CBI Arrests a Service Tax Supdt for taking a bribe of Rs.2000/-
A Service Tax Superintendent in Nadiad, Gujarat was arrested by CBI for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 2000/- for prompt delivery of Registration certificate. The Government pays the Superintendent about Rs. 75,000/- per month and he wanted Rs. 2000/- from an applicant for registration. And he will spend a few years in jail and lose his job. All for Rs. 2000/-? Not exactly! If there are a hundred registrations in a month he will get Rs. 2 lakhs - the officer is obviously very conservative. We are told that even contingent employees working on daily wages in Service Tax, privately employed by the Superintendents are demanding far higher amounts of money for doing what the Department is expected to do. This is not bribe for a favour; this is bribe you pay for what they are legally required to do.
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