Orissa HC allowed the taxpayer to rectify GSTR-1 even after the time limit has lapsed when the details were wrongly entered in B2C instead of B2B




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Orissa HC allowed the taxpayer to rectify GSTR-1 even after the time limit has lapsed when the details were wrongly entered in B2C instead of B2B

 

 

  • HC observed that there will be no loss whatsoever caused to the Govt and GST department and It is not as if there will be any escapement of tax.
  • ITC benefit which in any event has to be given to the taxpayers
  • HC directed the department to accept the manual GSTR-1 forms and facilitate the uploading of those details in the web portal
  • Similarly, Madras HC earlier had permitted rectification of GSTR-1 in the case of Sun Dye Chem vs Asst Comm ST
  • 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Orissa HC – Y.B. Construction Pvt Ltd vs UOI – WP(C) 12232/2021

𝐅𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐂 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐒𝐓 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬
▶ Sun Dye Chem vs Asst Comm ST Madras HC WP 29676/2019
▶ Jabil Circuit India Private Limit Bombay HC WP 1167/2022
▶ Bodal Chemical Ltd Gujarat HC WP 9151/2021
▶ Ezzy Electricals  Gujarat HC RSCA 13091/2020

𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
▶ Govt should voluntarily come up with a circular/scheme for rectification of errors made in GSTR-1
▶ This exercise has to be undertaken as an endeavour to reduce litigations so that cases on similar questions of law or identical cases on facts pending in the field can be decided

 

 

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.12232 of 2021

 

M/s. Y. B. Constructions Pvt. Ltd.,

Bhubaneswar                                                                                                                            ….              Petitioner

  Ms. K. R. choudhury, Advocate

-versus-

 

Union of India and others                                                                                                  ….    Opposite Parties

Mr. Radheyshyam Chimanta, Senior Standing Counsel for GST, Central Excise and Customs

 

Order No.

CORAM: THE CHIEF JUSTICE JUSTICE M.S. RAMAN

ORDER

22.02.2023

 

  1. The Petitioner before this Court seeks a direction to the Opposite Parties to permit the Petitioner to rectify the GST Return filed for the periods 2017-18 and 2018-19 i.e. on 16th October 2017, 25th November 2017, 30th January 2018 and 30th March, 2019 in Form- B2B instead of B2C as was wrongly filed under GSTR-1 in order to get the Input Tax Credit (ITC) benefit by the principal contractor.
  1. Admittedly, the last date of filing the return was 31st March, 2019 and the date by which the rectification should have been carried out was 13th April 2019.
  1. It is the case of the Petitioner that the error came to be noticed after the principal contractor held up the legitimate running bill amount of the Petitioner by informing it about the above It is the case of the Petitioner that thereafter it has been making requests to the Opposite Parties to permit it to correct the GSTR-1 Forms but to no avail.
  1. The stand taken by the Opposite Parties is that once the deadline for rectification of the Forms was crossed, then no further indulgence could be granted to the Petitioner.
  1. The fact remains that by permitting the Petitioner to rectify the above error, there will be no loss whatsoever caused to the Opposite It is not as if that there will be any escapement of tax. This is only about the ITC benefit which in any event has to be given to the Petitioner. On the contrary, if it is not permitted, then the Petitioner will unnecessarily be prejudiced.
  1. In similar circumstances, the Madras High Court in its order dated 6th October, 2020 in Writ Petition No.29676 of 2019 (M/s. SUN DYE CHEM The Assistant Commissioner ST) accepted the plea of the Petitioner and directed that the Petitioner in that case should be permitted to file the corrected form.
  1. For the aforementioned reasons, this Court permits the Petitioner to resubmit the corrected GSTR-1 for the aforementioned periods and to enable the Petitioner to do so, a direction is issued to the Opposite Parties to receive it manually. Once the corrected Forms are received manually, the Department will facilitate the uploading of those details in the web portal. The directions be carried out within a period of four weeks.
  1. The writ petition is disposed of with the above directions.
  1. An urgent certified copy of this order be issued as per rules.

 

(Dr. S. Muralidhar)

Chief Justice

 

(M.S. Raman)

Judge

 

 




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