ACC approves appointment of 86 members to GSTAT

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved 86 Judicial and Technical Member appointments in GSTAT for four years or till age 67.

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In a significant move, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of 86 Technical and Judicial Members to the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT). According to the order, the members will serve for a tenure of four years or until they attain the age of 67 years, whichever is earlier.

The appointments include one Technical Member (State), one Technical Member (Centre), and one Judicial Member in the Principal Bench of the tribunal. They are;

  1. A Venu Prasad (Retd IAS: 1991: PB) has been appointed as Technical Member (State) in GSTAT, Principal Bench, New Delhi.
  2. Anil Kumar Gupta (Retd IRS: C&IT) has been appointed as Technical Member (Centre), GSTAT, Principal Bench, New Delhi.
  3. Justice (Retd) Mayank Kumar Jain, retired as Judge High Court of Allahabad to the post of Judicial Member, GSTAT, Principal Bench, New Delhi.

Technical Member (Centre) in the State Benches

  1. Ajay Dixit (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  2. Alok Chopra (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  3. Amand Shah (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  4. Ashish Varma (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  5. Bijoy Bihari Mohapatra (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  6. Bijoy Kumar Kar (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  7. D P Nagendra Kumar (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  8. Deep Shekhar (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  9. Duvvuri Krishna Srinivas (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  10. Gurdeep Singh (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  11. Hir Bhagat Negi (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  12. J Michael Kennedy (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  13. Jogiranjan Panigrahi (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  14. Kishori Lal (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  15. M Mathew Jolly (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  16. Nirmal Kumar Soren (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  17. Pradeep Kumar Goel (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  18. Pramod Kumar (Retd IRS: C&IT). At present, Kumar is serving as Technical Member, National Anti-Profiteering Authority)
  19. Pramod Kumar Singh (Retd IRS: C&IT) 
  20. Rajiv Kapoor (Retd IRS: C&IT). At present, Kapoor is serving as Pr Commissioner, Directorate General of Performance Management.
  21. Raju Ahuja (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  22. Ram Niwas (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  23. Ramamoorthi Sriram (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  24. Ranjan Kumar Sahoo (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  25. Sandeep Kumar (Retd IRS: C&IT). He is serving as Chairman, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission (CESTAT).
  26. Satish Kumar Agrawal (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  27. Shaik Khader Rahman (IRS: C&IT). At present, Rahman is serving as Pr. Commissioner, Delhi, CBIC.
  28. Sudha Koka (IRS: C&IT). At present, she is serving as Commissioner, National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN), Palasamundram.
  29. Sungita Sharma (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  30. Sunil Kumar Das (Retd IRS: C&IT)
  31. Sunil Kumar Sinha (Retd IRS: C&IT)

