Commercial Tax Department,

Rajya kar Bhavan, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad.

By the Commissioner of Commercial Tax

(Under section 68 and 69 of the Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003)

Whereas, sub-section (3) of Section 68 and sub-section (1) of Section 69 of the Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (Guj. 1 of 2005), hereinafter referred to as the Act specifies that certain documents shall accompany a vehicle carrying goods which has to be produced at the time of checking of such vehicle and

Whereas such physical production and verification of documents consumes time and may also lead to avoidable delays at the time of checking and

Whereas it is expedient in the public interest to have a system where all transactions recorded in such documents are properly accounted for and

Whereas clause (b) of sub-rule (1) and clause (b) of sub rule (6) of rule 51 of the Gujarat Value Added Tax Rules, 2006 authorizes the Commissioner to specify the goods, the transport of which needs to be accompanied by forms obtained and authenticated by the registering authority now, therefore, in supersession of ORDER No. GVL/VAT/Rule/R.51 (1)/ (1) dated 4th October, 2006 and ORDER No. GVL/VAT/Rule/R. 51(6)/(1) dated 4th October, 2006, ORDER No. GVL/VAT/Rule/R.51 (1)/ (2) dated 27th January, 2008, ORDER No. GVL/VAT/Rule/R.51 (6)/ (2) dated 27th January, 2008, the Commissioner of Commercial Tax, Gujarat State, hereby specifies all taxable goods to be goods specified for the purpose of the said rule and the following instructions are issued and they shall come into effect from 15th December 2014.

1. Every movement of taxable goods as defined by section 2(29) of the Act, from, to and through the State, shall be accompanied by electronically generated Form 402, Form 403 or Form 405 (as may be applicable) as specified in Rules 51 and 52 of the Gujarat Value Added Tax Rules 2006 respectively, appearing on the departmental website namely, www.commercialtax.gujarat.gov.in before the movement of goods commences (in case of declarations in Form 402 and Form 403) and before entering the State (in case of the Transit pass in Form 405). The information specified therein shall be uploaded so as to facilitate expeditious clearance at the check posts.

2. Authenticating the movement of goods by road:-

The Form 402, Form 403 or Form 405 generated on the website shall authenticate the movement of goods when they are submitted and validated by the officer in charge of the check post or barrier either physically or in the form of the unique code which identifies the relevant Form.

3. Authenticating the movement of goods other than by road:-

In such cases, Form 402 or Form 403 generated on the website are required to be submitted and validated in the office of the Commercial Tax Department where the consigner or consignee is a registered dealer. In case of an unregistered consigner or consignee, such Forms are required to be submitted and validated in the office of the Commercial Tax Department under whose jurisdiction such unregistered consignor or consignee is located. Such validation shall authenticate the movement of goods.

4. A person in charge of a vehicle carrying any taxable goods shall also carry all other documents as specified under Section 68 of the Act for the purposes of this Act.

5. Non-compliance of above provision shall lead to the presumption that inter-state movement of goods from Gujarat has not occurred. However, in addition to verified forms, other documents as may be required by the competent authority will need to be produced to further substantiate the inter-state movement of goods, during any proceeding in addition to the forms verified by the check post authority.

6. In order to ensure that there are no instances of the misuse of this facility, the Forms generated will be valid for the period as may be specified.

7. Instances of non-compliance of this Order or entering of wrong data will invite penalties under section 68 (5), 69 (1A) and (2), as may be applicable and is also liable to be proceeded against under sections 85 and 86 of the Act.

8. The Forms may also be uploaded and generated for the movement of exempted goods in accordance with the provisions of this order.

9. Form 402 may also be uploaded and generated for the movement of goods within the State, in accordance with the provisions of this order.

This Order shall be effective from 28th April, 2015.

Sd/-

(P. D. Vaghela)

Commissioner of Commercial Tax

Gujarat State, Ahmedabad.