New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering (DGAP), which probes goods and services tax (GST)-related profiteering cases, is likely to be wound up after completing pending investigations, according to two persons aware of the matter.

The DGAP is currently assisting the GST Appellate Tribunal's (GSTAT) principal bench in the national capital to decide the ongoing cases of GST-related profiteering by companies. New complaints are not being accepted from April this year, and the anti-profiteering regime will end with the closure of the ongoing cases.

GST Council had made the appellate tribunal the adjudicating authority for profiteering cases with effect from 1 October 2024, shifting the mandate from Competition Comm...