THE ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL
EXCISE GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
To,
All Members of AIACEGEO,
(Through: President/General
Secretary of all Units)
Comrades,
Sub- ‘Agitation against delay in
Approval of Cadre Restructuring, & other
related issues’.
The All India Association of Central
Excise Gazetted Executive Officers , the organization representing
about 11,800 Gazetted Executive Officers of the Central Excise, Customs
and Service Tax Department, has embarked upon an agitation
programme from 25/09/2012, demanding immediate approval of Cadre Restructuring
proposal of CBEC without any cut as cleared by the D/O Expenditure, granting of
GP-5400 in PB-3 to the grade of Superintendent of Central Excise w.e.f
01.01.2006 , introduction of in situ scheme to remove stagnation etc etc.. The
department is already facing acute shortage of manpower both at the staff and
officers level, especially at the cutting edge level i.e. Assistant
Commissioners who are playing a very crucial role in revenue collection.
The Public Accounts Committee in its
79th Report has interalia stated that “. The Committee feel that the staff
requirement be examined on priority basis by the Finance Minister in order to ensure that the Service Tax
collections, which have increased phenomenally from Rs. 407 crore in 1994-95 to
Rs. 97,389 crore in 2011-12 does not suffer for want of human resource.
Near about 8000 nos. of
Superintendents have completed 30 year of services as Inspectors and
Superintendents combinedly at present and waiting for their promotion to
Gr-A. The Inspectors who are joining in the department as direct recruit
are retiring by getting one promotion to the grade of Superintendent in
their service career. Whereas those similar placed employees who are joining in
Income Tax department or in CSS or as Examiner in Customs are getting almost 5
to 6 promotions in their service career, While 1992 batch Examiners are being
promoted to the grade of Asst. Commissioner, the 1975 batch Inspectors are
still Superintendents and are being forced to work under the 1992 batch of
Examiners who are quite juniors to them in service. The parity is the
basic concept of our Constitution, parity in promotion is required to be
maintained amongst the similar placed employees of same department, but till
date the Govt. of India have not initiated any action to maintain parity in
promotion amongst the Examiners/Preventive Officers and Inspectors of CBEC. The
educational qualification, mode of recruitment and Grade Pay for these post are
similar. The Examiner, Preventive Officers and Inspectors are being recruited
by the same examination conducted by SSC. The Honourable Apex Court have
decided that one should at least get 3 promotions in his service career. But
Govt have not allowed two promotions to the cadre of Inspector of CBEC.. Major
revenue of Govt. of India are being collected through CBEC. Inspectors
and Superintendents are basically
responsible for collection of such major revenue. But these officers are not
being awarded at least two promotions in their service career and are not being
granted with appropriate pay as has been granted to similar placed employees of
Central Govt.
Considering the utter frustration of Superintendents who are
languishing without any promotion for around 18/20 years and being forced to
work under their natural juniors by 17 years, AIACEGEO had served a
notice dated 02.04.13 , on the Finance Minister of India informing about
the proposed agitation to be held on
12.04.13 , if all the 10 points charter of demands are not
accepted immediately.
The copy of Notice
served upon the Finance Minister of India on 02.04.13 by Secretary
General relating to such proposed
agitation is reproduced below for your
perusal.
“Ref. No. 44/A/12
Dt. 02.04.13
To,
Sh. P. Chidambaram,
The Hon’ble Finance Minister,
Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Sub: March to FM residence
on 12.04.13 and mass resignations on 30.04.13-intimation reg.
Sir,
Kindly refer to the
Ref. No. 93/A/12 Dt. 31.12.12, 27/H/13 Dt. 04.03.13, 33/A/12 Dt. 18.03.13 and
34/A/12 Dt. 19.03.13 of the Association.
2. It
is submitted with due regards that our officers are retiring in PB2
after getting only one promotion in the service career while other common
entry counterparts of ours are retiring in PB4 after getting 5-6 promotions. We
are deprived of the appropriate pay scale/pay band & grade pay and
facing the worst career prospects. Our officers are getting promotion (if any)
merely to Junior Time Scale while other counterparts of CPWD, CSS etc. are
getting to Senior Time Scale. The employee grievance redressal
mechanism has totally failed. We are forced to work under the
extreme juniors of Customs belonging to the same cadre. All of our
officers are totally demoralised and have nothing to be job-satisfied or
motivated. If career prospects were disclosed in the recruitment advertisement,
we would have never joined this job. The rights to grow, make progress and live
with dignity have been snatched from us. There is no change in the scenario
till date despite of the decades-long representations, pleadings and requests
of the Association and also our duties being performed by us like the most
obedient & responsible employees. It is, therefore, intimated that-
(i) The officers
from all over India will gather at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 12.04.13 at 11
a.m. in their uniform and
proceed to gather around the residence of your goodself to submit the
Memorandum.
(iii) All of
our officers throughout the country will submit their resignations on
30.04.13 under protest.
3. The charter of the demands is enclosed herewith.
Thanking
you,
Yours
faithfully,
Encl:
Charter of demands.
(RAVI MALIK),
Secretary General.
Copy with
the request for necessary action to-
1) The MOS,
Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi.
2) The
Secretary, Department of Revenue, North Block, New Delhi.
