GST Act violation: Excise officials recover Rs37.9L

Our Correspondent

Hamirpur, April 18

The Excise and Taxation Department recovered a penalty of Rs 37.95 lakh for the violation of Goods and Service Tax Act at Ghumarwin in Bilaspur on Saturday.

A team of the department detained a truck bearing a UP registration number, carrying 390 gunny bags of “beedis” worth Rs 66,96,428. The truck driver failed to produce the e-way bill of the stock. He produced a bill of Rs 4,20,864 of the stock, which was actually found to be worth Rs 66,96,428.

Manoj Dogra, Deputy Commissioner, State Excise and Taxation, Bilaspur, said the department had recovered a fine of Rs 37.95 lakh.

He said the recovered amount was deposited in the state exchequer. He said the stock was shipped from Jalpaigudi in West Bangal to Mandi in the state. Since the supplier of the stock was not registered in the state, a temporary registration was done to recover the amount, he added.