(a)whether the Government have reviewed the working of the Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the cases received and settled by the Commission, State-wise;
(d) whether the Commission propose to set up more benches in the country;and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI GINGEE N. RAMACHANDRAN)
(a) & (b): Settlement Commission was established in 1999
with the Principal Bench at Delhi and three additional
benches at Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. However, keeping
in view the workload in the initial years, it was decided
to make only the Principal Bench and the additional benches
at Mumbai and Chennai functional. On review, it has also
been decided to make the Kolkata bench functional during
the current financial year.
(c) : A statement is annexed.
(d) & (e) : There is no such proposal at present.
STATEMENT ANNEXED TO PART – (c) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.7727 FOR 17.05.2002
S.NO. NAME OF THE NO. OF CASES NO.OF CASES STATE RECEIVED SETTLED
1 Uttar Pradesh 57 20 2 Haryana 23 14 3 Rajasthan 12 2 4 Delhi 93 3 5 Punjab 8 2 6 Chandigarh 35 20 7 West Bengal 7 5 8 Jharkhand 9 8 9 Uttaranchal 2 2 10 Tamilnadu 104 16 11 Andhra Pradesh 78 23 12 Kerala 10 1 13 Karnataka 39 4 14 Maharashtra 342 80 15 Madhya Pradesh 2 0 16 Gujarat 146 15 17 Goa 16 1
TOTAL 983 216