Pune – II Central Excise Commissionerate is now Kolhapur Commissionerate
CBEC has amended Notification No. 14/2002 – Central Excise NT which specifies the jurisdiction of Chief Commissioners, Commissioners and Commissioners (Appeals). Pune II is now to be read as Kolhapur.
But there are other notifications;
1. Notification No. 24/2005-CENTRAL EXCISE ( N.T. ), Dated: May 13, 2005, which specifies the Committees of Chief Commissioners of Central Excise.
2. Notification No. 25/2005-CENTRAL EXCISE ( N.T), Dated: May 13, 2005, which specifies the Committees of Commissioners of Central Excise.
3. Notification No. 14/2002-Customs ( N.T), DATED : March 7, 2002, which appoints Chief Commissioners of Customs.
4. Notification No. 39/2005-Customs (NT), DATED : May 13, 2005, which specifies the Committees of Chief Commissioners of Customs.
5. Notification No. 49/2005-Customs ( N.T), Dated: June 17, 2005 which specifies the Committees of Commissioners of Customs.
All the above notifications mention Pune II Commissionerate. But only one notification namely 14/2002 – CE NT has been amended. The Board needs to substitute Kolhapur for Pune II in all the above notifications.
Hopefully they will do it soon, before some Tribunal throws out their cases for lack of jurisdiction. Or perhaps they have already done it and are keeping it a secret for some strange reason and will reveal it in a couple of days.
Notification NO. , Dated: April 17, 2009