Section 17 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 - Appeal to Special Director (Appeals) – Notified Special Directors

Last updated: 14 January 2008

Section 17 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 - Appeal to Special Director (Appeals) – Notified Special Directors

NOTIFICATION NO. S.O. 44(E), DATED 8-1-2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and in supersession of notification number S.O. 242(E), dated the 27th February, 2002, the Central Government hereby appoints the Special Directors (Appeals) specified in column (2) of the Table below to hear appeals against the orders of the Adjudicating Authorities under the said Act as per jurisdiction specified in column (5) within the zone and sub-zone specified in columns (3) and (4) respectivley, in addition to their existing duties with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.

TABLE

S. No.	Special Director (Appeals)	Zone	Sub-Zone	Jurisdiction
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
1.	Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-VI, Mumbai	Mumbai, Ahmedabad	Nagpur, Indore	States of Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Union Territory of Daman and Diu.
2.	Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-XIX, Kolkata	Kolkata, Lucknow	Varanasi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati	States of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand and part of Uttar Pradesh and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
3.	Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-V, Chennai	Chennai, Cochin, Bangalore, Hyderabad	Madurai, Calicut	States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and Union Territory of Puducherry and Union Territory of Lakshadweep.
4.	Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-VIII, Delhi	Delhi, Chandigarh	Jaipur, Jalandhar, Srinagar	States of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and part of Uttar Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh and National Capital Territory of Delhi.