ALL
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF
CENTRAL
EXCISE
GAZETTED
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
“JAIPUR TO PATNA”
A
HAND-OUT
ON
THE OCCASION OF
ASSOCIATE
COMMITTEE MEETING BEING HELD AT PATNA
ON
25.05.13 TO 26.05.13
PRESIDENT: SECRETARY
GENERAL:
LOKANATH
MISHRA RAVI
MALIK
Mob. 09437314941 Mob.
09868816290
“OUR UNITY ZINDABAD”
“LONG LIVE OUR ASSOCIATION”
Vice
Presidents:
Sampat Rai & Vatan Kamble (Central);
Anurag Chaudhary & Ravi Joshi (North); A. Ravinder Singh & Rajan G.
George (South); A. S. Roy & Shubhrangshu Deb (East); P. D. Nimhan & S.
K. Jha (West)
Joint Secretaries:
Anand Kishore & Laxmi Lal Singhvi
(Central); N. N. Lal & R. K. Solanki (North); G. Srinath & S.
Chandrasekar (South); Ashwini Majhi & V. N. Jha (East); G. K. Jhala &
M. K. Misra (West)
Office
Secretary: C. S. Sharma
Treasurer:
N. R. Manda
“OUR UNITY ZINDABAD”
“LONG LIVE OUR ASSOCIATION”
Dear friends,
First of all, we
all are thankful to our Patna Unit on behalf of the All India Association of
Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers for convening this Associate
Committee Meeting of the Association. All of the delegates come from all over
the country to attend the meeting are very heartedly welcomed. Very hopefully,
this meeting would further strengthen our solidarity and unity giving all of us
one more opportunity to interact with each other in the common interest of the
cadre. Our united efforts are the only key for our success to achieve our
goals.
Despite
of the fact that everything has already been communicated through the
electronic mails, the forthcoming paras are just a
brief of the actions of our Association covering the period from Jaipur to
Patna. These paras reflect the efforts made by the present body after coming
into existence at Jaipur. Full credit goes to the Committee and all members of
the Association regarding collective efforts made by them in the common
interest of the cadre during the journey from Jaipur to Patna. An Association
can never function properly, if there is not a proper rapport and tuning among
all the office bearers & members including the President and Secretary
General. All of them gave their full support to the All India Body and cooperated
in each and every matter working like a cohesive unit from Jaipur to Patna.
Whatever happened during this period, it was never possible without the
cooperation, contribution & commitment of all of them. All of them are
thanked for their roles in the common interest of the cadre and giving
constructive suggestions as and when required.
All the issues were taken up at the
various levels including HRD, the Member and Chairperson of the Board, Revenue
Secretary, DOPT Secretary, MOS of Finance, MOS of Expenditure, MOS of DOPT,
Minister of Finance, Public Accounts Committee,
Prime Minister etc. also having various meetings with many of them and
submitting the representations in person.
1) The issue of
the stagnation/cadre restructuring is
being taken up continuously at the various levels. It is very unfortunate that
the most of our officers are retiring on a post in PB2 after joining the job in
PB2 itself while our common entry counterparts are easily retiring in PB4 with
a grade pay of Rs. 8700/- or even 10000/- (grade of ADC/Director or
Commissioner/Joint Secretary). The cadre restructuring is being hectically
pursued and the new strength at AC/DC level has been raised to 4418 in place of
1550. The same has been cleared by the Hon’ble FM and is presently with the
Department of Expenditure. After it, it will go to the COS/GOM and then finally
for Cabinet approval. As a result, around 2450 (i.e., 81% of total vacancies in
the ratio of 13:2:1 as per the new rules) of our Central Excise Superintendents
are expected to enter group ‘A’. It has also been proposed that the direct
recruitment of IRS will be limited to maximum 150 for coming 5 years and rest
of the vacancies being vacant against the retirements will be filled up by
promotee officers only. We, however, require more on account of our prolonged
& acute stagnation but it shall also be a great achievement to get our around
2450 officers entered into group ‘A’ and keeping reserved a substantial number
of vacancies for promote officers for 5 years which never happened in the
history.