3) The
Chairperson, CBEC, North Block, New Delhi.
(RAVI MALIK).”
Charter
of demands
1. Immediate
implementation of the cadre restructuring without any cut as already approved
by the Expenditure. All proposed posts to be approved
permanently and be filled-up by promotions only alongwith all posts
likely to be lied vacant within 5 years of
implementation of cadre restructuring without any direct recruitment in group
‘A’ during the period.
2. Parity with
other counterparts of CSS, CBDT etc. either in the cadre restructuring or
independent of it to retire our officers also in PB-4.
3. Immediate fulfilment of the commitments like “creation of separate service for group ‘B’ executive officers”,
“promotion of group ‘B’ gazetted executive officer directly to STS like CSS”,
“all Inspectors, PO’s & Examiners of same year should be brought to same
level of promotion”, ‘all the
vacancies of cadre restructuring to be filled up by promotions & extend
this benefit for more than 1 years”, ‘minimum qualifying service for promotion
to gazetted post should be uniform for Inspector, PO & Examiner” etc. etc. made during the presentation on cadre
restructuring proposal on 18.01.11 in consonance of the submissions made by the
Association vide its Ref. No. 13/11 Dt. 27.01.11.
4. At least
four functional promotions in the service career.
5. Immediate
implementation of the Supreme Court verdict dt. 03.08.11 by framing “just, fair
& equitable” recruitment rules and abiding all the ad hoc promotions with
the same duly granting notional promotions to the seniors of Central Excise
whose juniors of Customs have already been promoted.
6. Initial
grade pay of Rs. 5,400/- in PB3 w.e.f. the date of the grant of this grade
pay/equivalent pay scale to the other analogous counterparts of IB, CBI etc.
7. Time-scale
in PB3 instead of PB2 to the
Superintendents completing 4 years of service and next promotions to all
Superintendents directly to the post of Deputy Commissioner (STS
post) to maintain parity between the officers of headquarters
organisations & field offices. Also counting of regular service in
non-discriminatory manner as compared to CSS etc.
8. At least a
grade pay of Rs. 6,600-/ & 7,600/- on IInd & IIIrd MACP upgradation
without offsetting with time scale on the lines of MACPS adopted by the State
Governments like Uttar Pradesh etc. or even on better lines on account of the
originating source (i.e., 6th CPC) being the same.
9. Finalisation
of in-situ promotion scheme under consultation of the Association.
10. Holding of regular minuted meetings under employee grievances
redressal mechanism.
THE MESSAGE OF SHRI RAVI MALIK SECRETARY GENERAL AIACEGEO IS ALSO
PRODUCED BELOW:
Subject: Further steps of
agitation
From: Ravi Malik
Mon, 1 Apr '13 9:30a
To: You .
Dear friends,
good morning.
We all know that the programme of 29-31.03.13
has only been deferred and the programmes of 12.04.13 AND 30.04.13 ARE AS
"IT IS" WITHOUT ANY CHANGE. We have not to be even a little
complacent. A few may say why the programme was deferred on last day as we were
all prepared. Thanks to all for the extraordinary preparations despite of acute
time constraint but we have also to be ready for such type of things without
affecting our preparations even a little. No doubt that the notice of any
programme is never served only for the sake of service but it is served with
the determined intention of following the programme to achieve our goals in the
interest of the cadre. Our goal is never "merely to observe the programme
or bring a stage to stop the dialogues" with concerned authorities but our
goal particularly in r/o any agitational programme is always to mount the
required pressure on the authorities to make them serious about us. No doubt
also that last hour deferment always place us in very inconvenient position but
we have to bear it and be ready as per the demand of the circumstances. A
few may not like it but others may appreciate it as a mature and wanted step.
But we have never to feel ill, demoralised, disheartened or disappointed. We
have instead to be well prepared for the next programme with even more zeal
& enthusiasm to show the utmost unity & solidarity in the
interest of the cadre.
Accordingly, it is requested that maximum
number of officers may kindly gather at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 12.04.13 in
the UNIFORM to proceed to FM's residence at 19, Safdarjung Road, New
Delhi-110011. If anybody is not having uniform, he/she may arrange it from
somewhere or come even without uniform. All of the participants have to apply
for leave on some personal grounds because administration may not grant the
leave for this purpose.
We should also have started the collection of
the "resignation letters" from the members to give the clear message
to the administration upto top level. This message of collection of the
"resignation letters" will certainly have an extra positive impact on
administration to make them "really serious" for us.
SO, FRIENDS, KINDLY BE WELL PREPARED FOR THE
PROGRAMMES OF 12.04.13 & 30.04.13.
Love,
Ravi.”
Dear Comrades,
As
the Cadre Review & Restructuring will provide adequate staff &
officers, moreover if all the demands as raised by AIACEGEO will be accepted
then all most all employees of CBEC will be benefited . Further these demands will
surely boost the Revenue, which is primary for sustaining the developmental
work undertaken by the Government.
Therefore, I request all the employees of Central Excise, Customs
and Service Tax Department to join in the agitation and join in march to FM
house from Jantra Mantra , New Delhi on 12.04.13 to submit representation and
make such agitation a grand success.
(LOKANATH MISHRA)
PRESIDENT
