IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR
Hindustan Construction Company Ltd., Through Its Authorized Signatory – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India Through The Secretary – Respondent
ORDER :
S. R. KRISHNA KUMAR, J.
1. In this Petition, petitioner seeks the following reliefs:
"WHEREFORE it is humbly prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to:
A. Issue a Writ of certiorari or any other appropriate Writ/order/ direction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India calling for the records pertaining to the Petitioner case and after going into the validity and legality thereof to quash and set aside impugned notice and impugned audit report as in contravention to provisions of the CGST/KGST Act; Vide Annexure-A-1 bearing NO. ACCT b fe-A-2 Annexure. bearing No. ACCT (A)- 26/T-No. 2022-23.
B. Issue a Writ of certiorari or any other appropriate Writ/order/ direction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India calling for the records pertaining to the Petitioner case and after going into the validity and legality thereof to quash and set aside impugned notice and impugned audit report as the same are passed without considering the petitioners amendments.
C. Issue a Writ of certiorari or any other appropriate Writ/order/ direction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India calling for the records pertaining to the Petitioner case and after going into the validit
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