FinMin warns taxmen for resolution against Revenue Dept

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 28

Coming down heavily on income tax officers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has taken a serious view of the resolution by officers of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) against the Revenue Department in the Finance Ministry and called it “an act of insubordination”.

Reacting to a perhaps unprecedented mutinous by Income Tax officers against the Ministry, a belligerent response from the Finance Ministry said “the Finance Minister has taken a serious view of such a resolution by officers of Organised Group ‘A’ service to advise the government on what role it should play”.

Taking a stand of not putting up with this kind of conduct, the Finance Ministry issued a stern warning and said, “This is an act of insubordination. Officers indulging in acts of indiscipline would be subject to Conduct Rules”.

The government’s response came after reports that taxmen, including some of the senior officers met in Mumbai last week to discuss the Revenue Department’s alleged interference in “operational matters” saying it was hurting the morale of Income Tax Department officials.

In the resolution passed by them, they charged the Revenue Department of undermining the autonomy of the CBDT.