ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
President:
Address for communication:
Secretary General:
A.
Venkatesh
240, Razapur, Ghaziabad-201001 (U.P.)
Ravi Malik
Vice Presidents: Apurba
Roy, P. C. Jha (East); A. K. Meena, Somnath Chakrabarty (west); Ashish
Vajpayee, Ravi Joshi (North); B. Pavan K. Reddy (South); K.V. Sriniwas, T. J.
Manojuman (Central) Joint Secretaries: Ajay Kumar, R. N. Mahapatra
(East); B. S. Meena, Sanjeev Sahai (West); Harpal Singh, Sanjay Srivastava
(North); M. Nagraju, P. Sravan Kumar (South); Anand Kishore, Ashutosh Nivsarkar
(Central)
(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. 173/AIB/A/17 Dt.
15.12.17
REMINDER
To,
Sh. Pranab Kumar Das,
Special Secretary & Member, CBEC,
North
Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Reorganisation of
Customs formations.
Sir,
Kindly refer to the Ref. No. 149/AIB/A/17 Dt. 09.11.17 of the Association alongwith your letter D. O. F. No. 450/17/2017-Cus-IV
Dt. 07.11.17.
2. With due regards, it is to submit
again that the views of the Association may also kindly be taken for due consideration
before arriving at final decision on the issue. The only way regarding this
seems to form independent Customs Commissionrates/formations/divisions/houses
manned by Central Excise personnel to reassign Customs functions to them
falling under the erstwhile Central Excise/CGST jurisdictional area.
3. The best way, however, seems to
unify the Central Excise/CGST and Customs grades at group ‘B’ and ‘C’ levels
like already existing in Group ‘A’. The Association has already given its
submissions on the issue of unification on various occasions. The Hon’ble CAT of
Delhi has also directed the CBEC to reframe the RRs to grant parity in
promotions to Central Excise executive officers with Customs counterparts under
order in OA No. 2323/2012.
4.
The Association has some apprehensions
with respect to the said reorganization like below:
i)
Whether all the Customs functions hitherto dealt by the Central Excise/Central
Tax personnel would be dealt by the Customs personnel?
ii)
Whether the posts from Customs would be diverted to GST and vice versa?
iii)
Whether the functions being performed by Central Excise/Central Tax personnel
in SEZ, minor ports etc. would be handled by Customs personnel?
iv)
What is the actual proposal of Board for reorganization of Customs formations?
v)
Whether the sanctioned strength of Customs Preventive formations would be
treated as sanctioned strength of formations under Central Excise/Central Tax
or sanctioned strength of formations under Customs?
vi)
Whether the Central Excise/Central Tax personnel working in the erstwhile
Customs formations would be treated as officers on deputation posts or regular
posts of Central Excise/Central Tax?
vii)
Whether deputations to SEZs or other Customs functions like airports will be
restricted to only Customs personnel or extended to Central Tax personnel?
viii)
Whether there would be any reduction or increase in strength?
ix)
Whether the promotional chances of Inspector to the Superintendents and further
would be affected?
x)
Whether the Board is also being bifurcated as Central Tax and Customs?
xi)
Whether present Customs Preventive formations would be merged with the Custom
Houses being manned by Customs personnel?
xii)
Whether there would be any role at all for Central Tax personnel in Customs
functions in future?
4. In view of the
above and also the verdict Dt. 07.12.17 given by the Madras Bench of Hon’ble
CAT in MA/310/00906/2017 and OA/310/01895 directing to take into consideration the points submitted by the
staffside, it is requested to finalise the issue by giving the due consideration to the submissions made by the Association.
Thanking you,
Yours
faithfully,
(RAVI
MALIK),
Secretary
General.
Copy with the request
for necessary action to:
(1) The Member (GST),
CBEC, North Block, New Delhi.
(2) The Member
(Admn.), CBEC, North Block, New Delhi.
(3) The Chairperson,
CBEC, North Block, New Delhi.
(4) The
Finance/Revenue Secretary, North Block, New Delhi.
(RAVI
MALIK)
