A number of Superintendents & Administrative
officers of group B gazetted, slated for a promotion to the post of group A gazetted, had to retire before being
elevated to the higher position as the Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC) had not conducted DPCs, which had been pending for the last ten months. Officers
belonging to the Executive & Ministerial cadres, who joined the Customs and
Central Excise department after clearing Staff Selection Commission
examinations, were due for a promotion since implementation of the CBEC cadre
restructuring, December,2013. A Superintendent
who retired on July 31, 2015, said, “I waited till the last moment to retire as
a group A officer. It’s very personal and emotional. I would have been proud of
the elevated post for the rest of my life.” He, who is upset with the delay,.
He is not the only one who seems to be bearing “the brunt”. Another officer
retired in June, missing his promotion. “I had been waiting for the promotion
for nine months. After putting so many years in the service, we to retire at
least as a group A Officer and consider it as a farewell gift from the
government. But it’s unfortunate that no one bothers about us,” he rues. The
officers, who did not till get promotion of Gr-A post, alleging that only Indian Revenue
Service officers ( direct recruit) are
well taken care by CBEC. The all cadre of IRS Officers had got promotions after
cadre restructuring on new created posts and getting hike pay. The regret of the missed promotion is palpable
in other executive and ministerial cadres officials as well. More than 2000 Gr-A posts were vacant but even
then, the CBEC could not hold DPCs to grant promotions to sub ordinate officers
and delaying the matter for ten months for unknown reasons. This has also caused
collection of more revenue.
