The Joint Council of Motion (JCA), representing the Revenue Tax Staff Federation (ITEF) and Revenue Tax Gazetted Officers Affiliation (ITGOA), introduced a collection of agitation packages that can intensify over the approaching weeks, doubtlessly disrupting tax administration operations nationwide.
The protest will start with demonstrations on July 23 in any respect Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner/Principal Commissioner stations throughout 18 areas.
“The persistent indifference of the administration in the direction of our urgent points has compelled us to provoke this protest,” said the JCA in a letter to CBDT Chairman dated July 21, 2025.
On July 29, JAF has deliberate for half-day dharnas and demonstrations in any respect main tax workplaces and suspension of all reviews besides these for Parliamentary questions and court docket orders. There will even boycott of outreach packages and non-participation in official conferences, each bodily and digital and black flag demonstrations if CBDT members go to discipline workplaces.
In accordance with the JCA from 5 to 7 August, there will likely be prolonged day by day dharnas and a whole halt to go looking and survey operations, together with TDS surveys and a full-day walkout on August 8. The JCA highlighted a number of unresolved points affecting 97% of the division's workforce. The latest Annual Common Switch (AGT) orders issued on July 16 have “aggravated prevailing discontent” by ignoring deserving instances involving real compassionate grounds. The long-standing observe of transferring officers again to dwelling areas after cooling-off intervals has been “abruptly discontinued.”Delays within the overdue Cadre Assessment and Restructuring train proceed to trigger “acute stagnation” throughout Group C and B cadres. A committee report on profession development for non-IRS cadres reportedly ignored JCA proposals.
A number of promotion and regularisation points stay unresolved, together with regularisation of Assistant Commissioners (2024 batch) pending with UPSC for over six months, Advert-hoc promotions in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh areas, All-India Revenue Tax Officer seniority record preparation delays and non-financial upgradation points for 2008-2011 batches.
Staff have additionally raised considerations about “frequent and duplicative requests for knowledge and reviews” with “synthetic deadlines” that disregard statutory deadlines. The reorganisation of Junior Evaluation Officer fees, created through the faceless evaluation scheme implementation, stays pending regardless of repeated requests.
Regardless of formidable plans for digital platform upgrades together with Taxnet 2.0, ITBA 2.0, and different techniques, the JCA criticised the shortage of matching {hardware} and software program help. “Over a thousand newly promoted Revenue Tax Officers are being compelled to work with out departmental laptops,” the letter said.
The protest comes regardless of the latest reappointment of the present CBDT Chairman, which had “created lots of expectation among the many fraternity.” Nonetheless, the JCA expressed that “our anticipations have been belied” by the latest switch orders and continued delays in resolving long-pending points.
