The Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) has issued the  advisory on appeal withdrawal with respect to the waiver scheme namely GST Amnesty Scheme.

In the GST system, when Withdrawal application (APL 01W) for appeal is filed before issuance of final acknowledgment (APL 02) by the Appellate authority, then the system automatically withdraws the Appeal application (APL 01). In such cases, the status of the appeal application will automatically change from “Appeal submitted” to “Appeal withdrawn”.

However, if a withdrawal application is filed after issuance of final acknowledgment, then the withdrawal of such appeal is subject to the approval of the Appellate authority. Once the Appellate authority approves the withdrawal application, the status of the Appeal application changes from “Appeal submitted” to “Appeal withdrawn”.

Waiver scheme under Section 128A mandates that any appeal against the requisite demand order should not remain pending with Appellate authority. In both the above-mentioned cases, the status of the Appeal application is changed to “Appeal Withdrawn” which essentially fulfils the requirement.

While filing a waiver application or in the already filed waiver application, you need to upload the screenshot of the appeal case folder showing status as “Appeal withdrawn”.