Parliament Panel Tells the Centre to Clear Unauthorised Check-Posts Off the Highways

A parliamentary committee has told the Finance Ministry that physical check-posts are still stopping goods vehicles nine years after GST was meant to end them, and asked that the matter be put before the GST Council.

The Standing Committee on Finance has told the Revenue Department to verify on the ground whether physical check-posts have actually disappeared from India's highways. In an action-taken report reported as tabled in the Lok Sabha on 11 August 2026, the committee flagged that state police, commercial tax wings and highway authorities continue to operate stopping points on inter-State routes — despite GST having been designed to create a single barrier-free market with the e-way bill replacing physical verification at State borders.

The committee asked the Centre to coordinate with State governments to remove check-posts that have no statutory basis, and recommended that the issue be taken up so the GST Council can take immediate cognisance of it. Nothing in the law changes because of this. It is a recommendation to the executive, and enforcement powers under the Act are untouched.

What this means for you: if you consign goods out of Chennai to Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh or Kerala, a vehicle can still be intercepted and goods detained under Section 129 of the CGST Act, and a committee's disapproval is no defence. Keep the e-way bill, the tax invoice and the transport document matching each other, keep Part-B and the vehicle number current after every transhipment, and extend validity before it lapses rather than after. Most detention disputes turn on a clerical mismatch, not on evasion.

Committee reports can be traced on the Parliament Digital Library at https://eparlib.sansad.in/handle/123456789/13, and e-way bill rules and advisories at https://www.gst.gov.in.

Topics:GST check postsStanding Committee on Financee-way billsection 129 detentioninter-state goods movementGST Councilbarrier free marketChennai transportersTamil Nadu GSTgoods vehicle interception

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