One Commissioner under unauthorised leave, three under suspension
UNDER the CBEC, at present out of total 295 posts in the grade of Commissioner, 44 posts are vacant. Further, three officers are under suspension. Thus, the effective working strength in the grade is only 248. In addition, one officer is on unauthorized leave. CBEC informs in the same letter to Chief Commissioners mentioned above. In such a situation, the Board informs, where 16% posts in the grade of Commissioner are vacant, it may not be possible for CBEC to post extra Commissioner level officers to Hyderabad and Vadodara Zones exclusively for adjudication of pending cases.
If you read DDT regularly, you will know who the Commissioner on unauthorised leave is.
CBEC F.No. C-30013/19/2012-Ad.IVA/Ad.II, Dated June 25, 2013