. MAHABIR PRASAD KEDIA, PROPRIETOR OF M/S. SANJAY CASTING ENG. CO. VERSUS THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX, HOWRAH AND KADAMTALA CHARGE ORS ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . - 2024 (1) TMI 1098 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT held that the Audit Wing of the State Goods and Services Tax ( SGST ) Authority should keep the proceedings in abeyance if the subject matter was pending before the Central Goods and Services Tax ( CGST ) Department. Mr. Mahabir Prasad Kedia ( the Appellant ) was issued an audit memo in which several discrepancies were pointed out. The Appellant on recei ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ving the said audit notice informed the SGST Authority that over the same issue a show cause notice ( the SCN ) had been issued by the anti-evasion wing of CGST Department dated March 28, 2023 ( the Impugned SCN ) for the financial years 2017-2018 to 2021-2022 wherein all the points as mentioned in the audit memo were considered and the same was under adjudication. The Appellant gave a reply to th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Impugned SCN on May 04, 2023. The matter was now pending for adjudication. Over such a reply given by the Appellant, the audit wing of the SGST Authority was of the opinion that it was not clear from the reply given by the Appellant that the discrepancy was settled. The audit authority failed to take note of the submission made by the Appellant and the subject matter was pending for adjudication ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by the CGST Authority, who has issued the Impugned SCN on which the reply was submitted by the Appellant on May 02, 2023. Therefore, the Hon ble Calcutta High Court held that the audit wing of the SGST Authority should keep the matter abeyance so far as the discrepancy note is concerned. The authority now has issued an SCN dated December 29, 2023, since the discrepancy pointed out by the Audit Wi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng of the SGST Authority is the subject matter of adjudication by the CGST Authority. According to the Impugned SCN, the audit wing of the SGST Authority should not proceed. Accordingly, the appeal along with the connected application and the writ petition was disposed of by directing the audit wing of the SGST Authority to keep in abeyance all proceedings in respect of the discrepancy note no.3 a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lone including the show cause notice dated December 29, 2023, and abide by the adjudication order to be passed by the CGST Authority, on the Impugned SCN. (Author can be reached at [email protected] ) - Scholarly articles for knowledge sharing authors experts professionals Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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