Judicial Members in the State Benches of GSTAT

  1. A P Ravi, Advocate
  2. Ajai Kumar Srivastava, Retired District Judge
  3. Ajeet Singh, Retired as Principal District & Sessions Judge, Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Service
  4. Arun Kumar Singal, former Presiding Officer, Debts Recovery Tribunal-III, Mumbai
  5. Atul Madhukar Kurhekar, Retired, Maharashtra Judicial Service, former Secretary General, Supreme Court of India 30.10.1964
  6. Bhaskar Reddy Vemireddy, Designated Senior Advocate, Telangana High Court
  7. Dharnendra Kumar Rana, Practicing Advocate
  8. Griesh Kumar Vaish, Retired as District Judge, Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service
  9. Gunvantlal Manchanddas Patel, Member (President Incharge), Gujarat Value Added Tax Tribunal, Ahmedabad
  10. H G Nagarathna, Retired as District Judge, Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal, Bengaluru
  11. Hemant Bajaj, Practicing Advocate
  12. Jaishree Ahuja, Retired District Judge, Uttar Pradesh
  13. Jatinder Pal Singh, Practicing advocate
  14. Jitendra Kumar Singh, Retired as District & Sessions Judge, Azamgarh, UP Judicial Service, serving as Member (Judicial) U.P. Public Services Tribunal, Lucknow
  15. Mahtab Ahmad, UP Judicial Service, presently serving as Member Judicial, Railways Claims Tribunal (RCT), Guwahati
  16. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Bihar Judicial Service, Retired as Registrar (Vigilance), Patna High Court
  17. Manoj Shankar, Retired District Judge, Siwan, Bihar, presently serving as Presiding officer, Industrial Tribunal, Patna
  18. Narendra Bahadur Yadav, Retired as District and Sessions Judge, Balrampur, UP higher Judicial Service, Chairperson, Permanent Lok Adalat, Bahraich
  19. Narendra Kumar, Retired as Principal Judge, Family Court, Sharanpur, UP Higher Judicial Service
  20. Naresh Katyal, Retired as District and Sessions Judge, Kaithal, presently serving as Judicial Member, Haryana State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, Panchkula
  21. Neelkunth Sahay, Retired as District and Sessions Judge, Pilibhit, presently serving as President Consumer Forum, Lucknow
  22. P Dinesha, Practicing advocate, Member (Judicial), CESTAT
  23. Prabhakaran P M, Practicing Advocate
  24. Pradeep Kumar Vyas, Retired as Principal District and Sessions Judge, presently serving as Judicial Member, MP Commercial Tax Appellate Board, Bhopal
  25. Pramod Kumar Rai, Practicing Advocate
  26. Praveen Kumar Jain, Retired as District Judge, Kannauj. Presently serving as President District Consumer Dispute 21.05.1961 Redressal Commission, Ghaziabad, UP
  27. R Hemalatha, Practicing Advocate
  28. Rajeev Purushottm Pande, Retired District Judge
  29. Rajesh Jain, Practicing Advocate
  30. Rajkumar Sharma, Special Judge, NDPS Cases Court, Jodhpur Metropolitan
  31. Rakesh Syal, Delhi Higher Judicial Services, Special Judge (PC Act) (CBI), Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi
  32. Ramesh Nair, Member (Judicial), CESTAT, Ahmedabad
  33. Justice (Retd.) Roopesh Chandra Varshney, Retired as Judge, High Court of Madya Pradesh.
  34. Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, Retired as Principal Judge (Family Court), Central, Tis Hazari Court, Delhi.
  35. Sanjay Kumar Chandhariyavi, Retired as Principal District Judge, Dumka
  36. Sanjaykumar Dwivedi, Practicing Advocate
  37. Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Retired District Judge, UP Higher Judicial Service
  38. Justice (Retd.) Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay, Retired as Judge, High Court of Tripura
  39. Senthil Kumar T R, Judicial Member, ITAT, Ahmedabad
  40. Shailaja Shashikant Sawant, Judicial Member, Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal, Mumbai
  41. Sridhar Mahadeo Bhosale, Retried as Principal District & Sessions Judge, Diu and Daman
  42. Somnath Ganguli, Practicing Advocate
  43. Srikanth Venkatraman, Practicing Advocate
  44. Subramanya Vishwanatha Rayaprol, Practicing Advocate
  45. Suchismita Misra, Retired District Judge, Odisha Judicial Service
  46. Suman Jain, Practicing Advocate
  47. Sunil Kumar Singh, Presiding Officer, State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Jharkhand, Ranchi
  48. Sushil Kumar Sharma, serving Judicial Member, Madhya Pradesh Arbitration Tribunal, Bhopal
  49. Tushsar Kanti Satapathy, Practicing Advocate
  50. Upendra Kumar Singh, Retired as Principal District Judge, Madhya Pradesh
  51. Vimal Kumar Sapra-III, Retired as Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sonipat
  52. Vishesh Sharma, Retd. as District and Sessions Judge, UP Judicial Service, Chairman, Permanent Lok Adalat, Jhansi (State Legal Service Authority), UP