The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) on Tuesday issued an advisory to its officials on taking defence against writ petitions and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) relating to the newly implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST) laws.
A large number of writ petitions and Public Interest Litigations have been filed before various High Courts across the country challenging or seeking clarifications on various aspects of GST law and rate of tax on some products.
It in this background, the Board said that “It is important to defend the issues effectively to defend the interest of the revenue,” the Board said.
In this regard, the Board directed the officials to follow its instructions contained in the circular dated 19.06.2015 and 08.12.2015 wherein the issues relating to ‘authorization’ of the Commissioners to represent Union of India and Others in the matters filed before the High Court was clarified.
It also asked the Principal Chief Commissioners to keep a special watch on these petitions and communicate with the lawyers representing the Government.
Read the full text of the Advisory below.