2) The efforts are being
made to get the Supreme Court verdict implemented
in its true spirit abiding all the ad hoc promotions with the new rules. The
CBEC changed the ratio of 6:1:2 to 13:2:1 for entry to group ‘A’ from group ‘B’
instead of bringing the parity in promotions of common entry counterparts as
also committed by them during the presentation of cadre restructuring proposal
made on 18.01.11 saying that a proposal to bring all the Inspectors, PO’s &
Examiners is already under examination. No doubt that the Apex court said in
the contempt verdict that they never said to implement the new RR’s
retrospectively but it is also true that they very well said to abide all the
ad hoc promotions with new rules.
3) The issue of
the parity with the common entry
counterparts is also being taken up administratively. We have been granted
parity in promotions neither with our counterparts of CBDT nor with CSS or even
with the Examiners of Customs while group ‘A’ IRS officers got the parity with
their counterparts of CBDT in the last restructuring and proposed with other
better placed group ‘A’ cadres in the ongoing one. Our common entry
counterparts of CSS, CBDT etc. are already reaching the level of the grade pay
of Rs. 10000/- while we are retiring merely in a grade pay of Rs. 5400/-.
4) A petition
has already been filed in the Principal Bench of CAT seeking parity with the Examiners, our
intra-organisational common entry counterparts, who are reaching the level of
Additional Commissioner. The Examiners of 1992 batch have already entered the
group ‘A’ while our officers of 1975 batch are still waiting to enter group
‘A’. The CBEC also reflected the issue in the minutes of the Board meetings
held on 12.01.11 and 18.02.11 also directing the HRD wing to formulate the
device in the matter. The same thing was presented by the CBEC during the course
of presentation of the cadre restructuring on 18.01.11 saying that a proposal
to bring all the Inspectors, PO’s & Examiners to the same level of
promotion is under examination. The Inspectors, PO’s & Examiners are
mentioned as the Inspector only in the RR’s. The Inspector of Central Excise
has been mentioned as the Inspector of Land Customs also in the RR’s. The
government has filed its reply in the case which was circulated to all.
5) The matter of
the arrears of pay is also being taken up with the authorities. The
Expenditure has asked the comments from the DFA on the issue which is now with
the CBEC. The efforts are being made to get it recommended to the nodal
department. Two legal cases have already been filed in the Cuttack CAT on the
issue with the help of our Bhubaneswar Unit, one for the arrears for Inspectors
since 1986 (also benefitting the Superintendents who have been working as
Inspectors at the relevant time) and another for Superintendents. One more case
relating to the arrears of pay for Inspectors is already being pursued in the
Jabalpur High Court with the help of our Bhopal Unit. It will also benefit the
Superintendents promoted from the post of Inspector during the relevant time.
Recently, an advocate was visited and consulted on the issue. Relevant papers
have been handed over to him and some more papers are being supplied. He has
opined that our Association should also intervene into the matter by the way of
filing intervention petition.
6) The matter of
the offsetting of MACP upgradation with
time scale is being taken up with the authorities. As per the legal
opinion, a legal case is also being prepared by the advocate to be filed in the
Principal Bench of CAT.
7) In the legal
case for time scale in PB3 for our
Superintendents already filed in the Principal Bench of CAT, the government is
yet to file the reply. Now, the case has been posted for the month of August,
13. The matter is also being pursued administratively.
8) The matter
for next promotion directly to STS instead
of JTS for our Superintendents is also being pursued. The group ‘B’ gazetted
officers are being promoted to a senior group ‘A’ post in many of the other
departments of Central as well as State Governments. The issue has already been
discussed with the DOPT Secretary also.
