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Tejbir Sidhu gets addl charge of dy excise commissioner

Ludhiana: In a change of guard at the state taxation department, Ludhiana, Tejbir Singh Sidhu has been given the additional charge of deputy excise and taxation commissioner, Ludhiana, as the current in-charge Pawan Garg, who had the regular charge of the department, retired on Friday.

Sidhu already is serving as deputy excise and taxation commissioner, Faridkot, and is also the joint director, investigation (Bathinda), and according to sources it is likely that Sidhu will be given the permanent charge of Ludhiana in the coming days.



Speaking to TOI on the development, Sidhu said, “I will be joining Ludhiana office on Monday and my first priority will be to ensure the safety of all our officers, staff and those visiting us regularly, including tax professionals and assessees, from Covid-19 pandemic. Along with reviewing all precautionary measures, our special focus will now be on how to reduce the need for tax professionals and assessees to visit the department. In addition to this, it will also be ensured that the process of initiating GST refunds on timely basis and solving all problems of the tax payers do not get affected due to the ongoing situation when Covid-19 cases are on the rise.”

Meanwhile, the working of Ludhiana office of the department is bound to suffer for some time as three staffers of the range-2 had tested positive on Friday, following which the building was sealed, though the senior officials of department had decided to open the office on Monday. But the reports of all officials and staffers who came in contact with the three positive cases have went into self quarantine due to which various works are likely to get affected.

However, in another reshuffle which took place on July 27, Damanjit Singh Mann, who was serving as secretary, Regional Transport Authority (RTA), was made the assistant excise and taxation commissioner of range -2 of the Ludhiana office.

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