Submission of reports to Income Tax Settlement Commission - Income Tax - F.No. 299/130/2013-IT(Inv.III)/650

F. No. 299/130/2013-IT (Inv.III)/650 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes E-2, ARA Centre, Ground Floor, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi. Dated : 29th April, 2016 To All Pr. Chief Commissioners of Income Tax, All Directors General of Income Tax (Inv.), All Chief Commissioners of Income Tax(Central) All Commissioners of Income Tax (DR), ITSC Sub : Submission of reports to Income Tax Settlement Commission - Reg. Madam/Sir, Kind reference is invited to CBDT s letter of even number dated 13.12.2013 on the above subject (copy enclosed). 2. In this regard, the undersigned is directed to draw your kind attention to the relevant portion of paragraph l(iii) of the above mentioned letter which is reproduced as under: CsIT having jurisdiction over the cases are not submitting various reports under their name and signature. In some of the cases, such reports are either being submitted by the Assessing Officers directly to the ITSC or are being submitted to the concerned Range Joint/Addl. CIT for forwarding to the office of the jurisdictional CIT, and thereafter, the said reports are being forwarded by the ITO(Hq) concerned to the ITSC, Rules of ITSC (Procedure) Rules, 1997, prescribe submission of reports of the ITSC by the CIT concerned only. 3. It is, however, seen that PCsIT are not submitting reports to Hon ble Income Tax Settlement Commission under their name and signature. Instead, junior officers are directly submitting the reports. 4. I am directed to reiterate the above instruction regarding submission of the report by PCsIT and to state that henceforth, non compliance will be seriously viewed. 5. This issues with the approval of Member (Inv.), CBDT. Yours faithfully, (Amit Mohan Mittal) Under Secretary to the Govt. Of India, Tel./Fax : 011- 23519409 E-mail : [email protected]