Sikha Banerjee v. Senior Intelligence Officer Directorate Gen Of Gst Intelligence And ORS

S/L 20 07.01.2021 Court No.26 SD WPA 11623 of 2020 (Via Video Conference) Sikha Banerjee Vs.

Senior Intelligence Officer & Ors.

Mr. Vinay Shraff Mr. Himangshu Kumar Ray ... for the Petitioner.

Mr. Somnath Ganguli Ms. Manasi Mukherjee ... for the Respondent No.1.

Mr. Abhratosh Majumdar Mr. Soumitra Mukherjee Mr. Debasish Ghosh ... for the State.

This is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the writ petitioner is aggrieved by the summons issued under Section 70 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, New Delhi.

I have heard counsel appearing on behalf of the parties and perused the materials on record.

In light of the above submissions, this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction upon the CGST Authorities to act in accordance with law. The CGST is also directed to take cognizance of the letter dated December 8, 2020 written by the Special Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and act accordingly. No further directions are required.

Since, no affidavit-in-opposition has been called for, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed to have not been admitted by the respondents.

There will be no order as to costs.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities.

(Shekhar B. Saraf, J.)