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F. No.278A/07/2019-Legal (Ptll)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
(Legal Cell)
5th Floor, C Wing, Hudco Vishala Building
Bhikaji Cama Place, R. K. Puram,
New Delhi-21.03.2022
To
1. Pr. Chief Commissioners, CGST &« CX., Delhi Zone
2 Chief Commissioner of Customs, Delhi Zone
3. Chief Commissioner of Customs (Prev.), Delhi Zone
4. Pr. Director General, DRI, New Delhi
5. Pr. Director General, DGGI, New Delhi

Subject: Performance review of the Sr/Jr. Standing Counsels - reg

Sir/Madam,
The undersigned is directed to refer to Board's order dated 27.09.2021(copy of said
order is available on CBIC website) alongwith corrigendum dated 28.09.2021 (copy enclosed)
issued under F. No. 278A/07/2019-Legal (Pt.) by which fresh panel of CBIC Sr./Jr. Standing
Counsels was constituted to handle litigation of Indirect Taxes before Hon'ble Delhi High
Court and other fora.

2 In terms of Para 2' of the said order, it is requested to submit the Performance Review
of each counsel, in the following format:

S. No. Name of the Counsel Designation (Sr./Jr.) Whether the performance is

satisfactory(Y/N)*

* In case of 'N', a self-contained note, enumerating the reasons, may also be enclosed.)

3. The report shall be submitted latest by 01.04.2022 at 9-legalmgov.in.

Yours faithfully

(Anjsh Gupta)
oSn(Legal)
Tel: 01126162152
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Government of India
Ministry of Financ
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs)
Legal Cell

Wing 'C, 5th Floor, Hudco Vishala Building,

Bhikaji Cama Place, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi-27.09.2021

ORDER
The President of India is please to appoint a fresh panel of Sr./Jr. Standing Counsels
of CBIC to handle litigation of Indirect Taxes before Delhi High Court and other fora, in terms
of Instruction F. No. 278A/43/2007-Legal dated 05.12.2007, as per following details. The
and conditions as laid
engagement of these Sr./Jr. Standing Counsels is subject to the terms
down in the said Instruction dated 05.12.2007 and Instruction F. No. 278A/50/2011-Legal
dated 14.09.2012.

High S. No. Sr. Standing Counsels S. | Jr. Standing Counsels

Court/Benches No.
Delhi High Court Ajit Kumar Kalia 1 Pratap Singh Ahluwalia
2 Ashok Arya 2 Shailendra Kishore Singh
3 Zoheb Hossian 3 Arun Natarajan
R. Ramachandran 4 Vipul Agarwal
5 Anshul Rai
5 Aditya Singla
6 Rajesh Mishra 6 Vaibhav Joshi
Abhishek 7 Manish Gupta
Akshay Amritanshu 3 Mananjay Kumar Mishra

Ravi Prakash 9 Farman Ali

9
Rajesh Kumar Gogna 10 Anushree Narainn
10
11 Vijay Chandra Joshi 11 Akash Vajpai

12 Dhruv Bhattacharya 12 Sahaj Garg

13 Anurima Dwivedi

14 Anish Roy
15 Amrit Lal Pahwa

16 Bharat Bhushan
Dewan
17 Sushila Narang
Thakral
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2
The panel is constiluted
inilially for period
of six months and on
a
satisfactory
performance, the same shall be continued for the renmaining period of two and a half years.

3. It is clarified that ficld formations (GST/Customs formations) may avail services of

theSr./1r. Slanding Counsels who have been appointed vide Board's order F. No
278A/07/2019-Legal(Pt.I) dated 01.10.2020 (copy available on CBIC website) on need basis.
Similarly, DRI/DGG als avail the services of fresh mentioned
may
panel at
Para-
his issues with concurrence of Ministry of Law & Justice vide their ID No. J

12013/33/2020-Judl. dated 08.06.2021 and the Integrated Finance Unit (IFU) Dy. NO
351/1FU-EC/2021.

(Anish Gupta)
OSD (Legal)
Copy to:
1. All Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of CGST& CE
Customs & Customs (Prev.)
All Principal Director Generals/ Director Generals of CGST& CE and Customs
All Joint Secretaries/ CommissionerS under CBIC
4 Special Secretary, GST Council, Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaught Place, New
Delhi
5 CEO, Goods and Services Tax Network, East Wing, 4th Floor, World Mark-l, Tower
B', Aerociby, New Delhi
6. Judicial Section, Department of Legal Affairs, M/o Law & Justice (Ref. their ID No.
J-12013/55/2019-Judl. dated 25.06.2020)
1. lin j g a l g o r . i n for uploading the same on CBIC website under
Legal Affairs.
 ernment of India
Ministr ot inane
Departnment of Revenue
(entral Board ot Indirect laes & Customs)
al Cel
Wing C.5 Floor, I lidco Vishala Buildin
Bhikaji Cama Place, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi-28.09.2021

CORRIGENDUM
In continuation of Bard's orde- of even no. dated 27.09,2021, vide which a tresh
panel of Sr/Jr Standing, (ounsels of "BIC to handle litigation of Indirect Taxes betore
DelhiTTigh Court and other tora was constituted, the tollowing
the Board's order dated corigendum is made to
2 (9 2021 issued hy legal Cell, CBIC
"It is clarited th.at ID No
1-12013/55/2019-judl dated 25.06.2020 mentioned
under Copy to' at Sl No 6 bread
O806 2021
mav as ID No
J-12013/33/2020-Judl. dated

(Anish Gupta)
0SD (legal)

Copy to
AlL Principal (hiet Commissoners/
Chiet Commissioners of CGST & CE,
Customs & Customs (l'rev
All Principal Dirextor CGenerals/ Director Generals of CGSI & CE and Customs
All Joint uretaries/ Conmissioners under CBIC
Special Sxretarv. GSI Council. Jeevan Bharti Building, Connaupht Place, New
Delhi
CIO, Gods and Services Tax Network, last Wing, 4th iloor, World Mark-i, Tower
B, Aerocitv, New Ielhi
Judicial Section, IDepartment of L.egal Affairs, M/o law & Justice (Ret. their ID No.
-12013/33/2020-ludl dated 08.06.2021)
tor upl0ading the same on CBIC website under
Iegal A!1airs