HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT TAX No. - 951 of 2025 . Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. The present petition has been filed challenging an order dated 16.04.2024 passed under Section 73 of the GST Act as well as the order dated 07.08.2025 whereby, the appeal was dismissed as being beyond limitation. 3. The submission of the Counsel for the petitioner is that the order passed under Section 73 of the GST Act suffers from the vice of arbitrariness as in the reminder notice prior date has been fixed and the NA was mentioned in front of the tab of the personal hearing. 4. Learned Standing Counsel based upon the instructions states that in the reminder notice, no date for hearing was fixed. 5. Finding the order to be violative of Section 75(4) of the GST Act and the issue being covered by the judgment in the case of Mahaveer Trading Company vs Deputy Commissioner State Tax and another: Writ Tax No.303 of 2024, decided on 04.03.2024, the impugned order dated 16.04.2024 and the impugned order dated 07.08.2025 are quashed. The writ petition is allowed. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashish Kumar Tripathi, Manas Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. M/S Raj Medical Stores Thru.Managing Partner Raj Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Deptt. Of State Tax) Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 6. The matter is remanded back to the Assessing Authority to pass fresh order, in accordance with law, after providing adequate opportunity of hearing. September 18, 2025 akverma WTAX No. 951 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench