CBEC - Cases Pending Adjudication - Revenue Secretary Seeks Monitoring

By Vijay Kumar

IN a letter to all Chief Commissioners of Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax, the CBEC Member Ms. Ananya Ray notes that it is seen from the Monthly Performance Report (MPR) for the month of August 2015, that a large number of cases are pending adjudication before the adjudicating authorities at all levels. Secretary (Revenue) has in this regard directed that proper monitoring and reporting mechanism of these cases should be put in place, so that they can be disposed off within a prescribed time frame.

Now, she wants the Chief Commissioners to assign the cases of adjudication on a monthly basis in his jurisdiction to the officers in personam and ensure that the officer to whom the case has been assigned disposes of the said case. In the event of his transfer out of that jurisdiction he should not be relieved till he has disposed of the said cases.

She further wants the Chief Commissioners to monitor the pendency of the adjudication cases on monthly basis by the 5th, for the cases of the previous month and report submitted to the Zonal Member clearly indicating the reasons for not disposal along with a copy to the J.S. (Review).

CBEC Instruction No.1/2015 in F.No.1080/09/DLA/Misc./15., Dated October 23, 2015