Amendment in Haryana State GST IU mandated to investigate the cases related to GST

The Excise & Taxation Department, Haryana, Panchkula issued an Order No. 01/2024/GST-II dated 15.03.2024 amending the Order no. 02/2021/GST-II dated 22.03.2021.

The Haryana State GST IU (HGST-IU) was constituted vide Order no. 02/2021/GST-II dated 22.03.2021 which was mandated to investigate the cases related to evasion of Goods and Services Tax.

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sub-section (2) of section 4, sub-section (1) of section 5 and section 168 of the Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (herein after referred to as the HGST Act), I, Ashok Kumar Meena, Commissioner of State Tax, hereby order the following in modification of the original order no. 02/2021/GST-II dated 22.03.2021.

1. Intelligence Officer(s) shall be assigned to each Joint Commissioner of State Tax (Range) who shall help the concerned Join Commissioner of State Tax (Range) and all the DETCs(ST) posted in the Range in identification, planning and coordination of searches/ inspection.
2. The said officer(s) will be selected by a committee of officers comprising of the concerned Joint Commissioner of State Tax (Range) as Chairman and Joint Commissioner of State Tax (Appeal) and senior most Deputy Commissioner of State Tax (DETC(ST)) posted in the Range as members.
3. The maximum number of intelligence team(s) at range level will be as follows:
   • a. Gurugram Range – 6
   • b. Faridabad Range – 4
   • c. Ambala Range – 2
   • d. Rohtak Range – 2
   • e. Hisar Range – 2
4. Such officer will work for a minimum period of one year on Intelligence post.
5. Such officer will have jurisdiction of Proper Officer for entire State of Haryana.
6. JCST (Range), as his/her discretion if he/she thinks fit, may allow the DETC(ST) concerned to utilize the Intelligence Officer for ward related work.
7. That the office selected as Intelligence Officer may be removed from the said charge by the Joint Commissioner of State Tax (Range) at any time before the completion of his term of one year, but only on the recommendation/ approval of the Excise and Taxation Commissioner-cum-Commissioner of State Tax, Haryana.
8. The officers currently posted in HGST-IU shall relinquish their charge as intelligence officers after orders of new intelligence officers is issued as they shall be posted as proper officers of the ward in their concerned district of posting.
9. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of the above instruction may please be brought to the notice of the Head office.