Deemed approval of GST registration resumed; pending applications to be cleared before automatic approval by specified dates under revised timeline. Deemed approval of GST registration under section 25(10) and rule 9 was suspended during the COVID lockdown and has now been restored: deemed approvals were granted for applications pending as on 30 June 2020 unprocessed till 15 July 2020; the three day deemed approval rule resumes from 1 August 2020. A special drive must dispose of pending applications by 30 July 2020, with daily monitoring through 28 July, and jurisdictional officers may perform physical verification for applications technically deemed during lockdown.