New Delhi: With the approval of the Competent Authority, benches have been officially allotted to the 83 appointed Technical and Judicial Members of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT). This step follows the formal launch of GSTAT by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 24 September 2025, marking a key milestone in strengthening the GST dispute resolution framework in India. Technical Members (Centre) The following Technical Members representing the Centre have been allotted benches across various cities - Ajay Dixit – Patna Alok Chopra – Lucknow Amand Shah – Dehradun Ashish Varma – Prayagraj Bijoy Bihari Mohapatra – Ranchi Bijoy Kumar Kar – Kolkata Duvvuri Krishna Srinivas – Hyderabad Hir Bhagat Negi – Shimla J. Michael Kennedy – Mumbai Jogiranjan Panigrahi – Guwahati Kishori Lal – Rajkot M. Mathew Jolly – Coimbatore Nirmal Kumar Soren – Pune Pradeep Kumar Goel – Chandigarh Pramod Kumar – Jammu Pramod Kumar Singh – Ahmedabad Rajiv Kapoor – Delhi Raju Ahuja – Bhopal Ram Niwas – Jodhpur Ramamoorthi Sriram – Ernakulam Ranjan Kumar Sahoo – Cuttack Sandeep Kumar – Gurugram Satish Kumar Agrawal – Raipur Shaik Khader Rahman – Chennai Sudha Koka – Bengaluru Sungita Sharma – Ghaziabad Sunil Kumar Das – Nagpur Sunil Kumar Sinha – Jaipur Technical Members (State) The State-level Technical Members are posted as follows: Ananjai Kumar Rai – Varanasi Arvind Kumar – Lucknow Bhausaheb Vishram Borhade – Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar David Thomas Alvaris – Mumbai Prallhad Shrikrishna Paranjape – Thane Vivek Kumar – Agra Read also: Delhi HC Quashes 20-Year-Old Compulsory Retirement of 72-Year-Old CISF Officer Over Sexual Harassment Allegations Judicial Members The Judicial Members of GSTAT and their posting locations include: A. P. Ravi – Hyderabad Ajai Kumar Srivastava – Shimla Ajeet Singh – Agra Arun Kumar Singal – Delhi Atul Madhukar Kurhekar – Mumbai Bhaskar Reddy Vemireddy – Vijayawada Dharnendra Kumar Rana – Mumbai Griesh Kumar Vaish – Chennai Gunvantlal Manchanddas Patel – Ahmedabad H. G. Nagarathna – Bengaluru Hemant Bajaj – Jaipur Jaishree Ahuja – Jodhpur Jatinder Pal Singh – Chandigarh Jitendra Kumar Singh – Jammu Mahtab Ahmad – Prayagraj Manoj Kumar Sinha – Patna Manoj Shankar – Patna Narendra Bahadur Yadav – Varanasi Narendra Kumar – Lucknow Naresh Katyal – Dehradun Neelkunth Sahay – Kolkata Prabhakaran P. M. – Bengaluru Pradeep Kumar Vyas – Raipur Pramod Kumar Rai – Rajkot Praveen Kumar Jain – Chennai Rajeev Purushottam Pande – Nagpur Rajesh Jain – Dehradun Rajkumar Sharma – Jodhpur Rakesh Syal – Gurugram Ramesh Nair – Thane Roopesh Chandra Varshney – Bhopal Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal – Delhi Sanjay Kumar Chandhariyavi – Ghaziabad Sanjaykumar Dwivedi – Surat Santosh Kumar Srivastava – Lucknow Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay – Kolkata Shailaja Shashikant Sawant – Ahmedabad Shridhar Mahadeo Bhosale – Pune Somnath Ganguli – Guwahati Srikanth Venkatraman – Bengaluru Subramanya Viswanatha Rayap – Ernakulam Suchismita Misra – Cuttack Suman Jain – Jalandhar Sunil Kumar Singh – Kolkata Sushil Kumar Sharma – Hyderabad Tushsar Kanti Satapathy – Ranchi Upendra Kumar Singh – Bhopal Vimal Kumar Sapra – Hisar Vishesh Sharma – Jaipur Significance of Bench Allotment The allotment of benches to 83 members of GSTAT is a major step toward operationalizing the tribunal. With members deployed across multiple regions, GSTAT is poised to streamline dispute resolution under the GST regime, improve taxpayer grievance redressal, and enhance efficiency in adjudicating GST-related matters across India. Read also: Supreme Court Strengthens Service Law, Upholds CISF Constable Dismissal for Second Marriage
