(1) Subject to other provisions of this Act and the rules, the assessing authority shall refund to a dealer, within a period of sixty days of the date of receipt of such order giving rise to such refund, the amount of tax, including interest or penalty or both, if any, paid by such dealer in excess of the amount due from him, through refund adjustment or through refund voucher:

Provided that the assessing authority shall first adjust such excess amount towards the recovery of any amount due in respect of which a notice under sub-section (4) of section 50 has been issued , or any amount due for any period covered by a return but not paid and, thereafter, refund only the balance, if any.

(2) (Omitted w.e.f. 01-07-2017).

(2-a) (Omitted w.e.f. 01-07-2017).

(3) No claim for refund of any tax, including interest or penalty or both, if any, paid for any tax period or periods under this Act shall be allowed in any case where there is an order for reassessment for such period until such reassessment is completed.