EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 1179, CUTTACK, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 / ASADHA 22, 1940

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 13th July, 2018

No.23247–FIN-CT2-RULE-0001/2014/F.— In exercise of the powers conferred by

the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Odisha is pleased to

make the following rules further to amend the Odisha Subordinate Finance Service

(Commercial Tax Branch) Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 1988, namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Odisha Subordinate Finance Service

(Commercial Tax Branch) Recruitment and Conditions of Service (Amendment) Rules,

2018:

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette.

2. In the Odisha Subordinate Finance Service (Commercial Tax Branch)

Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the said

rules), in rule (2),—

(i) for clause (a) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and

GST, Odisha;”, and

(ii) for clause (c) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(c) “Assistant CT and GST Officer” means Assistant Commercial Tax and

Goods and Services Tax Officer”.

3. In the said rules, in rule 3, for the letters “ACTO”, the letters “Assistant CT and

GST Officer” shall be substituted.

4. In the said rules, for NOTE-1 appended after sub-rule (2) of rule 5, the following

Note shall be substituted, namely:—

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“NOTE-1.Out of the total number of vacancies required to be filled up by selection,

30% shall be filled up by the eligible Senior Assistants and Senior

Stenographers of both the offices of the Commissioner and Sales Tax

Tribunal and the remaining 70% shall be filled up by the eligible Senior

Clerks and Senior Stenographers of Range and Circle offices functioning

under the administrative control of the Commissioner. If any post meant for

selection from Senior Assistants and Senior Stenographers of the office of

the Commissioner and Sales Tax Tribunal remains vacant due to non-

availability of eligible candidate, the vacant posts shall be filled up by

selection of eligible Senior Clerks and Senior Stenographers of the Range

and Circle office under the administrative control of the Commissioner. The

number of posts in the cadre to be filled up by way of selection of eligible

candidates shall not exceed 50% of the total number of sanctioned posts in

the cadre.”

5. In the said rules, in sub-rule (1),in rule 7, —

(i) the words and comma “in the Departments of Government,” and the words

“of Commercial Taxes” shall be omitted, and

(ii) clause (a) shall be omitted.

6. In the said rules, in rule 8,—

(i) for sub-rule (2) the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:—

“(2) The Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:—

(a)

The Commissioner of Commercial Taxes

and GST, Odisha

…

Chairman

(b)

Special Commissioner of Commercial Taxes

and GST/ Additional Commissioner of

Commercial Taxes and GST (In-charge of

the Establishment)

…

Member

(c)

Joint Secretary to Government/ Deputy

Secretary

to

Government,

Finance

Department

(In

charge

of

the

CT

Establishment)

…

Member

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(d)

Representative of Scheduled Caste and

Scheduled Tribe Development Department

not below the rank of Deputy Secretary

…

Member

(e)

Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes

and

GST/

Deputy

Commissioner

of

Commercial Taxes and GST (In charge of

the Establishment)

…

Member-

Convener”

(ii) sub-rule (3) shall be omitted.

7. In the said rules, in rule 9, for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) The committee shall consider the cases of all persons eligible for

appointment to the Service by Selection under rule 7, scrutinize their service

records and prepare a list of persons as per provisions of the Odisha Civil

Services (Criteria for Selection for Appointment including Promotion) Rules,

2003 and time to time amendment thereon.”

8. In the said rules, in rule 13, for clause (b), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(b) The inter-se seniority amongst persons of the Office of the Commissioner and

Office of the Sales Tax Tribunal and Range and Circle Offices appointed to the

Service by selection shall be determined on the basis of their date of

appointment in the feeder grade:

Provided that if two or more persons are appointed to the feeder grade on

the same date, the inter-se seniority shall be determined on the basis of their

date of birth, i.e., those elder in age shall be senior over others.”

By Order of the Governor

T. K. PANDEY

Additional Chief Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 656-173+200