Delay in speedy distribution of challans by CTUs/LTUs. - Income Tax - 1223/CBDT

INSTRUCTION NO. 1223/CBDT Dated : December 13, 1978 Distribution of challans by the CTUs/LTUs is being delayed considerably in a few commissioners charges and the challans are reaching the ITOs only after 3-4 weeks of their receipt from the focal point branch of the bank by the CTU/LTU. Such delays in the distribution of challans are not only affecting the tax collections adversely by delaying the identification of the tax defaulters but they are also inflating the figures of tax arrears artificially. The Board are greatly concerned at this state of affairs and apprehend that the charges where it exist, will find it difficult to achieve the targets for collection/reduction of tax arrears fixed for the current financial year. 2. One of the factors that account for delay in the speedy distribution of challans is their bulk receipts during the period the instalments of advance tax are paid by the tax payers. It is therefore requested that this problem if it exists in your charge should be given very serious consideration and additional staff may be deployed for the purpose in the CTU. If necessary the staff concerned may be put on overtime duty to clear the heavy receipts of challans during the period advance tax instalments are paid. The target should be to ensure that the challans received by the CTUs reach the ITOs within 5-7 working days at the latest of their receipt from the focal point bank branches. 3. The Board has also decided that all challans received by the CTUs/LTUs upto the end of December 1978 should be distributed among the ITOs and be posted by them in the D CR wherever required latest by the 15th of January 1979 and placed on the respective files. 4. The ITOs should be requested to send you a suitable certificate about the posting of the challans wherever required in the D CRs and their placement of all the challans in the respective files. Each CIT will send the following certificate to the Board by the 31st January, 1979.: "Certified that the challans received from the focal point bank branches upto 31st December 1978 have been distributed to the respective ITOs. Wherever required, they have been posted in the D CRs of the ITOs by 15th January 1979 and all the challans have been placed on the respective files of the tax payers." 5. Wherever System Teams are functioning they should be requested to test check that this work has been completed within the target date as indicated above. Any lapses noticed by them in this regard after 15-1-79 should be reported to you for suitable action against the officials concerned.