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)
Office Secretary: C. S. SharmaTreasuer: N. R. Manda Organising
Secretary: Soumen
Bhattachariya
(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. 237/AIB/P/18
Dt. 30.08.18
To,
The
Secretary,
DOPT,
North Block,
New
Delhi.
Sub:
Benchmark for MACP upgradation.
Sir,
Kindly refer to the following
letters of the Association-
(i)
Ref. No. 03/AIB/B/17 Dt. 03.01.18,
(ii)
Ref. No. 83/AIB/G/18 Dt. 30.03.18 and
(ii)
Ref. No. 99/AIB/P/18 Dt.
04.04.18.
2. Your kind attention is also
invited to the Circular No. 107/E-9/Estt.-I/DHC Dt 27.01.18 of the
Hon’ble High Court of Delhi implementing ‘Very Good’ benchmark w.e.f. 01.01.18.
3.
With due regards, it is to submit again that the benchmark for MACP upgradation
has been prescribed to be “very good” for all posts w.e.f. 25.07.16 vide DOPT
OM No. 35034/3/2015-Estt(D) Dt. 28.09.16.
4.
The clarification given to CBEC by the DOPT on the issue says that the officers
having post 2009 ACRs/APARs with at least “very good” grading now would only be
eligible to get MACP upgradation.
5. No need to say that new condition
would make it difficult for employees to avail MACP upgradation. So, the change of the benchmark from ‘Good’ to ‘Very Good’ should only have prospective effect
as many employees may find it impossible to meet the benchmark based on the
said change.
6. Thus, the grant of MACP upgradation
on the basis of the reports of earlier years when the said stipulation of ‘Very
Good’ was not in existence must be calibrated on the basis of the earlier
stipulation of the benchmark being `Good’.
7. In the clarification given to the CBEC by the DOPT, it has also been
mentioned that there is no question of allowing IInd opportunity of
representation against the APAR which are post-2009 as these are already
disclosed to the employees. Regarding this, it is to submit that the benchmark
was ‘good’ at the time of said disclosure. The benchmark has been changed to
‘very good’ vide the DOPT OM No. 35034/3/2015-Estt(D) Dt. 28.09.16 only. Accordingly, this provision needs
to be reviewed.
8. In view of the above, it is
requested to review the DOPT OM No. 35034/3/2015-Estt(D) Dt. 28.09.16 and implement
the ‘Very Good’ benchmark w.e.f. 01.01.18 only as done in the Hon’ble High
Court of Delhi.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(RAVI MALIK),
Secretary General.
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. 238/AIB/G/18
Dt. 30.08.18
REMINDER
To,
Sh.
S. Ramesh,
Chairman,
CBIC,
North
Block, New Delhi.
Subject:
Option for purchase of weapon issued on loan basis.
Sir,
Your kind attention is also invited
with due regards to the meeting of the Association held on 15.03.12 with the
administration under the employee grievance redressal mechanism and various
representations including Ref. No. 79/W/15 Dt. 24.06.15, Ref. No. 142/W/15 Dt.
16.11.15 and Ref. No. 116/AIB/G/17 Dt. 05.10.17 submitted by the Association on
the issue. The subject-mentioned point was duly agreed in the meeting but no
action has been taken till date.
2. It is further submitted that the
scheme to sell the weapons to the departmental officers by the CBIC was started
initially without any condition of returning the same on retirement. Later on,
it was changed to ‘loan basis’ with the condition of return of weapon to the
CBIC on retirement while the politicians are privileged to purchase the same on
nominal price. Our officers are being asked to return the same on retirement
whereas the politicians are privileged to purchase even another one/s after
every 3 years. Presently, many of the departmental officers are in possession
of a fire arm on loan basis issued by the department out of seized &
confiscated weapons with the condition to surrender the same on retirement. It
is reiterated that the departmental officers, however, were authorized to
purchase these weapons at the nominal price at the start of the scheme without
any condition of return.
3. It is further submitted that-
i) Many of the officers are already
on the verge of retirement who were issued the weapon for self defence.
ii) Earlier the department used to
sell these fire arms to the departmental officers as well as some other
categories of the citizens.
iii) The scheme of selling the
weapons to the departmental officers has been withdrawn while others are still
entitled to purchase the same from the department. Not only it, others can
purchase another weapon/s on some specified frequency after purchase of earlier
weapon/s.
iv) It appears to be gross injustice
to the departmental officers that they are deprived of the facility to purchase
the weapon from their own department despite of being instrumental to seize and
confiscate not only the weapons but also the gold, foreign currency and other
prohibited/restricted goods. They have always to face white collar criminals,
chronic economic offenders, hardcore smugglers, drug traffickers & other
criminals during the disposal of their duties. Despite of this all, other
categories of citizens still have the facility to purchase these weapons while
ours not.
v) The threat perception to the life
of the departmental officers is increased multifold from the side of the
economic offenders and hardcore smugglers etc. after the retirement due to
vanishing of the departmental safety shield as compared during the service.
4. In view of the above, it is
requested that-
i) The necessary steps may kindly be
taken to reinstate the initial scheme of selling the weapons to the
departmental officers and
ii) The officers intending to hold
the loaned weapon with them after retirement for self defence may also kindly
be allowed to do so after charging the price of the weapon from them at par
with the officers who were allowed to purchase the same on permanent basis in
the past.
Thanking
you,
Yours
faithfully,
(RAVI MALIK),
Secretary
General.
