F.No.A.12026/14 /2009-Ad.I

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

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New Delhi, the 3^rd  September, 2009.

To

All Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise / Directors General of  Customs & Central Excise.

Subject: Selection for the posts of Members in the Customs & Central Excise Settlement Commission  – Reg.

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Sir/Madam

            I am directed to state that some posts of Members of the Customs & Central Excise Settlement Commission are likely to fall vacant shortly.  As per the Customs & Central Excise Settlement Commission ( Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members ) Amendment Rules, 2007 applicable to the said post,  only serving Chief Commissioners of Customs or Central Excise or officers of equivalent rank  are eligible to apply for these posts.    In case you are interested to be considered for the post of Member, you may kindly send your response on or before the due date in the following format:

“With reference to your letter F.No. A. 12026/14/2009-Ad.I dated 03.09.2009, I offer myself as a candidate for the post of Member, Customs & Central Excise Settlement Commission.  I shall abide by the conditions specified in the above letter and other conditions as the Government of India may fix from time to time. I undertake that I shall not withdraw my name after 31.10.2009.  I shall also not decline the appointment when made.  Upon selection for appointment, I shall also seek voluntary retirement from Indian Revenue Service prior to the date on which I am required to join the post.  I shall also join the post within 30 days of the order of appointment”. 

2.         You should also indicate your preferences, if any, in descending order of preference for places of posting . (from out of New Delhi; Mumbai; Kolkata and Chennai ).  If you do not indicate a particular location but have shown preference for certain other locations, it will be presumed that you do not wish to be appointed there.  If you do not indicate any location at all, it will be presumed that you have equal preference for all locations and that you do not wish a subsequent transfer to another location.  As you will, however, kindly appreciate, the place of posting of a Member of the Commission may not be determined only on the basis of his/her prior preference.

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3.         If you intend to withdraw your candidature for any reason ,   you may do so on or before 31.10.2009.    In case you are considered and selected for appointment by the ACC, you should not decline the appointment. If you withdraw the applications after 31.10.2009 or if you decline the appointment or if you do not join within 30 days of the order of appointment,  you will not be considered for any further appointment outside your cadre.  You will also then be debarred for consideration for appointment in all Autonomous Bodies/Statutory Bodies/Regulatory Bodies for a period of three years.

4.         You are requested to kindly ensure that your application reaches the undersigned latest by 30.09.2009 ,  failing which it will be presumed that you are not interested in applying for the said post.

Yours faithfully,

(  V. Sreekumar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Telefax:2309 3277

Copy forwarded to:

1.      Ms. Hemambika Priya, Director( CX 6 & 8 ) & Spokesperson, CBEC, with the request that wide publicity of this vacancy circular may be given directly to all offciers concerned and through  related websites of the Board.

2.      Section Officer, Computer Cell with the request to post this circular on the website of the Department of Revenue.

( V. Sreekumar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Telefax:2309 3277