ALL
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE
GAZETTED
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
President: Address for communication:
Secretary General:
R.
Chandramouli 240, Razapur, Ghaziabad-201001 (U.P.)
Ravi Malik
Vice Presidents: P. Parwani, L. L. Singhvi (Central); Anurag
Chaudhary, Ravi Joshi (North); N. Raman, G. Srinath (South); B. K. Sinha,
Ashwini Majhi (East); Rajesh Chaher, J. D. Patil (West) Joint Secretaries: Anand
Kishore, J. S. Aiyer (Central); R. K. Solanki, Ashish Vajpeyi (North); M.
Nagaraju, Ajithkumar P. C. (South); P. K. Sen, S. Bhattachariya (East); Jasram
Meena, M. K. Mishra (West) Office Secretary: C. S. Sharma
Treasurer: N.
R. Manda Liaison Secretary: A. S.
Kundu Coordinator on Telangana: P.
Shravan Kumar
(Recognised
by G.O.I., Min. of Fin. vide letter F.No. B. 12017/10/2006-Ad.IV A Dt.21.01.08)
Ref. No. 82/G/15
Dt. 26.06.15
To,
Sh.
Shaktikanta Das,
Revenue
Secretary, Ministry of Finance,
North
Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Submissions under employee
grievance redressal mechanism.
Sir,
Kindly refer to the Ref. No. 29/A/15
Dt. 17.03.15 of the Association.
2. With due
regards, the following points are submitted for your kind consideration with
the request for early redressal-
A
(i). Immediate conducting of DPCs upto 2015-16 panel year for the post of
Asstt. Commissioner as per DOPT provisions as our officers are regularly
retiring without promotion despite of a huge number of promotional vacancies
being in hand: It is requested to kindly take immediate steps to update the
DPCs as the CBEC has conducted the DPC only upto 2013-14 for the post of Asstt.
Commissioner. The DPCs for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 should have been
conducted in the month of January-14 and January-15 respectively. It is also
well pertinent to submit that 2118 posts of temporary Asstt. Commissioner have
been created merely for 5 years only for the promotions of the promotee
officers, out of which 1½ years have already expired and our officers are
forced to retire without promotion despite of thousands of promotional posts
being in hand.
(ii). Conducting of single DPC to regularise ad-hoc
promotions since 1997 to the post of Asstt. Commissioner in accordance with the
rules existing on the date of regular DPC: It is requested to kindly take
immediate steps to complete the work as the regularization has been done only
upto March, 2002 after 1997. As a special case, a single DPC may kindly be
conducted for the purpose in
accordance with the rules existing on the date of regular DPC instead of
conducting the yearly DPCs.
B (i). Scheme to
improve the career prospects of Central Excise Superintendents/Inspectors
independent of cadre restructuring to bring parity with common entry
counterparts of CSS etc. to retire our officers also in PB-4: Our officers are retiring with single promotion on a PB2 post whereas
their counterparts are easily attaining PB4 levels. The Group ‘B’ Gazetted officers of ours join the job as Inspector
(Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted) and retire as Superintendent after getting only one
promotion during the entire service career of 35-40 years barring 1%. Their common entry counterparts of other
organizations including CSS and CBDT under the same Department of
Revenue of same Ministry of Finance are getting 5 to 6
promotions upto the level
of Joint Secretary/Commissioner after being recruited
through one and the same process in the same grade. The matter was raised before the Cabinet Secretary and he was pleased to
recommend to the Cabinet to bring the measures to remove the stagnation of our
officers independent of cadre restructuring which was duly approved by the
Cabinet but no step has been taken till date even after expiry of more than 1½
years. These officers are totally demoralised having
nothing to be job-satisfied or motivated. The rights to grow, make progress and
live with dignity have totally been snatched from them. There is no change in
the scenario regarding their career prospects despite of the repeated requests
and representations made to the administration. Gross injustice is being done
to these officers despite of being instrumental with full dedication &
commitment to collect the biggest portion of Govt. revenues always above the
set targets. It
is requested to kindly take immediate steps accordingly to enable our
officers also attaining
PB4 levels. Temporary posts of Asstt. Commissioner
created in the
cadre restructuring are also unable to do the desired good for our officers,
that’s why the Cabinet approved bring measures independent of cadre
restructuring on the issue of stagnation. These temporary posts will only
enable to get around 4% of our officers get JTS post without any right for
further promotions.
(ii).
Non-functional time scale in PB3 instead of PB2 to Superintendents after 4 years of service
like other counterparts of CSS etc.: Our officers
have been granted the time scale in PB2 whereas other counterparts including CSS, CSSS, Railways, DANICS, DANIPS, AFHQ, MEA, MPA, CVC, UPSC
etc. in PB3. It is requested to kindly take immediate
steps to undo the discrimination.
C (i). Initial pay scale equivalent to the Grade Pay
of Rs. 5400/- in PB3 to the Superintendent of Central Excise w.e.f. the date of
the grant of the same to the analogous counterparts of CBI etc. along with
other perks as being granted to the later ones: Our officers are also deprived of the due pay scale/pay band &
grade pay in comparison to their analogous counterparts in addition to facing
the worst career prospects. Our analogous counterparts of CBI etc. have been granted the pay scale equivalent to
the grade pay of Rs. 5400/- in PB3 by the orders of 1996 with retrospective
effect since 01.01.86 disturbing the well-established parity by the govt.
without the recommendations of CPC and also without any increase in their
responsibilities vs. our increased responsibilities. It is requested to kindly undo the discrimination by giving same
or better treatment to us in the matter.
