Hyderabad, Nov. 4 -- Restaurants that were no longer registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) kept charging customers the tax anyway, while others claimed credits they were barred from taking, Telangana's GST department has found.

According to The Times of India, more than 100 restaurants and eateries have been flagged, most of them in Hyderabad. A popular restaurant in the Madhapur-Hi-Tec City belt is among those under scrutiny, officials said.

Tax collected without registration

Around 100 establishments are being examined for collecting GST from customers after their registrations were cancelled, and nearly 10 have already been found doing so. Once a registration is cancelled, a business cannot collect tax or issue tax invoi...