VACANCY For CESTAT Technical Member

The Ministry of Finance has notified the vacancy for the posts of Member (Technical) in Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT).

Applications are invited for two vacancies of Member (Technical) in the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) — one existing and one anticipated. The existing vacancy is effective from 1st February 2025, and the anticipated vacancy is expected to arise on 17th August 2025.

A person, on selection, may be posted at any of the Benches of the Tribunal.

The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal is an Appellate authority established under Customs Act, 1962 to hear various appeals under the Customs Act, 1962, Central Excise Act, 1944 and Finance Act, 1994. The principal bench of CESTAT is situated at New Delhi and its other Benches are situated at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. 

Applications are being invited for one existing and one anticipated vacancy of Member (Technical) in CESTAT.

Qualification

The qualifications, eligibility, salary and other terms and conditions of the appointment of a candidate will be governed by the provision of the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021 read with Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021, Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2023 and Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Second Amendment Rules, 2023.

In terms of the Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021, in CESTAT, a person shall not be qualified for appointment as Technical Member, unless he has been a member of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise Service Group ‘A’) and has held the post of Principal Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise or any equivalent or higher post and has performed judicial, quasi-

judicial or adjudicating function for three years.

In terms of the Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2023, notwithstanding anything contained in rule 3 of the Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021, a person holding or has held the post of Member (Technical) in CESTAT, shall be eligible for re-appointment.

A person who has not completed the age of 50 years shall not be eligible for appointment as a Member.

The cut-off date for considering eligibility of the candidates against the aforesaid vacancies will be 30.06.2025.

Salary and Terms of Appointment

A Member shall be paid a salary of Rs. 2,25,0001- and shall be entitled to draw allowances and benefits as are admissible to a Government of India Officer holding Group ‘A’ post carrying the same pay. In case of a person appointed as the Member, is in receipt of any pension, the pay of such person shall be reduced by the gross amount of pension drawn by him.

In terms of Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Second Amendment Rules, 2023, where the person appointed as a Member is a serving Judge of the Supreme Court or a High Court or a serving Member of an organised service, he shall either resign or obtain voluntary retirement from his parent service before joining the Tribunal.

Pension, Provident Fund and Gratuity shall not be admissible for the service rendered in the Tribunal.

The Member shall hold office for a term of four years or till he attains the age of Sixty-Seven years, whichever is earlier.

Procedure for selection

The Search-Cum-SectionCommittee constituted for recommending names for appointment to the said post shall scrutinize the applications with respect to suitability of application for the posts by giving due weightage to qualification and experience of candidates and shortlist candidates for conducting personal interaction. The final selection will be done on the basis of overall evaluation of candidates done by the Committee based on the qualifications, experience and personal interaction.

Application Procedure

Applications of eligible and willing officers are invited through proper channel and which should be accompanied with (i) bio-data in the proforma at Annexure-I (ii) Certificate to be furnished by the employer/ head of office/forwarding authority as in Annexure-II (iii) clear photocopies of the up- to-date CR/APAR dossier of the officer containing CR/APARs of at least last five years duly attested by a Group A officer (iv) cadre clearance (v) integrity certificate/clearance from vigilance and disciplinary angle as in Annexure-III (vi) statement giving details of major or minor penalties, if any, imposed on the officer during the last ten years, to the following address, so as to reach this office latest by 30th May, 2025:

Shri Kuldeep Chaudhary
Under Secretary (Ad.IC)
Department of Revenue.
Room No. 263-D, North block, New Delhi- 110001.

Email: – kuldeep.parcha@nic.in Telephone No. 011-23095369

Notification Details

Notification No.: F. No. A-12026/15/2022

Date: 15th April, 2025

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