Union Of India & Ors vs N.R. Parmar & Ors on 27 November, 2012
7. Even the last affidavit which was filed on
27.01.2017 before this Court in contempt proceedings
also, reveals expected time to be taken of not more than
2 months for preparing draft of All India inter-se
seniority list of Income Tax Officers by interpolating
all the seniority list of ITOs and then to be published
on the website of the Department. Such ad hocism on the
part of the Income Tax Department in the appointment of
important post of ACIT de hors the directions issued in
the case of Union of India Vs. N.R.Parmar (supra) and
cannot be permitted even on the ground of administrative
exigencies unless final seniority list of ITOs based on
all India seniority is completed within time bound
schedule. Even today, while passing this order, we have
asked learned Counsel for the Department to seek
instructions and state whether within specific time
limit, it is possible for the concerned authority to
prepare finally all India list of ITOs. However, she is
unable to make any such statement.