HC pulls up IT staff for not acknowledging letters

[shobha nagrani]

The Bombay High Court has pulled up the Income Tax (IT) office for the 'casual approach' of its staff in not acknowledging letters received by them and their refusal to put therein the inward registration numbers.

Justice S J Kathawala, in a recent order, asked the IT authorities to take action against the erring clerks.

The judge also asked the department to forthwith issue a circular to the Commissioners of Income Tax of all the wards making it compulsory for the clerks to sign and put a serial or registration number on copies of letters received by them before handing them over to the bearer of the original letter.

"If such is the attitude of the clerk receiving mails of the ward offices of the Income Tax Office, it would cause grave inconvenience to the persons addressing letters to the Ward Officer, more particularly, a common man, since he would not have the registration number qua the letter forwarded by him to the Income Tax authorities," the judge said

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