Vide Order No. 53 of 2011 dated 30.3.2011 295 IRS Officers have been promoted as Joint Commissioners of Income-tax on an ad-hoc basis

The Minister of State for Finance has issued a letter dated 22.3.2011 stating that the names of Indian having bank accounts in Liechtenstein cannot be disclosed owing to the India-Germany DTAA which requires the information to be treated as “secret”.

The CBDT has issued Order Nos. 48 of 2011 and 49 of 2011 dated 25.3.2011 making All-India Postings & Transfers of Additional / Joint Commissioners and Deputy / Assistant Commissioners

Vide Order No. 2/FT&TR/2011 dated 24th March 2011, the CBDT has revised the territorial jurisdiction of the Dispute Resolution Panels across the Country. See also: DRP Constitution w.e.f 12.01.2011

Transfer of Hon’ble Members (March 2011)

Such a casual & cavalier response of senior-most functionaries in the field is disheartening for the Board, which is doing its best for the welfare of the entire cadre

The sitting list and assignment of Judicial Work on the Original side of the Bombay High Court on and from Monday, the 7th March 2011 until further orders will be as under

The Authorized representative and parties appearing before the various Benches of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, in person, are hereby informed that the Hon’ble President has been pleased to direct that with effect from 1st March, 2011, wherever there is a change in the address of the parties to the appeal, as provided in Column Nos. 10 and 11 of Form No. 36, the appellant shall file a revised Form No. 36, dully filled up, giving the new address of the parties, duly verified in the same manner as required by Rule 47 of the Income Tax Rules, 1962. The revised Form No. 36 shall specify the appeal Number, as originally assigned, or, in the event of non-availability of such number, the date of filling of the Appeal. No cognizance of change of address of the parties shall be taken, for any purpose, unless a revised Form No. 36 is filed, as aforesaid. The address furnished in the revised Form No. 36 shall be deemed to be the address of the parties for the purpose of service of all notice/orders

Felicitation of Hon’ble Justice V. C. Daga on his retirement

Vide order dated 27.1.2011 passed in pursuance of the consultations of the collegiums of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President, and two senior-most Vice President, Shri N.R.S. Ganesan, Judicial Member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad Benches, Hyderabad is hereby transferred, in public interest, in the same capacity to the Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal at Rajkot with effect from the forenoon of 14th February, 2011