Senior Standing Counsel And Junior Standing Counsel Vacancy At Income Tax Department, Gujarat

Income tax department, Gujarat invites application for the post of Senior Standing Counsel and Junior Standing Counsel to represent the Income tax department, Gujarat, before the High Court, Central Administrative Tribunal, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company law Appellate Tribunal and other Judicial Fora.

Name of the Post: Senior Standing Counsel and Junior Standing Counsel

Essential Qualification and Experience

Senior Standing Counsel

• To be eligible to appear before the High Court as an advocate and have a minimum experience of five years of handling direct tax matters before High Courts or ITAT as an advocate; OR have been a Junior Standing Counsel of the Department for three years; OR have been an officer of the Income-tax Department who is eligible to appear before the High Court as an advocate and has retired/resigned from the post of Additional Commissioner/Director of Income-tax or any equivalent post after occupying such post for at least three years or any higher post or who has been a member of ITAT, provided that he has not been removed/dismissed or compulsorily retired from service on account of disciplinary action and no disciplinary proceeding under service rules or pension rules is pending against him.

Junior Standing Counsel

• To be eligible to appear before the High Court as an advocate and have a minimum experience of three years of handling preferably direct tax matters before High Courts or ITAT; OR have been an officer of the Income-tax Department who retired/resigned from the post of Additional/Joint CIT or below and is eligible to appear before the High Court as an advocate, provided that he has not been removed/dismissed or compulsorily retired from service on account of disciplinary action and no disciplinary proceeding under service rules or pension rules is pending against him.

How to apply?

• Interested candidates are required to submit in their application in the prescribed format and shall submit it to office of Pro Commissioner of Income tax (Judicial), Tapal Section, Room No 334, 3rd floor, Aayakar Shavan, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad 380009 or email at ahmedabad.clt.Judiclal@incometax.gov.in on or before 21.04.2025

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