Government of India Central GST & Customs, Pune Zone
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue

PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED

UNDER SECTION 4(1) (b) OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005.

 

(I)         THE PARTICULARS OF THE ORGANISATION, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES :

1.           Name of the Organisation:

Central GST (Appeals-II) Pune Commissionerate. The Central Board of Excise and Customs, in exercise of the powers under section 3 read with section 5 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and section 3 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) has appointed Commissioner of Central Tax, (Appeals-II) Pune as notified by the Notfn. 2/2017 dated 19.6.2017 w.e.f. 22.6.2017, issued by the Under Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance, Central Board of Excise & Customs.

Jurisdiction:

The Commissioner of Central Tax (Appeals -II), Pune and the central tax officers subordinate to them are hereby vested with the territorial jurisdiction of the Principal Commissioner of Central Tax Pune II & the jurisdiction under Pune Customs Commissionerate. The Appeals-II Pune Commissionerate falls within the jurisdiction of the Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, Pune Zone.

(A) The territorial jurisdiction of Commissioner of Central Tax Pune II is declared under Trade Notice No. 3/2017 dated 21.6.2017 issued by the Chief Commissioner, Pune Zone, which is as under :

(i) Area of Velhe, Bhor, Purandhar, Baramati, Indapur Talukas of Pune District; and

 

(ii) Part of Haveli Taluka of Pune District comprising of PIN code numbers 411002, 411003, 411004, 411005, 411007, 411008, 411009, 411011, 411016, 411020, 411021, 411022, 411023, 411024, 411025, 411028, 411030, 411037, 411038, 411040, 411041, 411042, 411043, 411045, 411046, 411048, 411051, 411052, 411058, 411060, 412205 and 412308; and

 

(iii) DaundTaluka of Pune district except the area falling in PIN Code number 412202; and

(iv) District of Solapur in the State of Maharashtra.

 

(B) The territorial jurisdiction of Pune Customs Commissionerate extends to seven revenue districts of state of Maharashtra viz. Pune, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur.

 

Office Address:            The office of the Central Tax (Appeal-II) Pune Commissionerate is situated at :

 

F wing, 2^nd floor & C Wing 3^rd floor, GST Bhavan, 41/A, Sassoon Road, Pune 411001.

Time: 9.30 A.M. to 6.00 P.M.

 

Contact Details:           EPABX: (020) 26051836-840 Extn: 3602-3617 Telefax: (020) 26128988

e-mail: stech-applspune2gst@gov.in

2)          Functions:

The primary function of the organization is to receive and decide the appeals filed with the Commissioner/Additional Commissioner by the assessees and the department against the appealable quasi-judicial orders passed by the jurisdictional officers of the rank Addl./Jt/Dy./Asstt. Commissioners of the erstwhile Central Excise, Pune II Commissionerate, Pune Customs Commissionerate & the CGST Pune II Commissionerate formed w.e.f. from 22.6.2017. 

• The Commissioner is assisted by One Additional Commissioner, Two Assistant Commissioners, Four Superintendents, One Inspector and a few of the ministerial staff posted in the Commissionerate in receipt and disposal of the appeals and maintaining records.

(ii) Powers & duties of Officers & employees:

• The Commissioner/Additional Commissioner is the first appellate authority under the provisions of Central Excise Act, 1944, the Customs Act, 1962, the Finance Act, 1994, Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.  The Commissioner (Appeals) is declared as the Head of the Department as per Order under letter dated 12.6.2017 & thus also has administrative powers for functioning of the establishment and is overall in charge of all administration, establishment matters of the Commissionerate.
• The Commissioner is subject to executive directions / instructions by CBEC & the Chief Commissioner, Pune  Zone in matters related to administration & establishment.
• The Additional Commissioner assists the Commissioner in the administrative & appellate functions resp. along with the help of the staff posted in following sections reporting to the Commissioner:
• Establishment Section: The Section is headed by Administrative officer (Group B Gazetted). The officer reports to Commissioner. This section is responsible for maintenance of service records, staffing position, issue of posting orders, and other matters relating to establishment.
• Administration section: This section is headed by Supdt. (Administration) (Group B Gazetted). The officer reports to Commissioner. This section is responsible for maintenance of inventory of dead stock and perishable articles and procurement and maintenance of furniture, office equipment, stationery and other articles for day to day office use, cleanliness of the office premises, Inward of dak & dispatch of orders in appeal and other correspondences. The section also looks after the implementation of the electronic data processing set up to be put in place&  requirements thereof .
• Accounts Section: The section is headed by Assistant Chief Accounts Officer (Group B Gazetted). The section is responsible for preparation of pay bills, disbursement of pay, allowances, preparation of expenditure budget, monitoring of the grants received and passing of expenditure bills; custody & maintenance of service books, settlement of medical, TA, tuition fee and other claims of the officers, settlement of pension, etc. 
• Confidential & Vigilance Section: The Confidential & Vigilance section is headed by a Supdt. (Group B Gazetted). He is required to assist the Commissioner in monitoring cases of complaints of corruption & investigation thereof, if any. He is also responsible for maintenance of confidential records & intimations of officers and monitoring & custody of Annual Performance Appraisal Reports, Immovable Property Returns etc. and submission of all reports on vigilance & confidential matters.
• Technical Section: This section is headed by a Supdt. (Group B Gazetted). The officer reports to Commissioner. The section conveys the policy circulars and instructions of the Govt. and the changes in laws & procedures received by the Commissionerate to the executive officers of the Commissionerate for their implementation or action, as required, the reports regarding statistical data of pendency positions, comments & reports on technical matters called for by the Zonal office. 
• Hindi Cell: This cell is headed by an Administrative officer, assisted by a Hindi officer who provide & assist translation of official documents from English to Hindi & vice-versa. The cell organizes meetings once in a quarter, Hindi week & Hindi Day Celebration are done by arranging competitions & giving away certificates to performers. Periodical Reports are prepared. 

3)                        Procedure followed in decision-making process including channels of   supervision and accountability.

Decision making process: The appeals filed by the appellants and the department are received in duplicate and dated acknowledgements are given to the appellant. The appeal is entered in the appeal register in the prescribed format and appeal number is given.  The duplicate copy is sent to the respondent for filing of cross objections. The Commissioner/ Additional Commissioner assign the date/s for personal hearing which is conveyed to the parties by issue of a letter. Mandatorily a minimum of three opportunities are given to the appellant by way of personal hearing before the case is decided. The proceedings in the personal hearing are recorded before the appellant and / or their authorized representative present during the hearing. The appellate orders are then passed as per the legal provisions and the findings are recorded in the order by the Commissioner/ Additional Commissioner. The order-in-appeal number is allotted and the details of the order-in-appeal passed are entered in order-in-appeal register (prescribed format), the copies are then dispatched to all concerned.

In respect of other correspondences received or information called for, the information is collected & the draft reply is prepared by the dealing officer viz. the Tax Assistant, Executive Assistant or the Inspector as the case may be and thereafter placed before Supdt. / Admin. Officer (as the case may be) and finally approved by Commissioner.

Supervision: The first Supervisory Officer is the Superintendent / Administrative Officer and the highest Supervisory Officer is the Commissioner in this office. The overall Control / Supervisory power is vested with the Commissioner. All the work done at the Commissionerate level is subject to inspection by the Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner, Commissioner, Zonal Chief Commissioner, CBEC, and Directorate of Inspection and Accountant General, as the case may be.   

Accountability: All the officers from the lowest rank of Hawaldar to the highest rank of Commissioner are accountable for the responsibility entrusted to him/ her as per the charge held by him/her.

 

4)          Norms set by it for discharge of its functions:

 

The Commissionerate follows the norms set out by Central Board of Excise & Customs. 

 

Norms for day to day work:

All to discharge the work assigned to them.  No communication shall remain unattended for more than 7 days. No pendency of processing of any of the staff claims or correspondences is kept pending without action for more than 15 days, depending on priority.

