GST Appellate Tribunal: Govt Appoints 33 Technical Members

Last year the government had appointed Justice (Retd) Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court as the President of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT).

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman administered the oath of integrity and secrecy to Justice (Retd.) Mishra on May 6, 2024. His appointment marked the beginning of tribunal, a crucial body for resolving GST-related disputes.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has cleared the appointment of a total 33 Technical Members in the Good and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) for a period of four years or till the member attains the age of 67 years. 

ACC has appointed two members at Principal Bench, New Delhi. They are A Venu Prasad IAS (Retd) Punjab cadre of 1991 batch appointed as Technical Member (State) while Anil Kumar Gupta IRS (Retd) C&IT 1989 appointed as Technical Member (Centre). Both appointed at Principal Bench, New Delhi.

Besides, the ACC has appointed 31 technical members (Centre) to be placed in 31 state benches of GSTAT.

The GSTAT is the Appellate Authority established under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, to hear various appeals under the said Act and the respective State/Union Territories GST Acts against the orders of the first appellate authority. 

The absence of an effective dispute mechanism until now forced several firms and tax payers to take matters to other courts causing delays in resolution and cost escalation.

Following is the list of members:

1. Ajay Dixit (Retd IRS: C&IT)

2. Alok Chopra (Retd IRS: C&IT)

3. Amand Shah (Retd IRS: C&IT)

4. Ashish Varma (Retd IRS: C&IT)

5. Bijoy Bihari Mohapatra (Retd IRS: C&IT)

6. Bijoy Kumar Kar (Retd IRS: C&IT)

7. D P Nagendra Kumar (Retd IRS: C&IT)

8. Deep Shekhar (Retd IRS: C&IT)

9. Duvvuri Krishna Srinivas (Retd IRS: C&IT)

10. Gurdeep Singh (Retd IRS: C&IT)

11. Hir Bhagat Negi (Retd IRS: C&IT)
12. J Michael Kennedy (Retd IRS: C&IT)

13 Jogiranjan Panigrahi (Retd IRS: C&IT)

14. Kishori Lal (Retd IRS: C&IT)

15 M Mathew Jolly (Retd IRS: C&IT)

16. Nirmal Kumar Soren (Retd IRS: C&IT)

17 Pradeep Kumar Goel (Retd IRS: C&IT)

18 Pramod Kumar (Retd IRS: C&IT). At present, Kumar is serving as Technical Member, National Anti-Profiteering Authority)

19. Pramod Kumar Singh (Retd IRS: C&IT) 

20. Rajiv Kapoor (Retd IRS: C&IT). At present, Kapoor is serving as Pr Commissioner, Directorate General of Performance Management.

21. Raju Ahuja (Retd IRS: C&IT)

22. Ram Niwas (Retd IRS: C&IT)

23 Ramamoorthi Sriram (Retd IRS: C&IT)

24. Ranjan Kumar Sahoo (Retd IRS: C&IT)

25. Sandeep Kumar (Retd IRS: C&IT). He is serving as Chairman, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission (CESTAT).

26. Satish Kumar Agrawal (Retd IRS: C&IT)

27. Shaik Khader Rahman (IRS: C&IT). At present, Rahman is serving as Pr. Commissioner, Delhi, CBIC.

28. Sudha Koka (IRS: C&IT). At present, she is serving as Commissioner, National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN), Palasamundram.

29. Sungita Sharma (Retd IRS: C&IT)

30. Sunil Kumar Das (Retd IRS: C&IT)

31. Sunil Kumar Sinha (Retd IRS: C&IT)