To reduce pendency of litigation, the CBEC has decided to allocate cases pending with Principal Chief Commissioners to Commissioner rank officers within the department.
As of January 2017, as many as 14,706 cases relating to central excise involving an amount of Rs 3,116 crore were pending before Commissioner (Appeals).
Beside, 18,681 service tax cases involving Rs 6,563 crore were locked up before Commissioner.
"In order to clear the pendency of cases as on June 30, 2017 before the Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax(Appeals), the CBEC will redistribute the cases pending in the jurisdiction of a Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax, among other Commissioner rank officers posted in that jurisdiction," the finance ministry said in a statement.
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