Norms for Appellate function: 

As per the provisions of Section 35 A (4A) of the Central Excise Act, 1944, the appeals filed are, as far as possible, decided within a maximum period of six months. Under CGST Act 2017, wherever possible, appeals are to be disposed of within one year from the date of receipt of such appeal. However in practice, the time limit varies depending upon the cases pending at any point of time.

5)          Acts, Rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions (available on website www.cbec.gov.in)

 

1.              Central Excise Act 1944 & Rules made thereunder

2.              Customs Act 1962 & Rules & Regulations made thereunder.

3.              Finance Act 1994 (for Service Tax) & Rules made there under.

4.              CBEC Manual of Supplementary instructions on Central   

                 Excise and Customs.

5.              Circulars issued by the CBEC.

6.              Instructions issued by the CBEC.

7.              Notifications issued by the Ministry of Finance on Excise, GST  

                 and Customs Matters.

8.              Foreign Trade Policy.             

9.             GST Act & Rules made there under.

 

6)          A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control: 

 

1.     Records of appeals filed before the Commissioner and Addl. Commissioner

2.     Records of orders in appeal passed by the Commissioner and Addl. Commissioner

3.     Records of Inward Dak

4.     Records of outward Dak

5.     Records of Establishment matters 

6.     Records of Administration matters

7.     Records of Stores & Stationery

8.     Records of Books & publications

9.     Records of service books of staff

10.   Records of accounts / Pay bill register.

 

              The above mentioned documents are maintained by respective sections headed by Superintendents/ACAO.

 

7)          Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof. (Section 4(1)(b)(vii) of RTI Act, 2005): -

The meeting of Regional Advisory Committee and Public Grievance Committee is held by the office of the Chief Commissioner, Pune Zone for all the Commissionerates under its jurisdiction for the consultation with or representation by the members of public.

8)          A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public. (Section 4(1)(b)(viii) of RTI Act, 2005):

              Local Purchase Committee constituted on 05.06.2020 under Rule 155 of the General Financial Rules, 2017 comprising of 3 Superintendents and one Inspector for local procurement of items of office use.  This committee will be in existence till the time any of the officers is transferred. In the event of transfer of any of the officers in the committee, a new committee will be constituted.  The meetings of LPC are not open to public.

 

 

9)          A directory of its officers and employees. (Section 4(1)(b)(ix) of RTI Act, 2005):

S.NO.	NAME OF THE OFFICERS	Designation
1	Shri Dinesh Bhoyar	Commissioner
2	Shri Rahul PanjabraoGawande	Addl. Commr.
3	K Ravi Kiran	Assistant Commissioner
4	FerozLateefShaikh	Superintendent
5	Vijay Vasant Sonar	Superintendent
6	Sanjay Kumar (IV)	Superintendent
7	Meena Rahul Gaikwad	Superintendent
8	Kapil Kumar	Superintendent
9	Ramesh ShamraoBhopale	Superintendent
10	Hemant Bharambe	Adm. Officer
11	Monu Kumar	Inspector
12	Aman Kumar	Inspector
13	Amit Gupta	Inspector
14	Amit Bhagasara	Inspector
15	Palak Garg	Stenographer Grade-I
16	Kumar Suryakant	Executive Assistant
17	Avinash Jagannath Raut	Executive Assistant
18	KunalDadwani	Stenographer Grade-II
19	AkshayKisanKarnewar	Tax Assistant
20	HarikaSrinivasVeludurthi	Tax Assistant
21	Manisha	Tax Assistant
22	DilipHanumantLohar	Driver Grade - I
23	SudharmKisanLohar	Driver Grade - I
24	Tanaji Kisan Dhumal	Head Hawaldar
25	Shubham Dnyaneshwar Nagawade	Hawaldar
26	Shyamrao Nathu Daundkar	Hawaldar
27	Pramod Kumar	Hawaldar

 

 

10)        Monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations.

