MADRAS HIGH COURT [Al-Madhina Steel Traders Vs The Superintendent/Intelligence Officer (ECM), The State Tax Officer]
The petitioner has challenged the impugned summons issued by the first respondent on the ground that the first respondent, being the Central Authority as well as the second respondent, being the State Authority, have simultaneously initiated proceedings under the GST Act against the petitioner in respect of the same subject matter, which is impermissible under law as per the provisions of Section 6(2)(b) of the GST Act 2017. This writ petition is disposed of by directing the first respondent to consider the petitioner`s reply to the impugned summons and decide as to whether the subject matter of the proceedings initiated by the second respondent as well as the proposed proceedings of the first respondent under the GST Act 2017 against the petitioner are one and the same.