TOSHITA KUMAR DANGA v. PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER, GST AND CENTRAL EXCISE, BHUBANESWAR
WP(C)/846/2026 · 2026-01-13
Harish Tandon Cj, Murahari Sri Raman
Writ Petition (Civil)body2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.846 of 2026
Toshita Kumar Danga … Petitioner Mr. Prabodha Chandra Nayak, Advocate -Versus- Principal Commissioner, GST and Central Excise, Bhubaneswar and others … Opposite Parties
Mr. S.K. Roy Choudhury, Senior
Standing Counsel
CORAM:
THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN
Order No.
ORDER 13.01.2026
01.
1. Learned advocate appears on behalf of petitioner and submits, under challenge is show cause notice dated 8th August, 2023 followed by order dated 31st October, 2023 cancelling his client’s registration under Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. He submits that the petitioner is ready and willing to pay the tax, interest, late fee, penalty and any other sum required to be paid for the return form of his client to be accepted by the Department. He relies on order dated 16th November, 2022 of coordinate Bench in W.P.(C) No.30374 of 2022 (M/s. Mohanty Enterprises v. The Commissioner, CT & GST, Odisha, Cuttack and others). He submits, his client’s claim to relief including prayer for condonation of delay is covered by said order.
2. Mr. S.K. Roy Choudhury, learned Senior Standing Counsel appears on behalf for the opposite parties-Department.
3. We reproduce below paragraph-2 from said order in M/s. Mohanty Enterprises (supra).
"2. In that view of the matter, the delay in Petitioner’s invoking the proviso to Rule 23 of the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Rules (OGST Rules) is condoned and it is directed that subject to the Petitioner depositing all the taxes, interest, late fee, penalty etc., due and complying with other formalities, the Petitioner’s application for revocation will be considered in accordance with law."
Likewise direction is made in this writ petition. Petitioner gets the relief in the interest of revenue.
4. The writ petition is disposed of.
(Harish Tandon) Chief Justice
(M.S. Raman) Judge
MRS/Laxmikant Designation: Senior Stenographer