A Two Member Board
MR. Shashi Bhushan Singh, Member of CBEC retired on 28th February 2015. Now there are only two Members in the Board including the Chairman. The Member Ms. Joy Kumari Chander is to retire in May 2015 and the Chairman Mr. Kaushal Srivastava will retire in June. If they are not able to appoint a Member by May 2015, in June the Board will consist of only the Chairman and no Member and if they are not able to make the appointment till June, then Board will have no Member or Chairman. The next Member to join the Board will become the Chairman in three months if they manage to appoint him by 1 st April. If they wait for four months, they can directly appoint a Chief Commissioner as Chairman.
In the meantime the just retired Member SB Singh has been appointed as Advisor, CBEC for a period of three months or till further orders, whichever is earlier. Perhaps they hope to appoint a few Members within three months.