Section 15(5)(a) in Odisha Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
(a)persons shall be deemed to be "related persons" if -(i)such persons are officers or directors of one another's businesses;(ii)such persons are legally recognised partners in business;(iii)such persons are employer and employee;(iv)any person directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds twenty-five per cent. or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them;(v)one of them directly or indirectly controls the other;(vi)both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person;(vii)together they directly or indirectly control a third person; or(viii)they are members of the same family.