RITU BAHRI, MANISHA BATRA
Parsvnath Traders – Appellant
Versus
Principal Commissioner, CGST – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mrs. Manisha Batra, J.
This common order shall dispose of two above mentioned petitions which have been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the petitioners making prayer for issuing writs of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 18.05.2021 whereby, the request of the petitioners of both petitions for grant of refund had been declined by respondent No.1. They have also made prayer for issuing writs of mandamus thereby, directing respondent No.1 to refund the amounts as mentioned in both these petitions. As common question of facts and law have arisen in these petitions, therefore, they are taken up together for disposal. However, for the sake of convenience, the facts are being extracted from CWP-10923-2021.
2. As pleaded, the petitioner-M/S Parsvnath Traders, a firm under the proprietorship of Krishan Jain, is engaged in the business of trading of different types of chemicals. During the years 2018-19 and 2019-20, it had made purchases in the normal course of business from its regular supplier- M/s Royal Sales Corporation, Rohtak (for short-"M/s Royal"). The goods purchased by the petitioner from M/S Royal were received along with requisite invoices, E
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