Circular No. 390/23/98-CX W.e.f. April, 1998, the MTR is required to be submitted in the revised proforma, a copy of which is enclosed. It may be noted that the MTR should be signed only by the concerned Commissioner of Central Excise and must be sent regularly and well in time i.e. latest by 10th of the following month. Further, no column should be left blank, and in particular, attention may be given to the column “Reasons for pendency”, which should be filled in