THE MAHARASHTRA GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 Circulars and Advance Ruling
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Body Trade Circular (GST) No. 34 T of 2019, Dated 17th May, 2019

Office of the

Commissioner of State Tax

(GST), 8th floor, New Building,

GST Bhavan, Mazgaon,

Mumbai-400010.

No. JC (HQ)-1/GST/2019/CBIC Circular(s)/ADM-8

Sub. : Clarification regarding filing of application for revocation of cancellation of registration in terms of Removal of Difficulty Order (RoD) number 05/2019- State Tax dated 23. 04.2019 - Reg.

Ref. : CBIC Circular No. 99/18/2019-GST dated 23rd April 2019.

Sir/Gentlemen/Madam,

1. Registration of several persons were cancelled under sub-section (2) of section 29 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act") due to non-furnishing of returns in FORM GSTR-3B or FORM GSTR-4. Sub-section (2) of section 29 of the said Act empowers the proper officer to cancel the registration, including from a retrospective date. Thus registration have been cancelled either from the date of order of cancellation of registration or from a retrospective date.

2. Representations have been received that large number of persons whose registration were cancelled could not apply for revocation of the said cancellation of registration within the period of 30 days as provided in sub-section (1) of section 30 of the said Act. Accordingly, a Removal of Difficulty Order (RoD) number 05/2019-State Tax dated the 23rd April, 2019 has been issued wherein persons whose registrations have been cancelled under sub-section (2) of section 29 of the said Act after they were served notice in the manner provided in section clause (c) and clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 169 of the said Act and who could not reply to the said notice and for whom cancellation order has been passed up to 31st March, 2019, have been given one time opportunity to apply for revocation of cancellation of registration on or before the 22nd-July, 2019. Further, vide Notification No, 20/2019-State Tax, dated the 25th April, 2019, two provisos have been inserted in sub-rule (1} of rule 23 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Rules"). In the light of these changes and in order to ensure uniformity in the implementation of the provisions of the law, the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State, in exercise of its powers conferred by section 168 (1) of the said Act, hereby clarifies the issues relating to the procedure for filing of application for revocation of cancellation of registration.

3. Fir st proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 23 of the said Rules provides that if the registration has been cancelled on account of failure of the registered person to furnish returns, no application; for revocation of cancellation of registration shall be filed, unless such returns are furnished and any amount in terms of such returns is paid. Thus, where the registration has been cancelled with effect from the date of order of cancellation of registration, all returns due till the date of such cancellation are required to be furnished before the application for revocation can be filed. Further, in such cases, in terms of the second proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 23 of the said Rules, all returns required to be furnished in respect of the period from the date of order of cancellation till the date of order of revocation of cancellation of registration have to be furnished within a period of thirty days from the date of the order of revocation.

4. Where the registration has been cancelled with retrospective effect, the common portal does not allow furnishing of returns after the effective date of cancellation. In such cases it was not possible to file the application for revocation of cancellation of registration. Therefore, a third proviso was added to sub-rule (1) of rule 23 of the said Rules enabling filing of application for revocation of cancellation of registration, subject to the condition that all returns relating to the period from the effective date bf cancellation of registration till the date of order of revocation of cancellation of registration shall be filed within a period of thirty days from the date of order of such revocation of cancellation of registration.

5. The above provisions are explained, by way of an Illustration in Annexure, for better clarity.

6. This Circular is clarificatory in nature and hence cannot be made use of interpretation of provisions of the law. Difficulty if any, in this implementation of this Circular may be brought to the notice of the Office of the Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra State.

(Rajiv Jalota)

Commissioner of State Tax,

Maharashtra State, Mumbai.

Annexure

Return not furnished from	Date of order of cancellation of registration	Cancellation of registration effective from	Date of filing of application for revocation of cancellatio n of registration as per RoD (to be filed on or before the 22nd July, 2019)	Returns to be furnished before filing the application for revocation of cancellation of registration	Date of order of revocation of cancellation of registration	Date of furnishing returns for period b/w date of order of cancellation of registration and date of revocation of cancellation of registration (to be filed within thirty days from the date of order of revocation of cancellation of registration)	Returns to be furnished within thirty days from date of order of revocation of cancellation of registration
July, 18	01st March, 19	01st March, 19	30th May, 19	Returns due till 01st March, 19 (i.e. July, 18 to January, 19)	01st June, 19	01st July, 19	Returns due till 01st June, 19 (i.e. February, 19 to April, 19)
July, 18	22nd March, 19	22nd March, 19	20th June, 19	Returns due till 22nd March, 19 (i.e. July, 18 to February, 19)	22nd June,19	22nd July, 19	Returns due till 21st June, 19 (i.e. March, 19 to May, 19)
July, 18	01st March, 19	01st July, 18	30th May, 19	NA	01st June,19	01st July, 19	Returns due till 01st June, 19 (i.e. July, 18 to April, 19)