CONNECT RESIDUARY PVT. LTD. vs THE COMMISSIONER DELHI GOODS AND SERVICES TAX & ANR.

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$~93 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 22nd May, 2025 + W.P.(C) 7050/2025 & CM APPLs. 31824/2025, 31825/2025 CONNECT RESIDUARY PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Riddhi Vasistha, Advocate. versus THE COMMISSIONER DELHI GOODS AND SERVICES TAX & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Namrah Nasir, Jr. Standing Counsel for R-1. Ms. Vaishali Gupta, Panel Counsel (Civil) for GNCTD. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the show cause notice dated 24th September, 2023 (hereinafter, ‘the SCN’) issued by the Department of Trade & Taxes, Government of N.C.T. of Delhi, pertaining to the Financial Year 2017-18, as also the consequent order dated 5th December, 2023 passed by the office of Sales Tax Officer Class II/ AVATO, Delhi (hereinafter, ‘the impugned order’). 3. The petition also challenges the vires of Notification No. 9/2023- Central Tax dated 31st March, 2023 (hereinafter ‘impugned notification’). Signature Not Verified Signed By:NAMITA W.P.(C) 7050/2025 Page 1 of 9 DHYANI Signing Date:27.05.2025 12:19:00 4. The validity of the impugned notifications was under consideration before this Court in a batch of petitions with the lead petition being W.P.(C) 16499/2023 titled ‘DJST Traders Pvt. Ltd. vs. Union of India and Ors.’. In the said batch of petitions, on 22nd April, 2025, the parties were heard at length qua the validity of the impugned notification and accordingly, the following order was passed: “4. Submissions have been heard in part. The broad challenge to both sets of Notifications is on the ground that the proper procedure