(ii) Implementation of the CBEC circular issued vide
F. No. A-26017/44/94-Ad II (A) Dt. 08.03.95 regarding arrears of pay: This circular
was issued based on the orders of Jabalpur CAT for the payments of arrears of
pay to our officers at par with the CBI Inspectors w.e.f. 01.01.86 but the same
is still unimplemented. It is requested to kindly take immediate steps
to implement the same. Unfortunately, no action is being taken despite of
repeated assurances given by the administration.
(iii) Retrospective implementation of the pay scale
revision of the Superintendents at par with NCB: The
Superintendents of NCB and Central Excise were the part & parcel of one
& the same RRs once upon a time having a common seniority list for being
promoted to the same post. The pay scale of the Superintendents of NCB has been
upgraded and they have also been granted time scale after 4 years of service
based on our precedent. But they have been granted retrospective benefit since
01.01.1996 whereas we have been given prospective benefit since 21.04.04. It is requested to kindly take immediate steps to undo the
discrimination.
(iv) Implementation of para 7.15.24 of 6th
CPC report: The
Chief Enforcement Officers under our own Department of Revenue were placed in
the pay scale of Rs. 8000-13500/- without
recommendations by CPC vide Order F. No. 1612612004-Ad.I.C dt. 04.10.05. The 6th CPC under para 7.14.25 recommended to
maintain parity between the post of
Chief Enforcement Officer and Central Excise Superintendent etc. which has not been implemented till date.
Subsequently, the post of Chief Enforcement Officer was re-designated as
Assistant Director. The duties and responsibilities of Assistant Director
(re-designated) of Enforcement Directorate are at par with the duties and
responsibilities of the post of Central Excise Superintendent. The Central
Excise Superintendents join in Enforcement Directorate as Assistant Director on
deputation basis also. The Govt. (Department of Expenditure) has, however,
approved an initial grade pay of Rs. 5400/- in PB2 for Central Excise
Superintendents on 21.11.14 considering
para 7.15.24 of the report of VIth CPC but the lower authorities in
Expenditure wrote finally vide UO No. 6/37/98-IC Dt. 24.11.14 to send the case
to 7th CPC against the approval by the competent authority. It
merely shows the willful hostile discrimination against Central Excise
Superintendents by the lower rung authorities of Expenditure. It is requested to kindly take immediate steps to undo the
discrimination.
D. Next promotion of Central Excise Superintendent
to STS post like other group ‘B’ gazetted officers of Central as well as State
Governments: The
most of the group B gazetted officers of Central as well as State Governments
are being directly promoted to a STS post including
CSS, CPWD, Railway Board, CSSS, AFHQ, MEA, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs, CVC, UPSC, Enforcement Directorate in the Department of
Revenue itself, Forest services, Police services, Engineering services,
Administrative Services, State Services etc. while
Central Excise Superintendents are being promoted (if any) merely to a JTS post. It is
requested to kindly take immediate steps to undo the discrimination as also
promised during the presentation made on cadre restructuring on 18.01.11.
E.
Batch to batch Non Functional Financial Upgradation to the Central Excise
executive officers at par with the best placed counterparts of CSS etc. on the
lines of Group ‘A’ vs. IAS: The officers of other group A cadres
have been granted financial parity in the form of NFU with the counterparts of
IAS but no such measures to grant at least financial parity to the Central
Excise Superintendents/Inspectors with the best placed group B counterparts
have been taken despite of the revenue targets being achieved by them always
above the set targets and also being the most stagnated category of the group B
govt. officers. It is requested to kindly take immediate steps to grant them at
least financial parity with the best placed group B counterparts in the form of
batch to batch Non-functional Financial Upgradation (NFU) based on the
precedent of group A for the sake of justice particularly keeping in view the
extraordinarily acute stagnation of our officers.
F. Undoing of MACP irregularities
(para 8.1, upgradation in promotional hierarchy and offsetting of MACP
upgradation with time scale) as our officers were able to get the grade pay of
Rs. 5400/- in PB3 after 24 years of service under ACPS while now getting the
same after 30 years of service under MACPS: It is requested to kindly take immediate steps to undo the para 8.1 and
offsetting of MACP upgradation with time scale and also grant the MACP benefit
in the hierarchy of functional promotions particularly based on the various
court verdicts. It is worth to
mention that our officers are the worst hit category under MACPS as they were able to get the grade pay of
Rs. 5400/- in PB3 after 24 years of service under ACPS while now getting the
same after 30 years of service under MACPS.
G. Taking measures that no senior officer of Central Excise is forced to work
under the junior officer of Customs recruited in the same grade in the same
organization of CBEC: The officers recruited as Central Excise
Inspector are forced to work under the extreme junior officers recruited as
Customs Examiner in the same grade/cadre of Inspector through same process in
the same organization of CBEC with same administrative hierarchy and nature of
job under the same Department of Revenue of the same Ministry of Finance. It is requested to kindly take immediate steps to undo the discrimination
as also promised during the presentation made on cadre restructuring on
18.01.11 by bringing them at par maintaining the relative seniority in
accordance of their initial recruitment without reverting back the Customs side
officers. Instead, our officers may kindly be brought at par with them in
promotions by promoting to respective levels. We wish Customs side officers to
get even more promotions but we also request that we also be made at par with
them being belonged to same cadre and also recruited through common process.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
(RAVI MALIK),
Secretary General.