Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 14: The State Taxes Department (STD), Jammu seized goods worth Rs one crore approximately from Railway Station Jammu being shipped to the State from Delhi through railway bogies without proper documents. The entire exercise was conducted under the overall supervision of Commissioner State Taxes PK Bhat, Additional Commissioner, State Taxes (Administration & Enforcement), Jammu Mohammad Shahid Saleem and Dy Commissioner, State Taxes, Enforcement (Central), Jammu Rakesh Magotra. The Railway Authorities at Jammu lent full cooperation to the State Tax enforcement team to seize goods transshipped illegally through railway lease bogies. This is for the first time in the history of State Taxes Department that such a huge quantity of goods has been seized which is undergoing scrutiny. Actual value of the goods shall be ascertained after the scrutiny is over.
The inspection cum seizure of goods started on February 13 and continued till this evening. More than 300 nags of various commodities were seized and are put to scrutiny. The action has been initiated by the State Taxes Department sequel to launch of a full-fledged enquiry into the transshipment of taxable commodities illegally through railway bogies in contravention to the GST Rules. The department has also issued notice to various railway bogie leaseholders including, S.P. Clearing & Forwarding, New Delhi, Pardeep, New Delhi, Xtra Freight Forwarders, Delhi, On Dot Courier & Cargo Service, New Delhi, Ravinder Verma, Delhi Suriya Kumar Pandey, Delhi, Fast Track Courier & Cargo Pvt. Ltd., Kishore Shinde and SK Rail Parcel Service Pvt. Ltd. asking them to furnish the information viz., HSN wise summary of goods transported / booked for transportation for the period July, 2017 to January, 2019, Individual/dealer wise consignments booked, ledger in respect of supply of services provided for the said period and account of lease/rent paid to the railways during the period.
The State Tax Department has also written a communication to Chief Parcel Supervisor of Jammu / Udhampur / Katra / Samba / Kathua railway stations to release goods received through railway lease bogies / parcel bookings only after checking GST invoices & e-way bills as required under GST Rules. |
