Recent reports in a section of the media have highlighted a case of Sh. Girish Yadav, a resident of Khagaria, Bihar having received a letter from the jurisdictional GST authorities for recovery of GST amounting to Rs. 37.5 lakh alongwith applicable interest and penalty.

Examination of the case by CGST authorities reveals that the letter was issued to Sh. Yadav in his capacity as proprietor of a firm by the name of M/s Maa Vaishno Trading Company, Pali, Rajasthan, for which a GST registration had been obtained based on his PAN Card.

The said firm had allegedly wrongly availed Input Tax Credit worth Rs. 37.5 lakh on the basis of goods-less invoices – an offence under the GST Law.

When contacted by GST authorities today, Sh. Yadav has stated that the firm at Pali has been set up without his knowledge by apparently misusing his PAN card, which he had submitted for opening a bank account.   Further investigations in the case are underway.