Section 112:
Appeals to Appellate Tribunal.
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed against him
under section 107 or section 108 of this Act or the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union
Territory Goods and Services Tax Act may appeal to the Appellate Tribunal against such order within
three months from the date on which the order sought to be appealed against is communicated to the
person preferring the appeal.
(2) The Appellate Tribunal may, in its discretion, refuse to admit any such appeal where the tax or
input tax credit involved or the difference in tax or input tax credit involved or the amount of fine, fee or
penalty determined by such order, does not exceed fifty thousand rupees.
(3) The Commissioner may, on his own motion, or upon request from the Commissioner of State tax or
Commissioner of Union territory tax, call for and examine the record of any order passed by the Appellate
Authority or the Revisional Authority under this Act or the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union
Territory Goods and Services Tax Act for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of the
said order and may, by order, direct any officer subordinate to him to apply to the Appellate Tribunal within
six months from the date on which the said order has been passed for determination of such points arising out
of the said order as may be specified by the Commissioner in his order.
(4) Where in pursuance of an order under sub-section (3) the authorised officer makes an application to
the Appellate Tribunal, such application shall be dealt with by the Appellate Tribunal as if it were an appeal
made against the order under sub-section (11) of section 107 or under sub-section (1) of section 108 and the
provisions of this Act shall apply to such application, as they apply in relation to appeals filed under
sub-section (1).
(5) On receipt of notice that an appeal has been preferred under this section, the party against whom
the appeal has been preferred may, notwithstanding that he may not have appealed against such order or
any part thereof, file, within forty-five days of the receipt of notice, a memorandum of cross-objections,
verified in the prescribed manner, against any part of the order appealed against and such memorandum
shall be disposed of by the Appellate Tribunal, as if it were an appeal presented within the time specified
in sub-section (1).
(6) The Appellate Tribunal may admit an appeal within three months after the expiry of the period
referred to in sub-section (1), or permit the filing of a memorandum of cross-objections within forty-five
days after the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (5) if it is satisfied that there was sufficient
cause for not presenting it within that period.
(7) An appeal to the Appellate Tribunal shall be in such form, verified in such manner and shall be
accompanied by such fee, as may be prescribed.
(8) No appeal shall be filed under sub-section (1), unless the appellant has paid--
(a) in full, such part of the amount of tax, interest, fine, fee and penalty arising from the
impugned order, as is admitted by him; and
(b) a sum equal to twenty per cent. of the remaining amount of tax in dispute, in addition to the amount paid under sub-section (6) of section 107, arising from the said order, 1
[subject to a maximum of fifty crore rupees,] in relation to which the appeal has been filed.
(9) Where the appellant has paid the amount as per sub-section (8), the recovery proceedings for the
balance amount shall be deemed to be stayed till the disposal of the appeal.
(10) Every application made before the Appellate Tribunal,
(a) in an appeal for rectification of error or for any other purpose; or
(b) for restoration of an appeal or an application,
shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 31 of 2018, s. 26 (w.e.f. 1-2-2019).