GST Dues: Kerala HC directs to deposit Arrears of Tax in Six Equal monthly instalments [Read Order]

In a recent judgment the Kerala High Court directed to deposit arrears of tax in six equal monthly instalments on noticing GST dues.

The petitioner in the present matter is Thomas KJ. The present writ petition has been filed to issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ order or direction to quash notice and communication issued by the 3rd respondent and to direct the 2nd and 3rd respondents to give credit for the payments made towards the dues of the petitioner and intimate the actual dues.

The writ petition was also filed to allow the petitioner to remit the actual balance outstanding in 6 monthly instalments.

The counsel for the petitioner submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of granting six equal monthly instalments to the petitioner for payment of arrears of tax.

A Single Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh observed that “the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to deposit arrears of tax in six equal monthly instalments, the first of which shall be paid on or before 10.11.2023, and the other instalments shall be paid on or before 10th of every subsequent five months. If the petitioner commits default in making payment of any of the instalments, the respondents can initiate proceedings to collect the same.”

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