INCOME TAX

AST Instruction No.86, dated 9-11-2010        

DIRECTOREATE OF INCOME TAX (SYSTEMS)

ARA Centre, Ground Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension,

New Delhi-110055        Tel. No. : 011-23593179

                                                                                      Fax:    011:23615679  

F.No. SW/3/9/2010-11/DIT(S)-III                                                    Dated: 09.11.2010

To,

The Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (By Name)

Ahmedabad/ Allahabad/ Amritsar/ Bangalore/ Baroda/ Bhopal/ Bhubaneshwar/ Bareilly/ Chandigarh/ Chennai/ Cochin/ Coimbatore/ Dehradun/ Delhi/ Durgapur/ Guwahati/ Hubli/ Hyderabad/ Indore/ jaipur/ Jalpaiguri/ Jodhpur/ Kanpur/ Kolkatta/ Lucknow/ Ludhiana/ Madurai/ Meerut/ Mumbai/ Nagpur/ Nashik/ Panaji/ Panchkula/ Patna/ Pune/ Raipur/ Rajkot/ Ranchi/ Shimla/ Shillong/ Surat/ Thane/ Trichy/ Trivandrum/ Udaipur/ Vishakhapatnam; and

The Commissioner of Income-tax (By Name)

Agra/Bikaner/Calicut/ Dhanbad/ Gandhinagar/ Gwalior/ Jabalpur/ Jalandhar/ Kolhapur/ Muzzaffarpur/ Mysore/ Patiala/ Rohtak/ Sambalpur/ Varanasi/ Vijaywada/ Delhi (CO)/ Mumbai (CO)/ Chennai (CO)/ Ahmedabad (CO)/ Bangalore (CO)/ Bhopal (CO)/ Bhubaneshwar (CO)/ Kolkatta (CO)/ Cochin (CO)/ Chandigarh (CO)/ Hyderabad (CO)/ Jaipur (CO)/ Kanpur (CO)/ Patna (CO)/ Pune (CO)/ Guhawati (CO).

Subject: User Manual for unblocking of refunds falling under various blocked refunds categories-regarding.

 Sir/ Madam,

            Presently, the refunds blocked in AST due to any reason are being unblocked by DIT(Systems) on the basis of request received from the field.

A new functionality has been developed wherein such unblocking can be done by the field officers themselves. Further, the A.O. has been given privilege to block any refund in 'Pending state' in AST, if the situation so demands. Alongwith this functionality an online MIS has been provided for A.O., Range Head, CIT, CCIT to know the pendency of such blocked refunds at any point of time. The approving authority for unblocking of refunds should ensure from records the genuine pendency of refunds before giving approval for unblocking of such refunds. The procedure is elaborated in the user manual enclosed with this letter.  Softcopy of the user  manual has also been placed on ITD Application & I-Taxnet for the convenience of the users. This may be circulated amongst all officers working in your charge.

                                                Thanking you

Yours faithfully,

(Harish Kumar)

DIT (Systems)-III

New Delhi

For any clarification, you may also call Sh. K.J. Singh Addl. DIT(Systems)-III(1)-23674744,     Sh P V Gupta-23676440.

Copy to:

1. P.P.S. to Member (L &C), Member (Inv.), Member (IT), CBDT for information.

   (Harish Kumar)

 DIT (Systems)-III

New Delhi