UOI versus Filco Trade Centre Pvt Ltd

UOI versus Filco Trade Centre Pvt Ltd [Supreme Court

Facts: The Revenue filed SLP before the Supreme Court as various High Courts had allowed writ petitions filed by the registered taxpayers seeking directions to avail Transitional Credit beyond the statutory time limit.

Held: GSTN is directed to open a common portal for filing concerned forms for availing Transitional Credit through TRAN-1 and TRAN-2 for two months i.e. w.e.f. 01.09.2022 to 31.10.2022.

Considering the judgments of the High Courts on the then prevailing peculiar circumstances, any aggrieved registered assessee is directed to file the relevant form or revise the already filed form irrespective of whether the taxpayer has filed writ petition before the High Court or whether the case of the taxpayer has been decided by Information Technology Grievance Redressal Committee (ITGRC).

GSTN has to ensure that there are no technical glitch during the said time.

The concerned officers are given 90 days thereafter to verify the veracity of the claim/transitional credit and pass appropriate orders thereon on merits after granting appropriate reasonable opportunity to the parties concerned.

Thereafter, the allowed Transitional credit is to be reflected in the Electronic Credit Ledger.