Senior Standing Counsel Vacancy At Office Of The Pr. Chief Commissioner Of Income Tax, Northwest Region

The Office of the Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Northwest Region invites application for the post of Senior Standing Counsel for representing the income tax matters before the Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court and other judicial fora.

Name of the Post: Senior Standing Counsel

No. of Post: 04 (Four)

Essential Qualification and Experience

• Should 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 the High Courts or ITAT as an advocate.

• 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 the Addl. 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.

How to apply?

• Interested candidates are required to submit in their application in the prescribed format and shall submit it to Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (Judicial), NWR, Aayakar Bhawan, Sector 17E, Chandigarh – 160012 on or before 20.08.2025

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