Income Tax Dept. Exam may be postponed, partially cleared candidates may get relaxation.

   Departmental  Examintion 2010

            The finer points concerning the conduct of examination 2010 was discussed with theDIT(IT) Examination and the other officials of the Directorate on 20^th inst.  The consensus arrived at is as under:

1.      Most of the points we submitted for the consideration of the conduct of examinationm2010 have been accepted.  Wherever there had been some differences, those were subjected to discussion and the following agreement has been reached.

2.      Ministerial Staff Examination.  The Exam this year will be under the old pattern.  The changes we had suggested in the new syllabus could be further discussed and agreement reached before the 2011 Examination.

3.      Inspectors Examination.  The final decision is that exemption would be granted for those papers cleared by the candidates under the old pattern. They will only take up those papers which are identified as analogous under the new scheme  to the papers under the old pattern. (Please see our letter to the Director dated 13^th July, 2010.

4.      In the case of ITOs examination, those who are yet to clear the I.T Law paper I and II under the old scheme will have to take up Paper I and IV under the new scheme. The papers cleared under the old scheme would be exempted.  The various papers identified under the new scheme  as analogous to the papers under the old pattern vide our letter of 13^th in all other cases have been accepted.

5.      Those who seek exemption in the papers already cleared will have to write those papers that are not cleared under the new patter identified as analogous, but in their case the conditions of the old examination rules will apply.

6.      In the case of Inspectors examination, the candidate would be required to obtain 50% to clear the paper had they availed the exemption.

7.      In the case of ITOs examination those who are to clear the O.P. paper, the Directorate will prepare an objection question paper in O.P. especially for those candidates.  

8.      The scheme so evolved will be in operation in perpetuity till the candidates who have availed the exemption pass the remaining papers or till such time they exhaust the number of changes or are age barred.

9.      The scheme is made applicable only for those who are to clear any two subjects.  In other words, those who are to clear more than two papers will have to write all the papers under the new scheme 

10.  In order to enable the Directorate to prepare for the agreed scheme and enlist the fresh candidates who would now become eligible to take up the examination, the examination schedule is likely to be postponed to commence from 25^th October, 2010 The intervening  Saturday has been agreed to be a working day for the examinees in order to ensure that all the three examinations are completed by 2^nd November, 2010.

11.  The Directorate will announce the  scheme after obtaining the requisite approval from the CBDT.

Source : ITEF

Though reference of a letter dated 13th July has been mentioned in the above communication, no such dated letter is found in the blog of ITEF. However a letter dated 7th July written in this context and handed over on 13th July is available. For the benefit of our viewers the letter is published below.

F.2./H.1/2009 Dated: 7^th July, 2010.

Shri. Kalyan Chand

Director General (Admn.)

Mayur Bhawan 5^th Floor, R.No. 501

Cannaught Circus

New Delhi. 110 001

Dear Sir.

Sub: Departmental Examination 2010-.

This is with reference to the discussions we had with you on 30.06.2010 on the above subject. During the discussions, it was indicated that Departmental Examinations 2010 are to be held under the new pattern and the request for having the examination on both the pattern as was done last year may not be possible in the case of Inspectors and ITOs examination. We were in that context, asked to elucidate the alternative suggestion of granting exemption to those candidates who had passed certain papers under the old patterns and are to take up examination only in those papers which are not cleared. Our suggestion in the matter is as under:-

ITOs Examination

Those who are yet to clear the following The paper they should clear under

Papers in old patterns new patterns _________________

1. IT Law-I & II Paper-I :- Income Tax Law and Other Taxes

2. Other Taxes Paper-III:- Allied Laws

3. Book Keeping Paper-II:- Advanced Accountancy

4. Office Procedure Office Procedure Paper of Inspectors Examination or a separate paper [objective] prepared separately for the purpose.

5. Examination of Accounts (Practical Test) The concerned CIT(Exam) may be asked to conduct this examination for the candidates who have not cleared this paper. No paper is required to be set up for this by the Directorate.

6. Hindi/Oral Test The CIT(Exam) in respective charge may be asked to take this examination locally. No paper need be set by the Directorate.

Inspectors Examination

1. IT Law-I & II IT Law and Computation

2. Book Keeping Book Keeping

3. Other Taxes Allied Taxes

4. Office Procedure Office Procedure

5. Examination of Accounts The CIT(Exam) in respective charge may be asked to take this examination locally. No paper need be set by the Directorate

6. Hindi Test

The CIT(Exam) in respective charge may be asked to take this examination locally. No paper need be set by the Directorate.

The candidates who are given exemption from writing the paper passed under the old scheme may have to pass the examination with minimum percentage of marks 50(45 in the case of SC/ST candidates) as was the case under the old scheme.

If our above proposal is agreed upon, there may not arise any requirement for conducting examination under the old pattern for ITOs and ITIs.

Ministerial Staff Examination

Under the old pattern there had been four papers which now form part of the two papers under the new patterns. Therefore it would be difficult to make out an alternative suggestions.. Therefore we suggest that the examination both under old and new pattern may be conducted this year.

If that be not the case then the alternative suggestion can only be the following

1) To split the Paper-I into two i.e.

a) Précis writing and drafting

b) Computer Basics

Computer Basics test be conducted only after imparting training especially when question are to be set in AST or ITD application. We therefore suggest that this being a practical

paper, the examination may be conducted locally by the CIT(Exam) after mounting a training programme of say a month or two. The candidates who are deployed for training will be subjected to the test at the conclusion of the training and failure therein will make them ineligible for promotion as they may not be declared to have passed/cleared the Ministerial Staff Examination. In that case those who have failed to clear Paper-I under old syllabus can be asked to take Paper-I under the new syllabus.

In the case of those who are to clear Service Rules (Paper – II) under old pattern and those who are to clear Office Procedure (Paper-III) under the old pattern may be asked to clear only that part in Paper-II under the new pattern which deals with the F.R, S.R and Taxation procedure etc. i.e. they may have to take up Part-A of Paper-II under the new scheme.

Those who have failed in Paper –IV may be asked to write Part-II of Paper-II under the new pattern. But with a condition that they have to secure 50% (45% in case of SC/ST candidates).

In respect of Hindi paper, the CIT(Exam) of each charge may be asked to conduct the said examination for those who has not qualified earlier under the old pattern.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Ashok Salunkhe

Secretary General