Payment of pre-deposit of Excise and Service Tax through Form GST DRC-03 – HC direct CBIC to issue guideline

Sodexo India Services Pvt. Ltd Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) 1. Petitioner is impugning four orders all dated 13th April 2022 passed by respondent no.3 in the appeals that petitioner had filed. 2 Petitioner had, as required under Section 85 of the Finance Act, 1994 read with Section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944, made a pre-deposit in cash through Form GST DRC-03. The appeals were accepted and registered and appeal numbers were allotted. Thereafter, petitioner was called for personal hearing and petitioner made submissions on merits of the matter. 3 To petitioner’s surprise, al...