SHILLONG: Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, P. P. Chaudhary has said that he would examine the matter pertaining to the proposed shifting of headquarters of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax from Shillong to Guwahati.
“I will get the matter examined to see what is the reason for shifting the headquarters from Shillong to Guwahati,” he told reporters .
According to Chaudhary, the chief minister Mukul Sangma had also raised the issue before him.
“I can assure that there will be positive consideration on the matter,” he said.
Meghalaya Staff Welfare Committee of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax had already opposed the shifting of the headquarters saying that the cadre controlling authority
of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax for the entire North East zone has been stationed in Shillong since 1952 and it is not justified to shift the same to Guwahati along with the Chief Commissioner’s Office after 65 years.
The employees lamented that shifting of the Chief Commissioner’s Office and the Cadre Controlling Authority from Shillong to Guwahati will dislocate the officers and staff of Shillong.
Earlier, Shillong MP Vincent Pala wrote to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expressing his discontent over shifting of the headquarters.