Committee of Chief Commissioners to review orders of Commissioners – change in jurisdiction

By Vijay Kumar

1. Chief Commissioner, Pune and Chief Commissioner, Customs, Mumbai III will constitute the Committee of Chief Commissioners for the Pune Customs Commissioner.

NOTIFICATION NO. 04/2008- Cus .( N.T. ), Dated: January 15, 2008

2. Chief Commissioner LTU , Bangalore and Chief Commissioner, Customs, Bangalore will be the Committee for orders passed by Commissioner, LTU , Bangalore for Central Excise and Service Tax cases.

Chief Commissioner LTU , Chennai and Chief Commissioner, Customs, Chennai will be the Committee for orders passed by Commissioner, LTU , Chennai for Central Excise and Service Tax cases.

NOTIFICATION NO. 1/2008- CX .. ( N.T. ), Dated: January 15, 2008

3. Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax , Large Tax Payers Unit, Bangalore and Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-III will be the Committee of Commissioners for orders passed by Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals), Large Tax Payers Unit, Bangalore.

Similarly Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax , Large Tax Payers Unit, Chennai and Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai-I , will be the committee for orders passed by Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals), Large Tax Payers Unit, Chennai.

NOTIFICATION NO. 2/2008- CX .. ( N.T. ), Dated: January 15, 2008

The concept of these Committees is creating a lot of difficulties in the field – more on that some other time.