Overview

• The government appointed 33 technical and judicial members to GSTAT, covering a principal bench in New Delhi and 31 regional benches
• Principal bench roles include Technical Member (State) A Venu Prasad, Technical Member (Centre) Anil Kumar Gupta and judicial member Mayank Kumar Jain
• GSTAT, established under the Central GST Act, 2017, was set up to resolve GST disputes swiftly and ease higher court caseloads
• Only six states—Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, Bihar, Maharashtra and Goa—have forwarded technical member nominations, delaying full pan-India functionality
• The Revenue Department has assured that GSTAT hearings will begin very soon to clear a backlog of tax appeals