Pr CCIT order likely today, ITEF expects cadre review notification within 31st March

As many as 20 Indian Revenue Service officers of Income Tax cadre presently working at CCIT level will get Apex Scale. They are RK Gupta, Dhirendra Khare, S Ravi; S K Srivastava, Kiran Oberon Vasudev, K satyanarayana, Atulesh Jindal, T Jena, Swatantara Kumar, GN Pandey, NC Joshi, P C Srivastava, S K Ray, Poonam Dutt and D K Das Sharma of 1978 batch and Pomela Bali Prasad, T K Shah and R K Rai of 1977 batch.
Cadre Review and post allocation
As per circular No 42 dated 26.03.2014, following information is available from ITEF website.
"We were also informed that there will not be reduction of posts in any charge and all charges will get the entitled additional posts. The proposal is now awaiting the final approval of the Finance Minister and in all probabilities the same will be notified by 31st March 2014."
View the ITEF circular 

Cadre Restructure : F.M. nod on 27th March ?

As per news from ITEF (CHQ) sources, the cadre review file is still with Revenue Secretary. It is likely to be placed before F.M on day after tomorrow, the 27th March. F.M. is currently out of station and scheduled to return the capital on 27th. It may be mentioned that present Revenue Secretary is going to retire on 31st March. Will he take initiative to get the thing done within his tenure ?
It may be very frustrating for the employees to get another "date" as they have been waiting for the last 10 months after cabinet approval. Hope, we don't have to set a new deadline !!
Online TMS for time barring returns
New functionality in AST has been incorporated to process returns on Online TMS for certain cases.
Click here to view AST Instruction No. 25 dated 24.03.2014
Field offices to remain open this weekend
All field offices to remain open this weekend.
Click here to view the order

I.T. offices to remain open on 29th & 30th March

In order to boost the revenue collection and to meet the deficit of Rs 50,204 Crores, CBDT asks all offices to show commitment to work on a 24X7 basis for the remaining days of this fiscal. In a video conference held today, it also barred all officers starting from Assessing Officers to CCITs to leave headquarter upto 31.03.2014. All Income Tax offices will be kept open on 29,30 and 31st march.
View the details of video conference 
In the other hand, regarding cadre review, nothing reliable information could be gathered so far. ITEF, Delhi circle, who was on the news for calling and postponing agitation, remained silent till now. It is gathered from unconfirmed sources that the proposed meeting with Revenue Secretary on 19.03.2014 got cancelled. No more details are available right now. Let's wait and watch the next move.....

ITEF Delhi suspends agitation following assurance from Member (P&V)

Meeting with Revenue Secretary today (19.03.2014)
The proposed agitation from 19.03.14 by ITEF, Delhi circle has been postponed. As per information available with us, Member (P&V) discussed the matter with ITEF Delhi circle today (18/03) and informed that an official meeting with Revenue Secretary with CBDT is fixed on tomorrow, the 19th March. She also stated that CBDT is on  all out effort to implement the cadre review at the earliest. Following her request to postpone the agitation till the outcome of the meeting with Revenue Secy., tomorrow, ITEF Delhi is temporarily holding back the agitation. 
It seems that tomorrow, the 19th March may be crucial and some positive outcome is expected very soon.

CBDT asked CCIT(CCA)s to fix seniority as per recent DOPT O.M.

In stead of issuing any definite and detailed guideline regarding implementation of Apex court order regarding inter se seniority between direct recruit and promotees, CBDT merely forwarded the DOPT O.M. dated 4th March 2014 and asked to initiate immediate necessary action.
This letter wass issued on 13.03.2014 and marked as "most immediate".
Click here to view CBDT letter dated 13.03.2014
(Link courtesy : ITEF website)
Click here to view DOPT O.M. dated 04.03.2014 
It may be remembered that this was predicted in this blog on 11.03.2014 that CBDT to issue instruction regarding seniority issue soon.