HC Allows Multiple GST Refund Claims for Overlapping Periods

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Multiple GST Refund Claims

Case Details: Valmet Flow Control (P.) Ltd. vs. Union of India - [2026] 186 taxmann.com 787 (Bombay)

Judiciary and Counsel Details

  • G. S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe, JJ.
  • Ram Heda & Priyanka Shukla for the Petitioner.
  • Siddharth Chandrashekhar, Ms Niyati Mankad & Ms Priyanka Singh for the Respondent.

Facts of the Case

The petitioner filed a refund claim for the period from July 2022 to September 2022, which the department duly sanctioned. However, an invoice pertaining to August 2022 was inadvertently left out in the initial claim, prompting the petitioner to file a separate, timely refund application specifically for August 2022 within the statutory limitation period of two years from the relevant date. This second refund application was rejected on the grounds of period overlap, leading the petitioner to challenge the rejection order. It was contended that the second application was filed well within the limitation period and that an inadvertent omission of an invoice should not deprive them of their substantive right to a refund. The matter was accordingly placed before the High Court.

High Court Held

The High Court held that the statutory scheme for refunds under Section 54 of the CGST Act and the Maharashtra GST Act does not bar a registered person from filing more than one refund application for overlapping periods, provided that the claim is preferred within the prescribed limitation period. It was observed that an inadvertent lapse or omission of an invoice can be legally corrected through a subsequent application when the claim is otherwise within time. The Court further noted that, in the absence of a specific statutory bar, technical objections based on overlap or on the principles of res judicata and analogous doctrines do not apply to distinct refund applications for specific periods. Consequently, the Court determined that the impugned rejection was fundamentally flawed, set aside the rejection order, and restored the refund application for a decision on the merits.

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