Rule - 138E, Restriction on furnishing of information in PART A of FORM GST EWB-01 (CGST Rules, 2017)

Restriction on furnishing of information in PART A of FORM GST EWB-01.- Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) of rule 138, no person (including a consignor, consignee, transporter, an e-commerce operator or a courier agency) shall be allowed to furnish the information in PART A of FORM GST EWB-01 *17*[in respect of any outward movement of goods of a registered person, who, -]

(a) being a person paying tax under section 10 *18*[or availing the benefit of Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No 02/2019- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 7th March, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 189, dated the 7th March, 2019,], has Not furnished the *19*[statement in FORM GST CMP-08 ] for two consecutive *20*[quarters]; or

(b) being a person other than a person specified in clause (a), has Not furnished the returns for a consecutive period of *21*[two tax periods]:

Provided that the Commissioner may, *22*[on receipt of an application from a registered person in FORM GST EWB-05,] on sufficient cause being shown and for reasons to be recorded in writing, by order *23*[in FORM GST EWB-06], allow furnishing of the said information in PART A of FORM GST EWB 01, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified by him:

Provided further that No order rejecting the request of such person to furnish the information in PART A of FORM GST EWB 01 under the first proviso shall be passed without affording the said person a reasonable opportunity of being heard:

Provided also that the permission granted or rejected by the Commissioner of State tax or Commissioner of Union territory tax shall be deemed to be granted or, as the case may be, rejected by the Commissioner:

*24*[Provided also that the said restriction shall Not apply during the period from the 20th day of March, 2020 till the 15th day of October, 2020 in case where the return in FORM GSTR-3B or the statement of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 or the statement in FORM GST CMP-08 , as the case may be, has Not been furnished for the period February, 2020 to August, 2020.]

*25*[Provided also that the said restriction shall not apply during the period from the 1st day of May, 2021 till the 18th day of August, 2021, in case where there turn in FORM GSTR-3B or the statement of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 or the statement in FORM GST CMP-08 , as the case may be, has not been furnished for the period March, 2021 to May, 2021.]

Explanation:- For the purposes of this rule, the expression "Commissioner" shall mean the jurisdictional Commissioner in respect of the persons specified in clauses (a) and (b). *26*[(c) being a person other than a person specified in clause (a), has Not furnished the statement of outward supplies for any two months or quarters, as the case may be;]

*27*[(d) being a person, whose registration has been suspended under the provisions of subrule (1) or sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (2A) of rule 21A:]

Notes:-

*16*. Inserted vide Notification No. 74/2018 – CT dated 31.12.2018 - Brought into force w.e.f. 21.06.2019. Further date extended to 21.08.2019 vide Notification No. 25/2019 -CT dated 21.06.2019. Further date extended to 21.11.2019 vide Notification No. 22 /2019 – CT dated 23.04.2019.

*17*. Substituted vide Notification No.15/2021 – CT dated 18.05.2021, prior to its substitution, it was read as: “in respect of a registered person, whether as a supplier or a recipient, who,-”.

*18*. Inserted vide Notification No. 31/2019 - CT dated 28.06.2019 - Brought into force w.e.f. 28.06.2019.

*19*. Substituted vide Notification No. 31/2019 – CT dated 28.06.2019 - Brought into force w.e.f. 28.06.2019, prior to its substitution, it was read as: "returns".

*20*. Substituted vide Notification No. 31/2019 - CT dated 28.06.2019 - Brought into force w.e.f. 28.06.2019, prior to its substitution, it was read as: "tax periods".

*21*. Substituted vide Notification No. 94/2020 - CT dated 22.12.2020 - Brought into force w.e.f. 22.12.2020, prior to its substitution, it was read as: "two months".

*22*. Inserted vide Notification No. 33/2019 – CT dated 18.07.2019.

*23*. Inserted vide Notification No. 33/2019 – CT dated 18.07.2019.

*24*. Inserted vide Notification No. 79/2020 - CT dated 15.10.2020 - Brought into force w.e.f. 20.03.2020.

*25*. Inserted vide Notification No. 32/2021 - CT dated 29.08.2021- Brought into force w.e.f. 01.05.2021.

*26*. Inserted vide Notification No. 75/2019 - CT dated 26.12.2019 - Brought into force w.e.f. 11.01.2020.

*27*. Inserted vide Notification No. 94/2020 - CT dated 22.12.2020.