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WRIT TAX No. – 772 of 2017 dated 17.11.2017

M/s DURGA RAI VIJAY KUMAR

UNION OF INDIA & 3 OTHERS

2017

GST

Central Goods & Services Tax Act, 2017

Section 129(1) & 129(3) of CGST

Abhinava Upadhya, Justice & Ashok Kumar, Justice

In favour of assessee

High Court

Allahabad

Seizure under Section 129 – Challenge made to seizure order and prayed for release of goods alongwith vehicle – Detention of goods at Chandauli while transportation from Jharkhand to Kushinagar for not accompanying E-way bill and subsequently seized – E-way bill downloaded & later produced on the same day – Held: – Since, E-Way Bill downloaded and produced on the same day – The goods and vehicle should be released upon the petitioner furnishing security other than cash to the satisfaction of the concerned authority.

Represented by: – 

Petitioner: – Rishi Raj Kapoor 

Respondent: – C.S.C. & A.S.G.I. 

Order: – 

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent. 

As jointly agreed by the respective parties, the present writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage itself.  

By means of present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order of seizure dated 07.11.2017 passed by respondent no.4 under Section 129(1) of the U.P. GST Act, 2017 and consequential notice No.505 dated 07.11.2017 issued by the respondent no.4, under Section 129(3) of the U.P. GST Act, 2017 and also prayed for release of goods and vehicle No.U.P-52-T-0605 seized along with the goods.  

The grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner is registered trader at Kushinagar. Consignment of goods was being carried on vehicle No. U.P.-52-T 0605 which was intercepted at Chandauli on 06.11.2017 while it was coming from Jharkhand to Kushinagar. The detention memo indicates that the ground of detention and ultimate seizure was on account of the fact that the consignment of goods was not accompanied by downloaded E-Way Bill. It is submitted that the interception was at 7.30 P.M. while E-Way Bill downloaded and produced before the authority on the same date at 10.05 P.M. 

We have considered the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel, since now the E-Way Bill has been downloaded and produced before the authority, the goods and vehicle should be released upon the petitioner furnishing security other than cash and bank guarantee to the satisfaction of the authority concerned (respondent no.4).  

With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is finally disposed of.