Para 3 - Appointment and Tenure - Income Tax Ombudsman Guidelines 2010

CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF INCOME-TAX OMBUDSMAN 3. Appointment and Tenure I. On the recommendations of a Committee consisting of the Secretary, Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes and the Member (Personnel), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the Central Government may appoint one or more persons as Ombudsman. II. The Ombudsman selected shall be a person who has held a post in the Government of India in the HAG scale of pay of Rs.67,000-79,000/-(pre-revised pay scale of Rs.22,400-525-24,500) on regular basis for at least one year and shall preferably be a resident of the city where he/she is proposed to be appointed. He/she shall be a serving officer (as on the last date for receipt of applications) preferably of the Indian Revenue Service (Income-Tax). If a suitable officer from that service is not available, officers of equivalent grade of any other Group 'A' service of the Central Government may be appointed. When appointed as Ombudsman, the officer, if he/she is still in service under the Government of India, shall seek retirement from Government service, before entering upon the office as an Ombudsman. III. The Ombudsman shall be independent of the jurisdiction of the Income-tax department. IV. The Ombudsman shall be appointed for a tenure of 2 years extendable by one year or till the incumbent attains the age of 63 years, whichever is earlier based on performance appraisal. There shall be no reappointment. Performance appraisal shall be made by the Committee constituted in clause 3.1.