Public Notice No. 1627/2025 of the Office of the Commissioner of Central Tax, Bengaluru dated 7th June, 2025 on service under the Government [C1B-Z40]

Public Notice No. 1627/2025

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Office of the Commissioner of Central Tax, Bengaluru

Bengaluru, dated the 7th June, 2025

PUBLIC NOTICE

To

All Statistics Officers,

Subject: Service under the Government by Government servants under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, regarding.

Attention of the trade and all concerned is invited to section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and to the circulars issued thereunder.

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the manner in which section 168 applies to service under the Government by Government servants.

2. The matter has been examined. Every Government servant carrying on service under the Government shall make an application in Form 7 to the Records Officer within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which service under the Government is undertaken, and the Records Officer shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this public notice may be brought to the notice of the Office of the Commissioner of Central Tax, Bengaluru.

(Under Secretary to the Government of India)