Two main worker associations of the Revenue Tax Division have written to the federal government stating that they’d resort to a graded agitation schedule starting April 16 if their “lengthy pending” points and “precarious” working circumstances are usually not resolved.
The Joint Council Motion (JCA), comprising the Revenue Tax Staff Federation (ITEF) and Revenue Tax Gazetted Officers’ Affiliation (ITGOA), represents about 97 per cent of the division’s workforce that works to gather income for the federal government below the direct tax class.
Officers from the Indian Income Service (IRS) represent the third affiliation, they usually lead the division as heads of assorted verticals.
The JCA, in its letter dated April 6, to the Income Secretary below the Union Finance Ministry, stated that the discussion board was approaching his workplace with its ten-point grievances as a result of “persistent apathy” of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in resolving these points.
The CBDT frames coverage for the tax division.
“The impeded profession development and bleak prospects of promotion, irrational annual basic transfers, precarious service circumstances coupled with unjustified work stress, irrational and unrealistic targets and extreme scarcity of manpower and important infrastructure have pushed our members to the brink,” the JCA stated.
It claimed the members of the 2 associations have been “pushed with our again in direction of the wall” and that demoralisation has “hit the nadir”. It added that if their points are usually not addressed in a time-bound method, they are going to resort to a seven-staged programme of agitation, starting with a lunch hour demonstration in any respect places of work of the division on April 16.
The agitation will likely be stepped up subsequently, which can embrace sporting ‘black badges’ and non-submission of statistical experiences, main as much as a full-day strike on Might 13.
The JCA, whereas pointing to the ten-point pending points, stated their cadre assessment and restructuring was final undertaken 13 years in the past, and this “overdue” train was pending for closing approval.
“Continued delay in finalisation of the proposal for submission earlier than the competent authority for approval will not be solely perpetuating the acute stagnation but additionally constraining the division’s capability to perform optimally and ship globally benchmarked taxpayer companies, particularly at a time of transition to the brand new Revenue Tax Act,” the letter stated.
The discussion board has additionally highlighted the difficulty of modification of recruitment guidelines for the posts of Inspector, Workplace Superintendent and Tax Assistant, other than the modification of Indian Income Service (IRS) recruitment guidelines.
The associations have additionally sought “fast cessation” of repetitive and unreasonable reporting necessities and the imposition of synthetic deadlines for scrutiny disposal work.
“Although these urgent points have been constantly pursued and mentioned with the CBDT and associated authorities by means of formal conferences and communications and casual interactions, they continue to be largely unresolved.
“Whereas our members are silently accepting the back-breaking workload and strenuous work circumstances so as to meet the funds and different targets, the authorities in CBDT are oblivious to their plights and proceed to disregard their reliable calls for,” the letter stated.
Revealed on April 14, 2026
