WRIT TAX No. 1407 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:45412-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 1407 of 2025 Petitioner :- M/s S R Construction Respondent :- State of U.P. and another Counsel for Petitioner :- Aditya Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- Ankur Agarwal (S.C.) Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition is directed against the order dated 20.04.2024 passed by respondent no. 2 for financial years 2018-19, whereby a demand to the tune of Rs. 59,27,500/- has been raised against the petitioner. 2. The petitioner was issued a show-cause notice dated 27.01.2024 under Section 73 of Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') in GST DRC-01. The notice, inter alia, called upon the petitioner as to why tax, penalty and interest to the tune of Rs. 28,15,200/- be not imposed. Apparently, petitioner did not file any response to the said show-cause notice. A reminder dated 01.04.2024 was issued to the petitioner fixing 08.04.2024 as the date of hearing as well as date by which the reply could be filed. However, despite that, no appearance was made which led to passing of the order dated 20.04.2024 raising the demand as indicated