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Notification 18 September 1998

S.O. 2118

Consequent to the transfer of the charge of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-XIII, Calcutta, from the region of the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Calcutta to Mumbai, vide Board's letter, vide F. No. A-11018/11/98-Ad. VII, dated 31st August, 1998, the said charge stands abolished with immediate effect

What this is

S.O. 2118 was published on 18 September 1998. Its subject is Consequent to the transfer of the charge of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-XIII, Calcutta, from the region of the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Calcutta to Mumbai, vide Board's letter, vide F. No. A-11018/11/98-Ad. VII, dated 31st August, 1998, the said charge stands abolished with immediate effect.

This amends the Income-tax Rules. What it changes is the Rules, not the Act — and a rule can never take away what the section gives.

What it does

The Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Calcutta, acting under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the powers conferred by the Board's Notification No. 9565 and S.O. No. 504 dated 5 July 1994, and in partial modification and supersession of all earlier notifications on the subject, redistributes appellate jurisdiction in the Calcutta region. It records that the charge of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-XIII, Calcutta stands abolished with immediate effect on its transfer to Mumbai under the Board's letter dated 31 August 1998. The Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) named in column 2 of the Schedule are directed to perform their functions in respect of persons assessed by the authorities named in column 3 who are aggrieved by orders under clauses (a) to (h) of sub-section (2) of section 246 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and by the corresponding appealable orders under the Wealth-tax Act, 1957, the Gift-tax Act, 1958, the Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964, the Interest-tax Act, 1974, the Expenditure-tax Act, 1987 and the Estate Duty Act, 1953. Where a Ward, Circle or Special Range is transferred from one appellate charge to another, appeals arising from that unit and pending immediately before the notification takes effect stand transferred to the Commissioner (Appeals) to whom the unit is transferred.

Why it was issued

The charge of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-XIII, Calcutta was transferred from the Calcutta region to Mumbai under the Board's letter F. No. A-11018/11/98-Ad. VII dated 31 August 1998 and stood abolished, requiring the appellate jurisdiction of the region to be redistributed.

Who it reaches

The provisions it speaks to

Left, the provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961 as the instrument itself names it. Right, the section of the Income-tax Act, 2025 that the department’s own concordance maps it to — which is where the same ground is now covered.
Under the 1961 ActNow
s.120s.241, s.243
s.246s.356

The instrument, as the Board published it

The words below are the department’s own, reproduced from its published text. Where the department’s copy carried a publisher’s notes after the instrument, those are not reproduced.

Consequent to the transfer of the charge of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-XIII, Calcutta, from the region of the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Calcutta to Mumbai, vide Board's letter, vide F. No. A-11018/11/98-Ad. VII, dated 31st August, 1998, the said charge stands abolished with immediate effect.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), and the powers conferred on me by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, New Delhi, vide Notification No. 9565/F. No. 279/129/93-ITJ (Pt. II), dated July 5, 1994, and S. O. No. 504, dated July 5, 1994, and all other powers enabling me in this behalf and in partial modification and in supersession of all earlier notifications made in this behalf, except in respect of things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, I, the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Calcutta, hereby direct that the Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) of this region specified in column 2 of the Schedule attached hereto, shall perform their functions in respect of such persons assessed to income-tax or wealth-tax or gift-tax or surtax or interest-tax or expenditure-tax or estate duty by the income-tax authorities/assessing officers specified in column 3 thereof as are aggrieved by any orders mentioned in clauses (a) to (h) of sub-section (2) of section 246 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (1A) of section 23 of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (1A) of section 22 of the Gift-tax Act, 1958 (18 of 1958), sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964 (7 of 1964), sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Interest-tax Act, 1974 (45 of 1974), sub-section (1) of section 22 of the Expenditure-tax Act, 1987 (35 of 1987), and section 62 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953.

Where an Income-tax Circle, Ward of D.C. Range or Special Range or part thereof stands transferred by this notification from one charge to another, appeals arising out of the assessments made in that Income-tax Ward/Circle/Special Range or part thereof and pending, immediately before the date from which this notification takes effect, therefore, the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) from whose charge that particular Income-tax Ward/Circle/Special Range or part thereof is transferred, shall, from the date from which this notification takes effect, be transferred to and dealt with by the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) to whom the said Ward/Circle/Special Range or part thereof is transferred.

This order will take effect from the date of the notification.

SCHEDULE Jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals). ------- Sl. No. Designation of the Commis- Jurisdiction sioner of Income-tax (Appeals) ------- (1) (2) (3) ------- 1. Commissioner of Income-tax (a) All the Assessing Officers function- (Appeals)-I, Calcutta. ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-1, Calcutta. (b) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-11, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-II, Calcutta. (c) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-22, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-22, Calcutta. 2. Commissioner of Income-tax (a) All the Assessing Officers function- (Appeals)-VI, Calcutta. ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-7, Calcutta. (b) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-1, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-1, Calcutta. (c) All the Assessing Officers function- ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-22, Calcutta. (d) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-2, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-2, Calcutta. 3. Commissioner of Income-tax (a) All the Assessing Officers function- (Appeals)-VII, Calcutta. ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-13, Calcutta. (b) All the Assessing Officers function- ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-15, Calcutta. (c) All the Assessing Officers function- ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-21, Calcutta. (d) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-7, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-7, Calcutta. (e) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-8, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-8, Calcutta. 4. Commissioner of Income-tax (a) All the Assessing Officers function- (Appeals)-X, Calcutta. ing under: (i) Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Jalpaiguri Range, Jalpaiguri. (ii) Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Siliguri Range, Siliguri. (b) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-Jalpaiguri and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-Jalpaiguri. (c) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-10, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-10, Calcutta. (d) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-21, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-21, Calcutta. (e) All the Assessing Officers function- ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-6, Calcutta. 5. Commissioner of Income-tax (a) All the Assessing Officers function- (Appeals)-XII, Calcutta. ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-10, Calcutta. (b) All the Assessing Officers function- ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-11, Calcutta. (c) All the Assessing Officers function- ing under the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-20, Calcutta. (d) The Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-12, Calcutta, and/or all the Assessing Officers subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Special Range-12, Calcutta. (e) The Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax (Investigation) Circle-II(1), Guwahati in respect of the specific case transferred by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to Calcutta. (f) All the Assessing Officers function- ing under the Deputy Director of Income- tax (Exemption), Calcutta. -------

[No. AC/HQ/Planning/30/98-99]

From when

the date of the notification.

What to watch

Where you meet it

In the memorandum of appeal and the hearing notice issued by a Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) in the Calcutta region, and in any objection that an appeal has been heard by an officer without jurisdiction.

On the same provision

Other instruments in this library that name the same provision of the 1961 Act. They are not necessarily still operative, and a later one may have replaced an earlier one without saying so.

← S.O. 832(E)  ·  S.O. 830(E) →

What a notification is. A notification is made under a power the Act itself gives, and within that power it is law — unlike a circular, which only binds the department. Its reach is the reach of the enabling provision and no wider, and the date it carries decides from when it works.

Source: the Income Tax Department’s own published text — its page for this instrument.