9) The matter of
the proper implementation of the MACPS
for giving actual benefit to our officers is being taken up. It is very
unfortunate that our officers are to get a grade pay of Rs. 5400/- after 30
years of service under MACPS while they were able to get the same only after 24
years of service under ACPS. Actually, we should get MACP upgradations at least
in the grade pay of Rs. 6,600/- after 20 years and Rs. 7,600/- after 30 years. The
government was ordered to dispose of our representations within the directed
period by the Chennai CAT. As a result, they have rejected our representations
instead of giving us any relief as usual. As per the legal advice taken, we shall
have to challenge the matter filing separate petitions on every issue relating
to MACPS including offset with time scale, para 8.1 of the MACPS instructions
etc.
10) The matter
of the higher pay scale is also
being taken up. CBEC has again recommended our case to Expenditure for the
implementation of para 7.15.24 of 6th CPC. A legal case has already
been filed on the issue in the Cuttack CAT with the help of our Bhubaneswar
Unit demanding an initial grade pay of Rs. 5400/- in PB3 for our
Superintendents at par with the counterparts of IB, CBI etc. It is astonishing
that the difference between the grade pay at the level of supervised post of
Inspector and supervisory post of Superintendent is merely of Rs. 200/- while
it is at least 5 times of it at the other levels. There is an extraordinary
rise from the level of PB3 to PB4 for group ‘A’ officers in a very
discriminating manner ignoring other categories of the officers which is also
worth to be challenged in a legal court.
11) The renewal
of the recognition of our
Association has already been done for further 5 years as already communicated
to all.
12) The matter
of the promotions against the existing
vacancies of Asstt. Commissioner is
also being taken up with the CBEC as well as UPSC. But the UPSC is not agreeing
for further ad hoc promotions. Even the promotion orders against the DPC
already held for the post of Commissioner are not being issued because UPSC has
written to the DOPT not to approve any ad hoc promotion further before the
regularization of years long ad hocism in promotions by CBEC.
13) The issue of
independent HRD for us like CBDT is
also being taken up. It will make us free from the clutches of CSS staff
who are least interested to address or resolve any of our issues. If we are
able to have independent HRD, our works will be done by our own officers
working there.
14) The use of extended panel to grant promotions
is also being taken up to benefit the in-service
officers in lieu of the retired officers considered for DPC.
15) The grant of
Non Functional Financial Upgradation (NFFU) to our officers at par with the counterparts of CSS is also being taken
up.
16) The issue of
delay
in vigilance/disciplinary cases has also been taken up to observe the prescribed time-frame
in vigilance/disciplinary matters. The issue has been agreed and the concerned
section/authority has been directed to do the needful.
17) The issue
for creating a separate service on
the lines of CSS for our cadre has also been taken up. It has already been
agreed by the Board on more than one occasions but they don’t seem to be
serious enough despite of the same being recommended by them to 6th
CPC as one of the measures to remove our stagnation. It is, however, worth to
mention that it is the only measure to remove our stagnation in the true sense
as also discussed with the DOPT authorities. It was also agreed by the CBEC
during the course of presentation of cadre restructuring proposal.
18) The issue of
the harassment to the members as
well as office bearers of the units has also been taken up. The
top administration has assured that no harassment would be done by any
authority to any officer. If anything such happens, it was asked to bring the
specific examples to the knowledge of the administration.
19) The issue of
the irregularities in transfer & postings including the transfer of the
office bearers and individuals in various Commissionerates/Zones has
also been taken up with the different authorities at various levels from local
to Central. The Association was assured that no irregularities would be made in
the transfer & postings and the prescribed policy would be followed with
total transparency & fairness. However, a few local authorities are having
their own ideology on the issue.
20) The issue of the stepping up of the pay of the seniors
in case of getting less pay than juniors under ACPS/MACPS is also been taken up
and again got recommended to the DOPT. The DOPT is adamant on the issue
saying that the benefit would only be granted to the applicant in r/o legal
cases even after being stamped by the Apex Court. The issue will benefit
particularly to our promotee officers. The matter is also being taken up in the
light of the latest judgement in the OA No. 3409/11 by the Principal Bench
of the Hon’ble CAT saying that the benefit of an order finally decided upto the
level of the Hon’ble Supreme Court should also be applicable on the other
equally placed employees without requiring them to approach the legal courts.
