Jammu, Apr 25 (PTI) The enforcement team on Saturday imposed a penalty of Rs 6.29 lakh on a trader for violation of GST norms in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, a spokesman of the Sales Tax Department said.

The action was initiated after the trader was found attempting to manage the movement of goods without proper documentation, in clear contravention of GST regulations, he said.

He said the trader was under surveillance for approximately 12 days based on specific intelligence inputs from reliable sources. “The interception was successfully carried out with the assistance of RFID tracking, enabling effective monitoring of goods movement,” the spokesman said.

He said the enforcement operation was conducted by a team headed by Inspector Anil Parihar, along with Sub-Inspectors Sanjay Shan, Vikas Kumar, Kanwaljeet Shan and guard Ajay Kumar.

The operation was supervised by State Tax Officer Sahida Akhtar and executed under the overall guidance of Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes Enforcement, Jammu North (HQ Udhampur), Anil Kumar Chandail, the spokesman said.

Commissioner, State Tax Department, Jammu & Kashmir P K Bhat and Additional Commissioner, Jammu Namrita Dogra, appreciated the efforts of the enforcement team and emphasized the need for continued vigilance and similar proactive interceptions in the future to ensure strict compliance with GST laws. PTI TAS MR

GST compliance enforcement targets undocumented goods movement and strengthens monitoring through intelligence-led interception and RFID tracking. GST enforcement action resulted in a penalty being imposed on a trader for attempting to move goods without proper documentation, in contravention of GST regulations. The trader was kept under surveillance on specific intelligence inputs and intercepted with the assistance of RFID tracking, enabling monitoring of the goods movement. The operation was carried out by the state tax enforcement team under departmental supervision as a compliance measure to ensure adherence to GST norms.