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No.: DIT(IT)/Sr. & Jr. Stand. Counsel./08-09
Dated : 30-9-2008

Engagement of Sr. Standing Counsels and Jr. Standing Counsels to represent
Income Tax Department before ITAT, Mumbai

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), New Delhi desires to engage Senior Standing Counsels and Junior Standing Counsels for representing I.T. Department before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, for various reasons. For this purpose, the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax Mumbai has been authorised to draw a panel of standing counsels comprising a maximum of two Senior Standing Counsels and two Junior Standing Counsels for each bench. In this regard qualification of counsels has been indicated by the CBDT as under:

  1. Junior Standing Counsel: In order to be eligible for appointment as Junior Standing Counsels a person should

  1. Be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the High Court.

  2. Have a minimum experience of three years handling preferably direct tax matters before High Courts or Tribunals.

OR

Have been officer of the income Tax Department who retired/resigned from the post of Additional CIT or below and is enrolled/registered as an advocate in the High Court provided that he has not been remover/dismissed or compulsorily retired from service on account of disciplinary action against him and no disciplinary proceedings under Service rules or Pension rules is pending against him.

  1. Senior Standing Counsels: In order to be eligible for appointment as Senior Standing Counsels a person should

  1. Be enrolled/registered as an advocate with the High Court

  2. Have a minimum experience of five years handling preferably direct tax matters before High Courts or Tribunals.

OR

Have been a Junior Standing Counsel of the department for three years.

OR

Have been officer of the Income Tax Department who retired/resigned from the post of Commissioner of Income-tax or above or retired/resigned as Member/Chairman of ITAT/Settlement Commission and is enrolled/registered as an advocate in the High Court. Provided that he has not been removed/dismissed or compulsorily retired from service on account of disciplinary action against him and no disciplinary proceedings under Service rules or Pension rules is pending against him.

The appointment would be for a period of three years, which can be renewed as per terms of appointment agreed upon. Details of eligibility criteria, terms and conditions of appointment can be obtained from the office of the undersigned Proforma-A for making application is appeared below.

(Girish Dave)
Director of Income-tax
(International Taxation, Mumbai)

Proforma ‘A-I’

Proforma for application by officers who have retired/resigned from the Income Tax Department or retired/resigned as Member/Chairman of ITAT/Settlement Commission.

  1. Name of the person

  2. PAN – Permanent Account Number

  3. Father’s Name

  4. Date of Birth

  5. Address for correspondence

  6. Permanent address

  7. *, Educational Qualification

  8. Date of joining Government Service/Income-tax Department

  9. Designation and office address of the last post held

  10. Date of retirement/resignation from the service

  11. * Date of enrolment in High Court as Counsel.

  12. * Date of empanelment as member of Bar Council of High Court.

  13. If a partner in a firm, name/names of the firm and other partners.

  14. Category of counsel for which applied (Jr. Standing Counsel/Sr. Standing Counsel.

Verification

I _________________________________ S/o. _____________________________________________ do hereby declare that whatever has been stated in the above application is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I further declare that I have not been removed from the service due to any disciplinary proceeding and no disciplinary proceedings under Service rules or Pension rules are pending against me as on date.

Signature
Dated:
Place:

* Appellant to submit documentary proof with respect to aforesaid.