ARUN BHANSALI, ASHUTOSH KUMAR
Nestle India Limited – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
ORDER :
Pursuant to the order dated 04.12.2023, the Additional Commissioner, CGST, Jaipur has passed the order relating to the jurisdiction and has come to the conclusion that he has the jurisdiction to issue the show-cause notice.
2. Miscellaneous application (01/2023) has been filed by the respondents to place the said order on record.
3. The application No.01/2023 is allowed. Order dated 13.12.2023 is taken on record.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the order dated 13.12.2023 passed by the authority on the aspect of jurisdiction, made submissions that the determination made is contrary to the language of the Section 65 (7) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ('the Act') inasmuch as if the said determination is accepted, the same would result in issuance of multiple show-cause notices based on one single audit report.
5. With reference to the definition of 'Proper Officer' under Section 2(91) of the Act and notification dated 10.02.2019 (Annexure-4), submissions have been made that only one notice based on the audit report as per the monetary limit involved in the said show-cause notice could be issued and as in the present case, notice dated 17.08.
The court stayed proceedings on a show-cause notice, indicating the need for further consideration of jurisdiction under Section 65(7) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
Simultaneous show cause notices by Central and State GST authorities violate Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST/SGST Act and GST Council guidelines.
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