Nonagenarian Superintendent felicitated
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.VASUDEO Sakharam Bhadgaonkar is 94 years old. He retired after putting in 35 years of service and has been receiving pension since the past 35 years. He is fit and healthy, goes for his daily morning and evening walks and does not require any walking stick, hearing aid or for that matter any spectacles.
He joined the Central Excise Department on 27.08.1942 and retired on 31.10.1977 as Superintendent of Central Excise, Bombay.
Last Saturday, he was at NACEN, Bhandup, Mumbai.
Wondering, what was he doing there?
He was felicitated by the Central Excise & Service Tax Superintendents Association, Mumbai along with many other retired Superintendents who were very much younger to him - by three decades and more.
When asked to speak a few words, he thanked everyone with tears in his eyes, for having remembered him and making him feel as being on top of the world.
He was up to date for he enquired with the retirees about the "Negative list" in Service Tax and also the much talked about Board Circular on recovery issued in the New Year. Drawing a parallel with the Tariff Item system of classification, in vogue during his tenure in the department, and Service Tax, he said it was something like TI 68 AGNOES (All Goods Not Elsewhere Specified). With some funny anecdotes of his career, he mesmerized everyone with his sharp wit and memory.
It is good to see an Association remembering a veteran like Vasudeo and felicitating him. We are sure this gesture will add a few more years to the inspiring life of Mr. Vasudeo Sakharam Bhadgaonkar. May he live to a hundred - and more!