<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The GST Council Secretariat hasasked six states to expeditiously set up appellate authorities to enableaggrieved entities to file appeals against orders of the Authority for AdvanceRulings (AAR).</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Secretariat of the GST Councilhas shot off letters to Delhi, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, and Puducherry to fast track setting up ofAppellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAARs).</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As per the law, all states arerequired to set up at least one AAR for seeking advance ruling over GST levyand one appellate authority to hear appeals against the AAR order.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br />