In a petition filed by the Sales Tax Bar Association, a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court asked several details from the government regarding the issue of processing the refund claims of taxpayers.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Chander Sekhar admitted the petition and asked the department to file counter-affidavit within eight weeks enclosing data regarding (i) refund applications filed and claimed (ii) refund applications pending with amount claimed (iii) refunds which have been issued and (iv) refunds paid by the Central Government and the State Government.
“The steps taken to remove the alleged grievances, as pointed out in the writ petition, would be indicated. The rejoinder, if any, may be filed within six weeks after the counter affidavit is served. We hope and trust that the respondents would adhere to the timeline fixed,” the bench said.
Advocates Mr Puneet Agrawal, Mr. Vineet Bhatia, Mr. Chetan Shukla, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Mr. Kumarjee Bhat and Mr. Suresh Agrawal, appeared for the petitioners.
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