Time bound disposal – Are they serious?
In Central Excise also they had stipulated a time schedule – the Citizen's Charter proudly proclaims:-
WE SHALL
++ Acknowledge declarations, intimations, applications, returns and all communications on the spot and in any case within 7 days of their receipt.
++ Respond to all communication within 15 working days of its receipt.
++Settle any disputes relating to declarations or assessments within 10 working days of receipt of your written or oral explanation.
++Refund amounts due to you within 48 hours of the export of the goods in case of electronic declarations and 15 days in case of paper declarations.
++ Release, where your declaration relating to any consignment is complete and consignment is complete and correct,
++in case of exports, within 8 hours of filling an electronic declaration or within 24 hours of filing a paper declaration.
++in case of imports, within 24 hours of filling an electronic declaration or within 72 hours of filing a paper declaration
++ Complete excise registration formalities within 48 hours of receiving your application.
++ Return to you the input duty documents on which MODVAT credit has been availed of within 7 days of your submission.
++ Complete examination and clearance of your export consignment at your factory premises, whenever you seek such a facility, within 8 hours of receiving intimation.
++ Give you 15 days advance intimation before we undertake audit of your records.
In case of likely or inevitable delay in decision making or when an issue is disputed, we shall promptly communicate the reasons on our own initiative.
Have you ever had any of these happenings?