Steps to clear the backlog of challans. - Income Tax - 1458/CBDT

INSTRUCTION NO. 1458/CBDT Dated: March 8, 1982 I am directed to refer to Boards letter No.385/4/81-IT(B) dated 15th February 1981 wherein you were informed of the introduction of special messenger arrangements by the authorised public sector banks at their link branches for collecting the scrolls from their branches and passing them alongwith the challans to the focal point bank branches on the very date of the receipt of taxes from the public during the 2nd fortnight of March 1981. 2. It has been decided in consultation with the RBI to introduce the same arrangements in the month of March, 1982 w.e.f. 15-3-82. 3. For clearing the backlog of challans, if any, the offices of the banks have also been advised to get the same if any cleared positively before 15th March 1982. 4. It is essential that the daily special messenger arrangements by the RBI are followed strictly by the authorised public sector banks at various places in your charge. It is therefore requested that proper liasion may please be established with the managers of the focal bank branches at appropriate levels to ensure that the authorised public sector banks follow strictly the daily special messenger arrangements for crediting the collections of the last 15 working days of March 1982 to the Government account in the same financial year. For this purpose daily and thorough checking of scrolls/challans received by the CTUs/LTUs/ single ITO unit is necessary to identify the receiving bank branches which may not send to their link banks the scrolls/challans on the very day of the receipt of payments from the assessees. 5. Any instance of delay in the receipt of bank scrolls/challans beyond 2 days should be taken up immediately with the managers of the concerned focal bank branches and the difficulties sorted out in the way of expeditious receipt of challans by the designated officers. In case any difficulty remains unresolved the matter should be brought to the notice of chief controller of accounts (CBDT) or of the undersigned by phone or telex so that the matter can be taken up with the RBI.