Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): A team of CGST officials initiated process to attach 0.8800 hectare worth Rs 3.03 crore of Shanti Palace Hotel and Resort on Bypass Ring Road in Nanakheda against pending tax dues of Rs 2.71 crore.
The officials pasted a notice stating that the land would be auctioned if the outstanding amount was not deposited within a month. The team was led by CGST assistant commissioner MV Mungra pasted the notice and took confiscation action under Section 142(8) of the CGST Act 2017.
Since 2018, the department had been continuously issuing notices to defaulting taxpayers to clear their dues. However, the taxpayer neither deposited the tax nor gave any satisfactory reply to notices.
The team pasted a notice on the spot in the name of Chandrashekhar Babulal Shrivas and his wife Seema, director of Shanti Palace Hotel and Resorts Private Limited Sudama Nagar. According to this, Rs 2,71,85,875 were outstanding in GST.
A letter has also been sent to revenue department asking it to register action taken under the purview of the confiscation in Khasra sheets so that the land concerned cannot be traded. If the taxpayer still does not pay the said amount within the stipulated time, then the department auction it.
