Field officers are recovering payments from assessees after search operations without issuing any showcause notices in several cases, industry experts have complained. Recently, the investigation wing of GST asked the principal director general, director general, principal chief commissioners, chief commissioners to issue showcause notices so that pending fraud and evasion cases can be closed in time.

       However, experts said field officers are recovering payments without issuing such notices. As such, the instruction to issue showcause notices in a timely manner is important to plug this ...