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(a) whether the Income Tax Department in Gujarat State has been facing shortage of staff particularly Class II and III employees for a long time ;
(b) whether due to shortage of staff, people are facing lot of difficulties in dealing with Income Tax Department ; and
(c) if so, the time by which the said vacant posts are likely to be filled up ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (GINGEE N. RAMACHANDRAN)
(a) The Office of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax,
Ahmedabad has reported about shortage of some
Group `B` and Group `C` posts for the last about
one year.
(b) No, Sir. Arrangements have been made to deploy the
existing staff strength judicially so as to avoid any
inconvenience to Tax payers.
(c) Instructions have been issued to all charges including the
Office of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Ahmedabad to
hold DPC for promotions to certain categories of posts as
per old Recruitment Rules. Steps have also been taken to
fill up Direct Recruitment vacancies as per the existing
guidelines of the Government.