Form Mechanism to Adjudicate Disputes Between Centre, States: Punjab FM on GST Stalemate

It was not the correct position as the standing committee had clearly made the recommendation, which is now incorporated in Constitution as Article 279 A (11), he said. Intervening on GST compensation at the 42nd meeting of the GST Council through video conference, Badal said the existing situation was squarely covered by the said clause, though he wished that this issue could be resolved outside this mechanism.

Without mincing any words, the finance minister said: ”We are thus close to setting up some dangerous precedents: Good bye to the Constitution. Good bye to Compensation Law. Good bye to minutes of the Council meetings. Good bye to learned Attorney General’s (AG) opinion.” Apprising the chairperson of the council and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Badal said: “There is massive responsibility on our shareholders, yours in particular. We are close to causing irreparable damage to One-Nation-One-Tax concept that is the soul of the Law.” Badal said it was with this understanding that he had suggested a group of ministers (GoM) on the subject and was sure it would be able to look at the issues with calmness and in a far greater spirit of accommodation of concerns of all. He demanded that the state should be compensated as per law.