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Latest instructions, circulars and notifications of the Directorate, newest first. Use the search box to find a circular by subject or date. Items added in the last 7 days are marked New.

S.No	Letter Date	Subject	Download
1	28-03-2025	Change of Abbreviation for Department of Legal Affairs from ‘DoLA’ to ‘DLA’ -reg.	DownloadPDF, 361 KB Change of Abbreviation for Department of Legal Affairs from ‘DoLA’ to ‘DLA’ -reg. (PDF, 361 KB, opens in a new window)
2	20-03-2025	Monitoring of Commissioner (Appeals) and Addl./ Joint Commissioner (Appeals) pendency	DownloadPDF, 1.8 MB Monitoring of Commissioner (Appeals) and Addl./ Joint Commissioner (Appeals) pendency (PDF, 1.8 MB, opens in a new window)
3	19-03-2025	Reconciliation/ Rectification of figures reported for CESTAT involving litigation-	DownloadPDF, 2.2 MB Reconciliation/ Rectification of figures reported for CESTAT involving litigation- (PDF, 2.2 MB, opens in a new window)
4	19-03-2025	Reconciliation/ Rectification of figures reported for CESTAT involving litigation	DownloadPDF, 2.2 MB Reconciliation/ Rectification of figures reported for CESTAT involving litigation (PDF, 2.2 MB, opens in a new window)
5	19-03-2025	Reconciliation/ Rectification of figures reported for CESTAT involving litigation-	DownloadPDF, 2.2 MB Reconciliation/ Rectification of figures reported for CESTAT involving litigation- (PDF, 2.2 MB, opens in a new window)
6	10-10-2024	Monitoring of commissioner (Appeals) and ADC/JC (Appeals) pendency-reg	DownloadPDF, 810 KB Monitoring of commissioner (Appeals) and ADC/JC (Appeals) pendency-reg (PDF, 810 KB, opens in a new window)
7	07-05-2024	Internal complaint committe	DownloadPDF, 261 KB Internal complaint committe (PDF, 261 KB, opens in a new window)
8	28-04-2023	Applications for Indirect Tax Internship Scheme in CBIC.	DownloadPDF Applications for Indirect Tax Internship Scheme in CBIC. (PDF, opens in a new window)
9	19-01-2021	Strict compliance of Limitation while filing Appeals/ petitions before Courts/ Tribunal	DownloadPDF, 132 KB Strict compliance of Limitation while filing Appeals/ petitions before Courts/ Tribunal (PDF, 132 KB, opens in a new window)
10	23-12-2020	Streamline the process of Litigation before Courts and Tribunals	DownloadPDF, 377 KB Streamline the process of Litigation before Courts and Tribunals (PDF, 377 KB, opens in a new window)
11	17-08-2020	Addendum to Master Instructions dated 14.08.2019 on Defence against Writ Petitions /PILs relating to GST	DownloadPDF, 323 KB Addendum to Master Instructions dated 14.08.2019 on Defence against Writ Petitions /PILs relating to GST (PDF, 323 KB, opens in a new window)
12	05-03-2020	Circulars dated 14.01.2020 and 05.03.2020 of Supreme Court of India	DownloadPDF Circulars dated 14.01.2020 and 05.03.2020 of Supreme Court of India (PDF, opens in a new window)
13	13-01-2020	Revisional Authority under section 108 of CGST Act, 2017	DownloadPDF, 168 KB Revisional Authority under section 108 of CGST Act, 2017 (PDF, 168 KB, opens in a new window)
14	03-12-2019	Order No 09/2019-Central Tax	DownloadPDF, 117 KB Order No 09/2019-Central Tax (PDF, 117 KB, opens in a new window)
15	22-08-2019	Reduction of Government Litigation- Raising of monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before CESTAT/ High Courts and Supreme Court in legacy Central Excise and Service Tax	DownloadPDF, 542 KB Reduction of Government Litigation- Raising of monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before CESTAT/ High Courts and Supreme Court in legacy Central Excise and Service Tax (PDF, 542 KB, opens in a new window)
16	14-08-2019	Master Instruction on Defence against Writ Petitions/PILs relating to GST	DownloadPDF Master Instruction on Defence against Writ Petitions/PILs relating to GST (PDF, opens in a new window)
17	15-05-2018	Reduction of Government Litigation- Introduction of monetary limits at the level of Commissioner (Appeals) in legacy Central Excise and Service tax matters only	DownloadPDF, 301 KB Reduction of Government Litigation- Introduction of monetary limits at the level of Commissioner (Appeals) in legacy Central Excise and Service tax matters only (PDF, 301 KB, opens in a new window)
18	04-04-2018	Reduction of Litigation in Central Excise and Service tax	DownloadPDF, 509 KB Reduction of Litigation in Central Excise and Service tax (PDF, 509 KB, opens in a new window)
19	03-04-2018	Reduction of Litigation in Central Excise and Service tax	DownloadPDF, 333 KB Reduction of Litigation in Central Excise and Service tax (PDF, 333 KB, opens in a new window)
20	27-11-2017	Master Instruction on Defence against Writ Petitions / PILs relating to GST	DownloadPDF Master Instruction on Defence against Writ Petitions / PILs relating to GST (PDF, opens in a new window)
21	01-06-2017	Monitoring of delay in filing of SLPs/Appeals by the department before the Honble Supreme Court / High Courts	DownloadPDF, 1.6 MB Monitoring of delay in filing of SLPs/Appeals by the department before the Honble Supreme Court / High Courts (PDF, 1.6 MB, opens in a new window)
22	17-12-2015	Reduction of Government litigation- providing monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before CESTAT / High Courts and Supreme Court	DownloadPDF, 1.2 MB Reduction of Government litigation- providing monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before CESTAT / High Courts and Supreme Court (PDF, 1.2 MB, opens in a new window)
23	17-08-2011	Reduction of Government Litigation-providing monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before CESTAT/ High Courts and Supreme Court	DownloadPDF Reduction of Government Litigation-providing monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before CESTAT/ High Courts and Supreme Court (PDF, opens in a new window)
24	21-09-2010	Measures to streamline the processing of departmental litigation before the Courts and Tribunal	DownloadPDF Measures to streamline the processing of departmental litigation before the Courts and Tribunal (PDF, opens in a new window)