How to Register Gumasta License in Mumbai

Gumasta license is a certificate which is necessary if one starts his or her own business or entity. If you have a physical shop or a office in Mumbai where the business is done, Gumasta License is a must. It gives you a proof of a particular business being done at that place.

How to Register Gumasta License in MumbaiThe Shop and Establishment Act

The Shop and Establishment Act is called as Gumasta in the regional language in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

All the shops have to be registered under this act

The objectives of the act are:

• provide statutory obligation and rights to employees and employers in the unorganized sector of employment, i.e., shops and establishments.
• regulate the conditions of work and employment in shops, commercial establishments, residential hotels, restaurants, eating houses, theaters and other places of public entertainment.

Online Gumasta License gives you a legal permission to do a business in that shop. Even if you are doing a small business or even a service provider, Gumasta license is a must for everyone.

Various documents are required to obtain a Gumasta License. It is listed below:

1. Aadhar card
2. PAN Card
3. An Address proof like electricity bill or an NOC from an owner
4. Application letter in the prescribed format to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
5. Authority Letter for Business
6. Form-A which is an application for Registration within 30 days of starting any work to the inspector of the area
7. Government Prescribed Fees for a partnership Firm
8. Partnership Deed
9. Pan Card of the PARTNERSHIP Firm
10. Partner’s ID Proof and address proof

If it is a Private Limited company

1. Memorandum and Article Of association
2. Certificate Of incorporation
3. Director’s ID and Address proof.

Procedure to apply for Gumasta License:

• Go to the website http://www.mcgm.gov.in
• Click on Citizen Services button and then on the Shops and Establishment tab.
• Now select apply for registration
• Click on Shops and Establishment section
• Click on ‘Add Form’ and fill up all the required details mentioned there.
• Now after filling the information, submit the form and a challan number is generated.
• Pay the required fees by the payment option by specifying challan number of the application.
• Click on submit button and after clicking the submit button a UTN number is generated.
• Print the form and take it to the Gumasta Mumbai office along with the documents required.

It is necessary to keep tracking the application by the Track your Application if there are any errors or pending documents.

Gumasta License Registration is a must for a newbie to establish and grow the business speedily without any complications. Various benefits and tax subsidies can also be availed if we have Gumasta License.

LegalDocs provides services in Company Incorporation, Gst, FSSAI Registration, Affidavits and Rental agreements.