Dear Taxpayers,

As per Notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax dated 19th June, 2017 read with Trade Notice No. 01/2017-Central Tax dated 21st June, 2017 issued by Office of the Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai Zone I and GST Trade Notice No. 002/2017 dated 20th June, 2017 issued by Central Excise Zone, Chennai, the applicant applying for new registration application and selecting the category of ‘Other Territory’ in the tab of State/UT in Part-A of GST registration form, shall only be administered under ‘Mumbai South’ or ‘Chennai North’ Commissionerate’s and shall select centre jurisdiction as follows:

1. For ‘Other Territory’ pertaining to the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone contiguous to the western coast of India adjacent to States/ Union Territories of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman and Diu, Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep, the applicant shall select as :

Commissionerate: ‘Mumbai South’

Division: ‘Division 1’

Range: Range I- A-D (as per first alphabet of applicant’s name)

Range II- E-H

Range III- I-M

Range IV- N-R

Range IV- N-R

Range V- S-Z

2. For ‘Other Territory’ pertaining to the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone contiguous to the eastern coast of India adjacent to States/ Union Territories of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the applicant shall select as:

• Commissionerate: ‘Chennai North’
• Division: Any of the divisions corresponding to ‘Chennai North’ which will be displayed in the dropdown.
• Range: Any of the ranges corresponding to selected division which appear in the dropdown.

The applicant is advised to select the division and range corresponding to ‘Chennai North’ Commissionerate as per the first alphabet of applicant’s name as mentioned in the trade notice which is available on the following link (Page 1 to 13):

https://gstchennai.gov.in/pdf/cco-gst-trade-notice-2017/GST%20Trade%20Notice%20No.002.2017%20Dt.20.06.2016.PDF

Thanking you ,
Team GSTN

Jurisdiction for 'Other Territory' GST applications: applicants must select the prescribed commissionerate and name-based division and range. Applicants selecting the 'Other Territory' option in the GST registration form must be allocated to the prescribed commissionerate for the relevant maritime territory; western continental-shelf/EEZ applicants must choose the designated western commissionerate, Division 1 and a range determined by the applicant's name initial, while eastern continental-shelf/EEZ applicants must choose the designated eastern commissionerate, an appropriate displayed division, and a corresponding range as per the name-based assignment in the trade notice.