GST Payable On Rent For Hotels Hired By Govt For Security Forces, Liability Of Home Dept To Reimburse: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the Department of Home is liable to reimburse GST in addition to the fixed rent to hotel owners whose accommodations have been requisitioned for housing security forces. The petitioner had filed the petition seeking a direction that the tax amount be paid or reimbursed separately by the Home Department over and above the fixed rent.  A bench of&n…