Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the state-of-the-art office-cum-residential complex of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) at Cuttack in Odisha on 11 November 2020.
ITAT is an important statutory body in the field of direct taxes and its orders are accepted as final, on findings of facts. ITAT was the first Tribunal to be created on 25 January 1941 and is also known as Mother Tribunal. The Cuttack Bench of ITAT was created and started functioning from 23 May 1970.
It was functioning in a rented premise for over 50 years. The newly-built office-cum-residential complex is spread over an area of 1.60 acre allotted by the state government free of cost in 2015.
The total built-up area of the office complex is 1,938 sq mtr over three floors, including inter alia, spacious court room, ultra-modern record room, well-equipped chambers for Members of the Bench, library room, modern conference hall, bar room for lawyers, chartered accountants, among others.