Circular No. 382/15/98-CX I am directed to say that the Public Accounts Committee of the 11th Lok Sabha in 14th Report (1996-97) have gone through the problem of pendency of provisional assessment cases in Central Excise and have made recommendation inter-alia, making specific provision prescribing time-limit for finalisation of provisional assessment cases. They have also expressed concern that in many cases in the past, the bank guarantees were not renewed. In this regard, they have recommended for strict monitoring, ensuring adherence to instructions and in case of failures on the part of the field officers, to fix responsibilities.
Notification No. S. O. 616-Income Tax It is notified for general information that Character Housing Finance Ltd., Anand, has been approved by the Central Government as a housing finance company for the purposes of section 36(1)(viii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment years 1997-98 and 1998-99.
