Service tax Commissionerate — Setting up of - Service Tax - A. 11013/47/2004-Ad. IV

Service tax Commissionerate Setting up of Letter No. A. 11013/47/2004-Ad. IV, dated 14-9-2004 Consequent upon the creation of six Service Tax Commissionerates notified vide Ministry's Order No. 4/2/2004-Service Tax, dated 18th May, 2004, it has been decided by the Central Board of Excise Customs to divert the following posts of Commissioner (Appeals) along with the attached posts of Private Secretaries to the Service Tax Commissionerates mentioned against each of them : S. No. Existing post Diverted as (i) Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals)-I, Mumbai Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai (ii) Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals)-IV, Delhi. Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi. (iii) Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals)-II, Trichy Commissioner of Service Tax, Chennai. (iv) Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals)-III. Kolkata Commissioner of Service Tax, Kolkata (v) Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals)-I, Bangalore Commissioner of Service Tax, Bangalore (vi) Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals)-V, Ahmedabad Commissioner of Service Tax, Ahmedabad 2. The strength of the six Service Tax Commissionerates and Divisions and their jurisdiction is given in the Annexure (Not printed). All the posts, except those of Commissioners which are sanctioned by diversion of posts as given above, shall be redeployed by the Zonal Chief Commissioners from the existing sanctioned strength of the respective Central Excise Zones where there shall be a corresponding reduction in the sanctioned strength. In no case, the total sanctioned strength shall exceed the existing sanctioned strength in each cadre. 3. It has also been decided to give the additional charge of the Service Tax Commissionerates to the officers in the Senior Administrative Grade shown below with immediate effect and till the posts are filled on regular basis. S. No. Name Designation (S/Shri/Ms.) Jurisdiction of Service Tax Commissionerates (i) H.K. Sharan, Commissioner, Central Excise, Delhi-III Delhi (ii) R.P. Raheja, ADG, Service Tax, Mumbai Mumbai (iii) K.M. Nair, ADG, NACEN, Chennai Chennai (iv) Lipika Majumdar Roy Choudhury, Commissioner, Kolkata Customs Kolkata (v) Subhash Chander, ADG, Audit, Bangalore Bangalore (vi) B.S. Vasudev, Commissioner, Ahmedabad CX Ahmedabad 4. The Service Tax Commissionerates shall be set up through adjustment and sharing of the existing infrastructure facilities subject to the following conditions :- (a) The budgetary provisions available with the existing cadre controlling/Budgetary authorities will be re-allocated to the Service Tax Commissionerates by the respective supervisory Chief Commissioners of Central Excise. No additional fund will be provided. (b) The details of the Service Tax collections from major service providers like BSNL, private cellular operators etc., shall be maintained separately and provided to IFU as and when demanded. 5. The cadre controlling Chief Commissioners shall ensure that the above orders are complied with forthwith and the Service Tax Commissionerates are operationalised by 15th September, 2004. The Chief Commissioners shall ensure that a copy of the order re-allocating staff and budgetary provisions are faxed to the undersigned and Commissioner, DOPM by 20-9-2004. 6. This issues with the approval of Integrated Finance Unit and Department of Expenditure vide Dy. No. 331/04-IFU (B A), dated 13-9-2004 and ID 2(15)/E-III/desk/2004, dated 10-9-2004 respectively.