Benefit of VCES 2013 cannot be denied for mere Technical Defects

Declaration made by the petitioner under the Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013 has been rejected in terms of the order impugned in the writ petition on the ground that they have not submitted the amended declaration in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Circular No. 170/5/2013-ST dated 8.8.2013. As per the said circular, in a case where a mistake is discovered in the declaration by the declarant, he has to approach the designated authority who, after taking into account the over all facts of the case, may allow amendments to be made in the declaration provided that the a...