MUMBAI: Eight years after his inputs triggered tax-evasion proceedings against two firms and resulted in the recovery of 12.49 crore, the informant can finally hope to receive his promised reward. The CGST authorities have assured the Bombay High Court that the quantification process is underway and the informant will soon receive his payout.
A division bench of Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Hiten S Venegavkar last week recorded the statement of an assistant commissioner of CGST and central excise that “the statement made in paragraph 22 of the Affidavit-in-Reply… had been erroneously typed. The said statement stands deleted”. The statement further noted the assurance that the petitioner’s claim is being processed “strictly in accordance with the procedure applicable and within a short period”.
The court also observed that the respondents are at liberty to take a decision on advance payment to the petitioner, prior to the returnable date, signalling a push towards interim disbursal.
The proceedings arise from a petition by a GST informant, who claimed that despite actionable intelligence provided in 2017, leading to tax proceedings against M/s Logicash Solutions Pvt Ltd and M/s Trans Treasure Services (India) Pvt Ltd, no reward had been paid to him to date.
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