Income tax staff in a fix over 'informal' reporting orders amid lockdown

While some are stuck in towns other than their place of work, others are finding it difficult to commute as they have to rely on public transport

An income tax officer posted in Ranchi is perplexed over being asked to report to work amid coronavirus lockdown, which has been extended till May 3. He is currently in Chandigarh, his hometown, and has no means to make it back with all flights and trains suspended. Besides, with separate state laws and restrictions also in force, permission may be needed to operate in hotspot areas that have several cases of Covid-19.

He is one among the many officers who are flummoxed with the unofficial orders from supervisory officers asking them to report to work even before April 19, when