Monetary thresholds for departmental appeals in legacy indirect tax matters preserve challenges involving constitutional validity and ultra vires instruments.
Departmental appeals in legacy Central Excise and Service Tax matters are governed by revised monetary thresholds for CESTAT, High Court and Supreme Court proceedings, with application to pending cases. Adverse judgments must nevertheless be contested where constitutional validity is challenged or a notification, instruction, order or circular is held illegal or ultra vires. Non-filing under these thresholds does not amount to departmental acceptance of the issue and does not bar proceedings in another matter involving the same or similar question of law.

Adjudication monetary limits align central excise and GST show cause notices on tobacco to a single adjudicating authority.
A tiered adjudication scheme sets monetary limits for issuing show cause notices and adjudication of central excise duty/CENVAT credit for Chapter 24 commodities: Superintendents up to twenty lakh, Deputy/Assistant Commissioners above twenty lakh up to two crore, and Additional/Joint Commissioners above two crore. The limits apply to notices issued from 01.07.2017 pending adjudication; otherwise prior circular limits prevail. Central Excise notices arising alongside GST notices will be assigned to the CGST adjudicating authority so the same or a senior authority decides both matters, with specified assignment powers for senior Commissioners and DGGI officers.

E-office submission requirement: SLP proposals accepted only through specified e office node and LIMBS ID as valid proposals.
Instruction rescinds the 30.08.2023 Instruction and amends the 14.03.2022 Instruction by revising the designated e office entry to SEENA-CBIC-SUP(S)-CX-8A SECTION - CX-8A Section. It requires that SLP proposals be forwarded only via e office mode to be treated as valid, accompanied by all relevant documents per the Board Circular, and that field formations follow specified prior Instructions while sensitising staff to the e office and LIMBS identifiers provided.

Special Leave Petition filing approvals require prior jurisdictional concurrence before forwarding, with supporting approval documents.
Proposals for initiating Special Leave Petitions must be forwarded to the central authority only after obtaining prior approval or concurrence from the relevant jurisdictional Pr. Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner/Pr. Director General/Director General within the prescribed time limit, and a copy of the letter, correspondence, or note-sheet evidencing such approval must be attached when forwarding the proposal.