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CGST Rule 138E — Restriction on furnishing information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01

ACTIVEEXACT TEXT RELEASE HOLD
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Official sources

Use the official source for the controlling wording, footnotes, effective date and amendment history.

Source review date: 2026-07-28. Historical-period questions require the version applicable to the transaction date.

Repository module professional rule control

Legal state: ACTIVE · Checked: 27 July 2026. Current e-way bill blocking/restriction framework; verify current return-default and Commissioner-relaxation conditions before reliance.

Why Rule 138E matters

Restriction on furnishing information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01 should be read with its enabling CGST Act provision, prescribed forms, amendment notification, transaction date and the live portal workflow. This page remains noindex for exact-text reliance until the local legal text passes the two-source text-release gate.

Rule → Form → evidence bridge

FORM GST EWB-05FORM GST EWB-06
  • Confirm the Rule version that was operative on the relevant date.
  • Check every proviso, explanation, inserted/omitted sub-rule and commencement notification.
  • Use the current prescribed form/portal utility rather than a saved legacy template.
  • Preserve the Rule source, filing/approval evidence, computation and decision-maker trail.

Finin2min decision path

  1. Trigger: What transaction, registration event, return, credit, valuation, refund, appeal or enforcement event activates this Rule?
  2. Date: Which Rule version and amendment notification applied on that date?
  3. Conditions: Have every mandatory condition and exception been tested?
  4. Form/portal: Is the prescribed form or electronic workflow the correct current version?
  5. Evidence: Can the conclusion be reconstructed from books, invoices, portal records and official sources?

Practical cases

Transaction test

Fix the tax period, legal trigger and effective version of the Rule.

Portal execution

Reconcile portal fields to the legal rule and retain the generated acknowledgement/order.

Dispute readiness

Preserve source version, computation and evidence so the position can be defended later.

Accounting, ERP and portal controls

  • Do not let an ERP default or portal auto-population override the legal Rule.
  • Map the Rule trigger to the correct tax period and retain before/after reconciliation where values change.
  • Archive ARN, acknowledgements, generated PDFs, payment/ledger records, notices and orders where applicable.

Notice and litigation risk

  • Separate a portal mismatch from a statutory breach; they are not automatically the same issue.
  • Identify whether a circular/instruction is clarificatory or whether an amendment changed the Rule itself.
  • Apply judicial hierarchy: Supreme Court → jurisdictional High Court → other High Courts → GSTAT; AAR/AAAR is not universal precedent.

Common mistakes

  • Using today's Rule for an older transaction without an effective-date test.
  • Reading a form instruction as if it overrides the Act or Rule.
  • Ignoring State/UT procedural overlays where the Rule requires a local notification or officer action.
  • Treating a source-gated local reproduction as cleared statutory text.

Finin2min Q&A

What does CGST Rule 138E deal with?
Restriction on furnishing information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01. Start with the operative Rule version and then test the connected Act provision, forms and amendments.
Which GST form is connected to Rule 138E?
EWB-05, EWB-06 The Rule and live portal workflow control.
Can I rely only on the GST portal?
No. Portal functionality is execution infrastructure; legal eligibility and consequences come from the Act, Rules and valid instruments.
What should I keep on file?
The official Rule version used, amendment/effective-date evidence, underlying transaction records, computation, portal submission and resulting acknowledgement/order.
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