Mandatory Requirement of Written ‘Reasons to Believe’ Under Rule 86A for Blocking Input Tax Credit (ITC)
The Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in the case of Pilcon Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. held that blocking of Input Tax Credit under Rule 86A of the U.P. GST Rules without recording specific, written ‘reasons to believe’ linking the assessee to fraudulent transactions is without jurisdiction and illegal, emphasizing that mere reliance on ex parte communications or generic alerts from DGGI does not fulfil the statutory requirement.