The petitioner had approached the HC in February this
year claiming that it was unable to access its online
profile on the Goods and Service Tax Network, without
which it was unable to generate e-way bills, and was
unable to move its goods anywhere.
The petitioner argued that while the Union government
had decided to put in place an automated and electronic
system of accepting tax returns based on
self-assessment, without access to its online profile,
it was unable to file its tax returns, pay tax, move its
goods, or undertake any other compliances that were
required under the GST rules.
Today, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh told the
bench that the GST Commissioners from the state and
Centre had conducted a joint meeting with the petitioner
company on March 1 this year and had resolved the
petitioner's grievances. Singh also submitted a report
detailing the steps taken by the state authorities so
far to resolve problems related to GST.
The bench observed that it was hopeful that both the
Centre and the state will resolve all the problems
related to the GST by the end of the next month.
The petitioner had claimed that while it was unable to
file its GST returns online due to technical glitches,
the state GST authorities were insisting that the
company pay late fees.
At previous hearing, the bench had observed that it had
come across several other petitions in different courts
with grievances against GST.
The bench had also hoped the Union government would
"wake up" and take corrective measures.