Many other legal courts including the Supreme Court have also given such type
of verdicts (res judicata) in many cases.
21) The issue of creating statutory provisions for
wearing the uniform is also being taken up. There exist no statutory
provisions to wear the uniform and this has been forced on us only as a matter
of practice as per the verdict given by CIC. There are, however, also some
formations where the wearing of the uniform can’t be undone. The CBEC has
agreed to formulate the statutory provisions for it.
22) The issue of promoting all the Superintendents
who have completed 1.5 times of qualifying service is also being taken
up on the lines of CSS where all the SO’s completing 1.5 times of
qualifying service required for promotion were promoted to the post of US
(equivalent to our DC) in 1999.
23) Various Satyagraha/agitational programmes
were observed and also deferred as per the situation & circumstances to
press the demands relating to the common interest of the cadre. We all, however, have to understand the importance of
such programmes. These are the actual tools to achieve our aims, if observed
effectively with completeness. Such programmes are never made successful merely
by issuing the circulars or posters. Hectic efforts are to be made by making
personal contacts with members, sending SMS’s & e-mails to every member,
telephoning them, having meetings at every office and going to their residences
etc. to actually observe the programmes. The formal or weak approach in such
matters never gives the result. We have to observe such programmes in totally
strong manner without being afraid of Conduct Rules. This is the only
way to resolve our issues in the least time and in the most effective manner.
24) The issue of the allotment of the fire arms on sale basis is also being taken up. The issue has
been agreed by the administration and the concerned section/authority was
directed to do the needful.
25) The issue of the role of Inspector & other irregularities in ACES is
also being taken up. They have agreed to make the necessary changes in the
software of the system and the work is already under progress as informed by
them.
26) The issue of the allotment of the centralised GPF account
is also being taken up and the Board agreed to it. It has been informed that it
would be made centralized soon.
27) The issue of the counting of the regular service from 1st
July of the year following the year of the Examination in respect of the direct
recruits and from 1st July of the select year in respect of the
promotee officers is also being taken up. The Board has agreed to it and the
concerned section/authority was directed to do the needful.
28) The issue of posting
of Association functionaries not to transfer them to outstations in field formations has
also been raised upto the level of DOPT but it seems that the authorities
believe to use only their personal pleasure in the matter.
29) The issue of
the regularization of all adhoc promotions is also being taken up. They have started the work and seeking the
date for DPC from the UPSC. As per UPSC, no further promotions will be
materialized till regularization work is completed.
30) The issue of futile & overburdening reports by
Range Offices has also been raised.
Almost 84 types of reports are
being processed & complied at the Range level. They have agreed to take
necessary measures in the matter.
31)
Two Associate Committee meetings were also held at Delhi after
Jaipur Convention, the minutes/decisions of the same have already been
circulated.
32) The issue of the special pay of audit has also been taken up which was stopped all of a
sudden without any reason.
33) In-situ promotion scheme is also being taken up totally independent
of cadre restructuring.
34) The matter of the improvement in
the working conditions including the
prescribed sitting space, proper office, entitled amenities and other basic facilities is also being taken up. The central administration is in complete
agreement to the matter asking the Association for the specific instances
relating to the concerned zone through the local units, so that the concerned
Chief Commissioner may be asked to take the necessary steps accordingly.
35) The undoing of the delegation
of powers to SSB officials has also been taken up. The Board is willing to impart training to the SSB officials
under Customs Act, 1962 especially under Sec-100 to Sec-110. It has been told
to the Board that the work of the other agencies should be limited to their
function only without trespassing the powers of Customs officers.
36) The issue of
the uniform minimum qualifying service for promotion from all of three
non-gazetted executive grades to gazetted executive grade and creating unified
cadres at these levels is also being taken up. The Board has already
agreed to undo the discrimination in the matter of qualifying service.
37) The issue of
the grant of
reward to the officers working in audit branches at par with anti-evasion/preventive branches has also been
taken up. The Board has agreed to the matter and asked the concerned
authority/section to do the needful.
