ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF
CENTRAL EXCISE
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Patron Chief
Patron
Patron
A. Venkatesh
Ravi Malik
C. S. Sharma
Mob. 7780255361 Mob. 9868816290 Mob.
9313885411
President:
Address for communication: Secretary General:
T. Dass Flat No. 6,
SE 11, Shastri Nagar, Ghaziabad Harpal Singh
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Vice Presidents: B L
Meena, K V Sriniwas (Central) Chinmoy
Ghosh, Rajashish Dutta (East) Ashish Vajpayee, Amadul Islam (North) B Pavan K
Reddy, M Jegannathan (South) Sanjeev Sahai, U D Meena (West) Joint Secretaries:
S P Pandey, T A Manojuman (Central) Apurba Roy, Siddharth Tewari (East) A K
Meena, S K Shrimali (West) Anand Narayan, Prabhakar Sharma (North) H Sadanand,
M Nagaraju (South); All India Coordinator: B L Meena Office
Secretary: B C Gupta Treasuer: Manoj Kumar Organising Secretary: Soumen Bhattachariya
Liaisoning Secretary: Bhoopendra
Singh North Zone Coordinator: C. P.
Verma
(Recognised
by G.O.I., Min. of Fin. vide letter F.No. B. 12017/10/2006-Ad.IV A Dt.21.01.08)
Office address: 206,
B wing, CGO Complex II, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad
Ref.
No. 91/AIB/CR/21
Dt. 15.06.21
To,
Sh. Tarun Bajaj,
Revenue Secretary,
North Block, New Delhi
Sub: Proposal for Cadre Restructuring-2019
of CBIC – regarding.
Sir,
Kindly
refer to the letter Ref. No. 54/AIB/CR/21 Dt. 09.04.21 of the Association.
2.
It is again submitted with due regards that a proposal for separate service
(IRS Branch B) for our officers has been recommended by the CBIC but the number
of posts in this proposed separate service are required to be enhanced at each
level. This can be done by optimizing the number of
posts at Commissioner level and abolishing the posts above the level of
Commissioner.
3. It is reiterated that only
one Commissioner is working in the state governments under GST without any post
above this level. Contrary to it, huge number of posts exist at the level of
Commissioner and above in the CBIC in Central Government without any functional
requirement under GST. So, immediate
steps are required to minimize the posts at the level of Commissioner and
abolish all posts above the level of Commissioner in Central GST to utilize the
same for matching saving to enhance the posts in IRS Branch B.
4.
The injustice done to our officers is clear from the fact that the CBIC has
proposed the posts of Deputy Commissioner more in number (677) than even the
sanctioned strength of the direct recruit Asstt. Commissioners (624) whereas
only 350 posts of Deputy Commissioner have been proposed for 3092 promotee
Asstt. Commissioners. Not only it, the CBIC has merged the posts at the level
of Joint Commissioner and Additional Commissioner to grant Non Functional Grade
to direct recruit Asstt. Commissioners on Ist day of 14th year whereas
they not only bifurcated the posts at these levels but also proposed meager
number of posts to deprive the promotee Asstt. Commissioners from promotions as
well as Non Functional Grade. Likewise, CBIC proposed only nine posts of
Commissioner for 3092 promotee Asstt. Commissioners whereas they proposed 497
posts of Commissioners and above for 624 direct recruit Asstt. Commissioners
instead of proposing the posts in the proportion of the cadre strength of both
categories.
5. In the last cadre restructuring, CBIC got created good
number of extra posts for Group A officers at each level despite of the
required number of the eligible officers not being available for promotion. It
is also worth to mention that the career prospects of the direct recruit IRS
officers have been improved even better than IAS on account of the excess number
of posts created at various levels in the last cadre reviews and repeated
relaxations sought from the DOPT. Even seven years direct recruit Asstt.
Commissioner has become Joint Commissioner in CBIC on account of excess posts
created at all levels and relaxations sought from the DOPT. No such steps have
ever been taken by the CBIC to improve career prospects of our officers, the most
of whom are retiring with single promotion.
6. On the point of
enhancing the number of posts in IRS Branch B meant for our officers, CBIC may
pretend that the eligible number of officers would not be available to get
promotions against the enhanced posts. If they pretend so, it will never be
true because our officers appointed as Inspector are very well eligible to
become Commissioner within 20 years of service as per the DOPT guidelines. The qualifying
services/residency periods prescribed as per DOPT OM No.
AB-14017/61/2008-Estt.(RR) dt. 24.03.09 are mentioned as below for your kind
reference-
(i) 2 years for promotion
to a post of Level-8 (grade pay of Rs. 4,800/-) after joining as Inspector.
(ii) 7 years for promotion
to a post of Level-11 (grade pay of Rs. 6,600/-) after joining as Inspector (There
is no justification of promoting an officer from a grade pay of Rs. 5,400/- on
account of time scale after 4 years of service to a post with same grade pay
Rs. 5,400/- only. It is also submit-worthy that the most of the group ‘B’
gazetted officers including CSS are being promoted to a post with a grade pay
of Rs. 6600/- instead of Rs. 5400/- in Central as well as State governments.).
(iii) 12 years for
promotion to a post of Level-12 (grade pay of Rs. 7,600/-) after joining as
Inspector.
(iv) 17 years for
promotion to a post of Level-13 (grade pay of Rs. 8,700/-) after joining as
Inspector.
(v) 20 years for promotion
to a post of Level-14 (grade pay of Rs. 10,000/-) after joining as Inspector.
(vi) And so on.
7. If even now it is thought that the eligible officers would
not be available to be promoted against the enhanced number of posts in IRS
Branch B, our officers may also be promoted after seeking relaxation from the
DOPT as is being done in the case of direct recruit IRS officers.
8. In view of the above, it is requested to kindly create the
promotional posts upto the highest level in IRS Branch B in the proportion of the
strength of the direct recruit IRS officers at each level and IRS Branch B may
kindly be started from the level of Inspector without bifurcating the posts at Joint
Commissioner and Addl. Commissioner level and also promote our Inspector to the
post of Addl. Commissioner on Ist January of 17th year of service. Three
Group ‘B’ Executive streams may also be merged with retrospective effect to
bring the officers of same year to same level of promotion and extra posts of Commissioner and all posts
above the level of Commissioner be abolished for the purpose of matching saving
to create sufficient posts in IRS Branch B at each level.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(HARPAL SINGH),
Secretary
General.
Copy with the request for necessary action to:
1.
The Cabinet Secretary, President House, New Delhi.
2.
The Hon’ble MOS, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi.
3.
The Hon’ble Minister of Finance, North Block, New Delhi.
4.
The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, South Block, New Delhi.
