Writing off of arrears – please don’t bother Chief Commissioner (TAR)
The Kanpur Central Excise Commissioner had written a letter to the Board through his Chief Commissioner on 25.04.2005 his proposal to write off arrears to the tune of Rs 5 Crores pertaining to M/s Kanpur Cigarettes Ltd. & Others. By his letter dated 15.02.2008, he has also informed the Chief Commissioner, TAR about the same.
Now the Chief Commissioner, TAR has written to the Board and the Commissioner, Kanpur and all the Chief Commissioners that:-
We may humbly state that abandonment/write off proposal for penalty, fine and for duties more than Rs.15 lakhs in each case needs to be routed through directly by Zonal Chief Commissioner to CBEC as such cases will fall within the competence and jurisdiction of the CBEC only. The Laws, Rules and Procedures as laid down by CBEC is already well known to Zonal Chief Commissioners. Perhaps the Chief Commissioner (TAR) should not be burdened for examining the proposal of write off falling within the competence of Board once the same has already been vetted by Chief Commissioner of the concerned Zone.
Well, this is how Government works and nobody knows what happened to the proposal of the Commissioner submitted in 2005!