38) The issue to
strengthen the employee
grievances redressal mechanism was taken
up and the last meeting under the
Chairpersonship of Member (P&V) was held on 31.01.13. The
minutes of the said meeting have already been circulated. The due circulars
have also been issued to the field formations to hold the meetings with the
staff Associations.
39) The issue of
upgradation of the Superintendents already drawing the grade pay of Rs.
5400/- to the post of Asstt. Commissioner is also being taken up independent of
cadre restructuring on account of being expenditure neutral. Further, the
promotion from AC to DC being actually a time scale instead of functional
promotion, it is also being taken up that all the Superintendents drawing a
grade pay of Rs. 5400/- for 4 or more years may be upgraded as DC.
40) The issue of the review of
adjudication power of the Superintendent has also been taken up seeking the
powers of refund and rebate etc. instead of merely using them to dispose of
pendency in adjudications relating to petty matters. The administration agreed
to the issue and asked the concerned authority/section to do the needful.
41) The issue of
not treating the promotion of UDC to
Inspector as the actual
promotion based on the precedent of UDC to DOS promotion for the purpose of ACP/MACP benefit has also been taken up.
The Board has agreed to it and asked the concerned authority/section to do the
needful. This will benefit our promotee officers a lot.
42) The issues
of the free annual medical health
check-ups and authorisation of
premier private hospitals for medical care & treatment in premier
private hospitals have also been taken up. The Board agreed to these
and the same are under process in HRD.
43) The issue of parity
between the officers of headquarters organisations & field offices has also been taken up including in
r/o promotions, time scale, working conditions, direct promotion to STS post, counting
of regular service, other career prospects etc. The Member (P&V) has asked
the concerned section/authority to examine the issue.
44) The issue of at least four
functional promotions in the service career
is also being taken up as other common
entry counterparts of ours in CSS, Income Tax, Customs etc. are already getting
5 to 6 promotions while we are retiring after getting only single promotion in
the service career of 35-40 years. It is worth to mention that the
promotions from AC to DC and JC to ADC are not the functional ones. The due
submissions as asked again have been made on the issue.
45) RTI Act is also being used to get information on
various issues. The applications have already been filed in the CIC on
many issues because of the required information not being provided.
46) All the
units are also requested to clear the subscription
dues and also donate the maximum funds to the Association to
be used for the various purposes. We should not forget that the funds are very
important & vital to get the desired results. We should not be failed in
our efforts at least for the want of funds. All the units are also requested to
update their mail-Id’s, addresses & contact numbers also because new
bodies have come into existence at many places.
47) The all India zonal office bearers
are also requested to hold the regional/zonal committee meetings at
early dates.
In the last, all of the delegates attending the meeting are thanked.
It is also worth to mention that all the actions and activities of the
Association became possible only by the cooperation and support given by all
the units, all the office bearers including the regional/zonal ones and each
& every member of the Association throughout the country.
With all of my loves & regards,
Patna, (RAVI
MALIK),
25th May, 2013 Secretary General.
“OUR UNITY ZINDABAD”
“LONG LIVE OUR ASSOCIATION”
“UNITED, WE STAND,
DIVIDED, WE FALL”
-THANK YOU-
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DETAILS OF SUBSCRIPTION DUES IN
RESPECT OF UNITS OF AIACEGEO
Kindly deposit the dues in Syndicate
Bank, C R Building, New Delhi (A/c
No.- 90672010069746 in favour of AIACEGEO)
|
|
SI. No.
