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20-01-1998
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| Notification No: |
Central Excise Circular No 373/1998
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Central Excise
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Circular
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Regarding powers to issue show cause notices to the officers of the Directorate General of Anti-Evasion
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Regarding powers to issue show cause notices to the officers of the
Directorate General of Anti-Evasion
Circular
No. 373
dated 20th January 1998
I
am directed to say that the Board has decided that in respect of cases
investigated by the Directorate General of Anti-Evasion, the show-cause notices
will henceforth be issued by such officers of the said directorate General as
specified below:
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Rank
of the Officer(s) of DGAE competent to issue show cause notice
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Rank
of the Officer (s) competent to adjudicate
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1)
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Director
General/ Addl. Director General
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Commissioner
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2)
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Deputy
Director
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Addl./
Deputy Commissioner
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3)
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Asstt.
Director
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Assistant
Commissioner
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2.
For the purpose of clarification it is mentioned that the competency to
adjudicate a case is case is already defined in Board's Circular No.
299/15/97-CX dated 27.2.97 as modified by Circular No. 348/44/97-CX dated
13.8.97 and Circular No. 362/78/97-CX dated 9.12.97. In respect of the
cases investigated by the Commissionerates, the show-cause notices will continue
to be issued by the officers specified in the Circular No. 299/15/97-CX, ibid,
as modified.
3.
Receipt of this Circular may please be acknowledged.
4.
Trade and field formations may be suitable informed.
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