Empanelment Of Senior And Junior Standing Counsels At Office Of The Commissioner Of Income Tax, Judicial, Kolkata

Office Of The Commissioner Of Income Tax, Judicial, Kolkata invites applications for the Empanelment Of Senior And Junior Standing Counsels.

Name of the Post: Senior Standing Counsel and Junior Standing Counsel

Essential Qualification and Experience

Senior Standing Counsel

• Candidates should be eligible to appear before High Court as an Advocate

• Have a minimum experience of five years of handling direct tax matters before High Courts or ITAT as an advocate; Or

• Have been a Junior Standing Counsel of the Department for three years; Or

• Have been an officer of the Income-tax Department who is eligible to appear before the High Court as an advocate and has retired/resigned from the post of Adll. Commissioner/Director of Income-tax or any equivalent post after occupying the such post for at least three years or any higher post or who has been a member of ITAT, provided that he has not been removed/dismissed or compulsorily retired from service on account of disciplinary action and no disciplinary proceeding under service rules or pension rules is pending against him.

Junior Standing Counsel

• Candidates should be eligible to appear before High Court as an Advocate

• Have a minimum experience of three years of handling direct tax matters before High Courts or ITAT; Or

• Have been an officer of the Income-tax Department who retired/resigned from the Post of Additional/Joint CIT or below and is eligible to appear before the High Court as an advocate, provided that he has not been removed/dismissed or compulsorily retired from service all account of disciplinary action and no disciplinary proceeding under service rules or pension rules is pending against him.

How to apply?

• Interested candidates are required to submit their application in the prescribed format and shall submit it to the Office of the Commissioner of Income Tax, Judicial, Kolkata Aayakar Bhawan, P-7, Chowringhee Square, Room no-39, Kolkata-700069 on or before 12.05.2023

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