Overlooked, CBDT member seeks retirement

New Delhi: CBDT member Akhilesh Ranjan, who was overlooked for the post of the Board's chairman, has written to the government seeking voluntary retirement from service, official sources said on Friday. They said Ranjan, who recently submitted a report on the new direct tax code to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has sought retirement from service owing to "family and personal reasons."