F. No. A.12026/15/2022-Ad. 1C(CESTAT)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
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North Block, New Delhi-110001
Dated, the 03″ February, 2023
Vacancy Circular
Subject: – Selection for the posts of Member, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) -reg.
1. CESTAT: – The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal is an Appellate authority established under Customs Act, 1962 to hear various appeals under the Customs Act, 1962, Central Excise Act, 1944 and Finance Act, 1994. CESTAT’s headquarter is situated at New Delhi and its regional Benches are situated at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. A person, on selection, may be posted at any of the Benches of the Tribunal.
2. Vacancy: – Applications are being invited for 2 anticipated vacancies of Member (Technical) and 4 anticipated vacancies of Member (Judicial) in CESTAT.
3. Salary and Terms of Appointment: – The qualifications, eligibility, salary & other terms & conditions of the appointment of a candidate will be governed by the provision of the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021 and the Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021. A Member shall be paid a salary of Rs. 2,25,000/- and shall be entitled to draw allowance as are admissible to a Government of India Officer holding Group ‘A’ post carrying the same pay. In case of a person appointed as the Member, is in receipt of any pension, the pay of such person shall be reduced by the gross amount of pension drawn by him. The Member shall hold office for a term of four years or till he attains the age of Sixty-Seven years, whichever is earlier.
4. Qualification: – In terms of the Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021, a person shall not be qualified for appointment as, –
(a) Judicial Member, unless, —
(i) he has, for a combined period of ten years, been a District Judge and Additional District Judge; or
(ii) he has been a member of the Indian Legal Service with ten years of experience in litigation and has held a post of Additional Secretary or any equivalent or higher post for two years; or
(iii) he has been an advocate for ten years with substantial experience in litigation under indirect tax laws in Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, High Court or Supreme Court;
(b) Technical Member, unless he has been a member of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise Service Group ‘A’) and has held the post of Principal Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise or any equivalent or higher post and has performed judicial, quasi-judicial or adjudicating function for three years.
5. Procedure for selection: – The Search-Cum-Section Committee constituted for recommending names for appointment to the said post shall scrutinise the applications with respect to suitability of application for the posts by giving due weightage to qualification and experience of candidates and shortlist candidates for conducting personal interaction. The final selection will be done on the basis of overall evaluation of candidates done by the Committee based on the qualification, experience and personal interaction.
6. Application Procedure:- Applications are invited from Members/candidates, from the list placed at Annexure-IV, through proper channel and which should be accompanied with (i) bio-data in the proforma at Annexure-I (ii) Certificate to be furnished by the employer/ head of office/ forwarding authority as in Annexure-II (iii) clear photocopies of the up-to-date CR/APAR dossier of the officer containing CR/APARs of at least last five years duly attested by a Group A officer (iv) cadre clearance (v) integrity certificate/clearance from vigilance and disciplinary angle as in Annexure-III (vi) statement giving details of major or minor penalties, if any, imposed on the officer during the last ten years, to the following address, so as to reach this office latest by 10th February, 2023:-
Shri S. Bhowmick
Under Secretary (Ad.1C)
Department of Revenue.
Room No. 245-A, North block, New Delhi- 110 001.
Email: – shamik.bhowmick@nic.in, Telephone No. 2309 5359
7. No TA/DA will be admissible to the candidates to be called for interview/interaction The Candidates are required to make own arrangements.
8. Any application received after due date without necessary Annexure as mentioned above will not be entertained.
(S. Bhowmick)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
To
1. Sh. Ajay Sharma, Member (Judicial), CESTAT, Mumbai.
2. Dr. Suvendu Kumar Pati, Member (Judicial), CESTAT, Mumbai.
3. Sh. P. Dinesha, Member (Judicial), CESTAT, Chennai.
4. Ms. Rachna Gupta, Member (Judicial), CESTAT, Delhi.
5. Sh. Sanjiv Srivastava, Member (Technical), CESTAT, Mumbai.
6. Sh. P.V Subba Rao, Member (Technical), CESTAT, Hyderabad.
7. The Registrar, CESTAT — for information.