|
Name of the Unit
|
No of officers
|
dues
upto 31.03.2012
|
Dues for 2012-13
|
Total dues upto 31.03.2013
|
Remarks
|
|
1
|
Aurangabad
|
100
|
0
|
6000
|
6000
|
|
|
2
|
Ahamedabad
|
468
|
21060
|
28080
|
49140
|
|
|
3
|
Allahabad
|
218
|
|
13080
|
13080
|
|
|
4
|
Bangalore
(Karnataka)
|
711
|
123700
|
42660
|
166360
|
|
|
5
|
Bhopal
|
110
|
31700
|
6600
|
38300
|
|
|
6
|
Bhubaneswar
|
191
|
0
|
11460
|
11460
|
|
|
7
|
Chandigarh
|
410
|
107700
|
24600
|
132300
|
|
|
8
|
Chennai
|
616
|
0
|
36960
|
36960
|
|
|
9
|
Cochin
|
429
|
0
|
25740
|
25740
|
|
|
10
|
Coimbatore
|
151
|
24880
|
9060
|
33940
|
|
|
11
|
Daman-
Vapi
|
177
|
0
|
10620
|
10620
|
|
|
12
|
Delhi
|
1023
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
13
|
Goa
|
43
|
6205
|
2580
|
8785
|
|
|
14
|
Guntur
|
93
|
0
|
5580
|
5580
|
|
|
15
|
Hyderabad
|
377
|
55900
|
22620
|
78520
|
|
|
16
|
Indore
|
121
|
0
|
7260
|
7260
|
|
|
17
|
Jaipur
|
275
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
18
|
Kandla
|
78
|
0.00
|
4680
|
4680
|
|
|
19
|
Kanpur
|
118
|
28320
|
7080
|
35400
|
|
|
20
|
Kolkata
|
1184
|
0
|
71040
|
71040
|
|
|
21
|
Lucknow
|
129
|
0
|
7740
|
7740
|
|
|
22
|
Madurai
|
195
|
50760
|
11700
|
62460
|
|
|
23
|
Meerut
|
394
|
0
|
23640
|
23640
|
|
|
24
|
Mumbai
|
1014
|
114360
|
60840
|
175200
|
|
|
25
|
Nagpur
|
112
|
16500
|
6720
|
23220
|
|
|
26
|
Nasik
|
97
|
|
5820
|
5820
|
|
|
27
|
Patna-Ranchi-Jamshedpur
|
371
|
0
|
22260
|
22260
|
|
|
28
|
Pune
|
353
|
0
|
21180
|
21180
|
|
|
29
|
Rajkot
|
291
|
64280
|
17460
|
81740
|
|
|
30
|
Raipur
|
98
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
31
|
Shillong
|
326
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
32
|
Surat
|
179
|
59800
|
10740
|
70540
|
|
|
33
|
Trichy
|
312
|
|
18720
|
18720
|
|
|
34
|
Tirunelveli
|
94
|
31600
|
5640
|
37240
|
|
|
35
|
Tirupati
|
82
|
21000
|
4920
|
25920
|
|
|
36
|
Vadodara
|
196
|
8140
|
11760
|
19900
|
|
|
37
|
Vizag
|
161
|
46100
|
9660
|
55760
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
8,12,005
|
5,74,500
|
13,86,505
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Details
of Pending/additional donation are as under:-
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S.No.
|
Unit
|
Amt.
promissed
|
Amt.
paid
|
Amt.
balance
|
During 2012-13 Addl.
Donation by
|
Remarks
|
|
1
|
Bangalore (Karnataka)
|
1.00-1.50
Lacs
|
50,000
|
1,00,000
|
Delhi- 30,000
|
|
|
2
|
Coimbatore
|
25,000
|
10,000
|
15,000
|
Jaipur-15,000
|
|
|
3
|
Kanpur
|
Maximum
|
Nil
|
Maximum
|
Raipur-15,000
|
|
|
4
|
Patna-Ranchi (PRJ)
|
25,000
|
Nil
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
5
|
Trichy
|
25,000
|
Nil
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
6
|
Tirupati
|
25,000
|
Nil
|
25,000
|
|
|
All the units are requested to clear their dues as per the sanctioned
strength irrespective of the number of the subscribers and also without asking
for any waiver as per the decision taken in Associate Committee meeting of
02.12.12 remembering that it is our own Association and only we have to
subscribe/donate to make it stronger as these funds are to be utilized for us
only.
-BY N. R.
MANDA, TREASURER OF ASSOCIATION.
