Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 7: The State Taxes Enforcement Wing (Central) Jammu has achieved a historic milestone, realizing a record penalty of Rs 3.45 crore from 878 established GST violation cases during the 2025-26 financial year, marking an enhancement of 21% increase in revenue realization as compared to the last financial year.
The achievement marks the highest revenue collection within the Jammu division, underscoring the department’s intensified crackdown on tax evasion.
In a massive operational sweep, the enforcement team verified over 3.75 lakh E-Way bills. The inspections targeted critical compliance gaps, including the movement of goods without E-Way bills or e-invoices, misclassification of goods, quantity mismatches and incorrect tax rate declarations. Major commodities involved in these penalties included metal scrap, marble/granite, cement, electronics, tobacco products and TMT.
The successful operations were led by Deputy Commissioner State Taxes, Enforcement (Central), Jammu Sonu Pargal, under the strategic supervision of Namrita Dogra, Additional Commissioner State Taxes (Enforcement & Administration) and P.K. Bhat, Commissioner of State Taxes, J&K.
Building on this momentum, the Central Enforcement team has already realized Rs 30 lakh in penalties in the current financial year. Beyond enforcement, the department has launched extensive awareness drives in remote areas to educate traders, transporters and consumers on the GST Act, 2017.
Lauding the outstanding performance of team Enforcement Wing Central Jammu, Dogra stated “Our goal is to foster a culture of voluntary compliance. While we remain firm in curbing tax evasion through data analytics and continuous monitoring, we also prioritize supporting the business community through education and transparent processes.”
The enforcement team including Assistant Commissioner Saima Sharief Khan and State Taxes Officers Ranjeet Kour, Sonia Parihar, Simmi, Ashwani Kumar, Chander Badan and Amit Jain expressed appreciation for the majority of transporters and drivers who consistently adhere to GST regulations.
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