Tax Assessment Order Quashed as Notice Lacked Document Identification Number Required Under CBIC Circular 128/47/2019-GST

HC set aside GST assessment proceedings due to absence of Document Identification Number (DIN). Following established precedents and CBIC Circular No.128/47/2019-GST mandating DIN, the court held that non-inclusion of DIN invalidates tax proceedings. While quashing the impugned order dated 17-10-2024, HC granted liberty to tax authorities to initiate fresh assessment after proper notice and DIN assignment. The ruling reinforces procedural compliance requirement of DIN in GST proceedings as a mandatory safeguard, consistent with prior Division Bench decisions in similar matters involving procedural irregularities in tax assessments. .....

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