Sr. No.	Designation	Level	Scale (RS.) of Pay
1	Commissioner	Level 14	144200 - 218200
2	Addl. Commr	Level 13	118500-216600
3	Superintendent	Level 8	47600 -  151000
4	AO/ ACAO	Level 7	47600 - 151000
5	Inspector	Level 7	44900 -  142400
6	Executive Assistant	Level 6	35400 -  102400
7	Steno Grade-I	Level 6	35400 -  102400
8	Steno Grade-II	Level 4	35400 -  102400
9	Tax Assistant	Level 4	25500 - 81100
10	Driver Gr.I	Level 5	29200 – 92300
11	Driver Gr.II	Level 4	25500 -  81100
12	Head Hawaldar	Level 2	19900 - 63200
13	Hawaldar	Level 2	18000 -  56900

11)        Budget allocated to each of its agency indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made (Section 4(1)(b)(xi) of RTI Act, 2005)

Total budget of Rs. 3,22,82,000/- was allocated to the Commissionerate for the F.Y. 22-23.  Disbursements are made on http://pfms.nic.in.

Total budget of Rs. 3,34,81,000/- is allocated to the Commissionerate for the financial year 2023-24.  Disbursements are made on http://pfms.nic.in. 

Foreign and Domestic Tours: Budget allocation for this purpose for the financial year 2022-23 was Rs. 3,37,000/-  and total expenditure was Rs.3,37,000/-.   

The allocation for the financial year 2023-24 is Rs. 2,10,000/- . .

Tenders for yearly basis for supply of services are made for annual maintenance contract, for computers and its peripherals, housekeeping services and vehicles and contracts have been given as under:

For Financial Year 2019-20:

a)     Annual maintenance contract for computers and peripherals – M/s. IT Point,

b)     Vehicles - M/s. Arnav Enterprises,

c)     Cleaning and sweeping – M/s. Sapna Enterprises.

 

 

For Financial Year 2020-21:

a)     Annual maintenance contract for computers and peripherals – M/s. Ezee Power Solutions

b)     Vehicles - M/s. Arnav Enterprises,

c)     Cleaning and sweeping – M/s. Shivkripa Enterprises.

 

12)        Manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes. (Section 4(1)(b)(xii) of RTI Act, 2005)

              Not applicable

13)        Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it. (Section 4(1)(b)(xiii) of RTI Act, 2005)

               Not applicable

14)        Details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form: (Section 4(1)(b)(xiv) of RTI Act, 2005)

              Information available on website of Central Board of Excise Customs, New Delhi  (www.cbec.gov.in) and  website of Central Excise Pune Zone (www.punecenexcise.gov.in )

15)        The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use. (Section 4(1)(b)(xv) of RTI Act, 2005)

Information is uploaded on Central Board of Excise Customs, New Delhi (www.cbec.gov.in) and website of Central GST Pune Zone ( www.punecenexcise.gov.in )

16)        The names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers. (Section 4(1)(b)(xvi) of RTI Act, 2005)

a)  CPIO- Shri. Srinivas Chakravarthy, Assistant Commissioner

      Tel. No.- 020 – 26051839 – Extn- 4520

 

(b)  Appellate Authority - Shri Rahul P. Gawande, Additional Commissioner

      Tel No.- 020 – 26051839–Extn-3615

                  Email id – rahul.gawande@gov.in

(c )  CAPIO - Shri. Sanjay Kumar, Superintendent

      Tel. No.- 020 – 26051839–Extn-3607

      Email id stech-applspune2gst@gov.in

17)        Such other information as may be prescribed. (Section 4(1)(b)(xvii) of RTI Act, 2005)

(i)  The senior officers are accessible to the assessees / public. The grievances / complaints are looked into as per the existing mechanism of grievance redressal of Central Government organizations.

(ii)  For the Year 2022-23 , 36 RTI applications were received and redressed . From the April 2023 to September 2023,  80 RTI applications  were received and redressed. 

(iii) No parliament question was received during the year 2022-23 andduring the period From April 2023 to Sept. 2023.

(iv)  Citizen’s Charter is prominently displayed in the office and standards incorporated there in are fully met.

 

18)                      No. of employees against whom Disciplinary action has been proposed / taken (Section 4(2) of RTI Act, 2005)

 

              There are no disciplinary cases pending against any of the officers posted in this Commissionerate.