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
Mob.9848088928 mail
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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)
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Ref. No. 121/AIB/C/21
Dt. 11.08.21
To,
The
Secretary,
DOPT,
North Block,
New
Delhi.
Sub:
Proposal for Cadre Restructuring-2019 of CBIC.
Sir,
As per Newsletter issued by our Chairman of
CBIC, it is submitted with due regards that the much awaited ensuing cadre
restructuring proposal of CBIC is now with DOPT. A separate service (IRS Branch
B) for our officers has been proposed in it by the CBIC on the pursuance by the
Association but the number of posts in this proposed separate service are very
little and are required to be enhanced at each level in proportion of the cadre
strength of our officers. This can be done by optimizing
the number of posts at Commissioner and abolishing the posts above the level of
Commissioner as there is no functional justification to keep these posts as per
GST Act.
2. Under
GST, only one Commissioner of state level is working in the state governments
with no post above this level. Contrary to it, huge number of posts exist at
the level of Commissioner and above in the CBIC under Central Govt. without any
functional requirement under GST. So,
immediate steps are required to be taken to minimize the posts of Commissioner
in Central GST. Further, these posts are required to be distributed in the proportion
of the respective cadre strength between DR IRS officers and promotee officers.
As far as the posts above the level of Commissioner are concerned, all of these
posts are required to be abolished having no functional justification under
GST. Such abolishing of these posts and minimizing the posts of Commissioner
should kindly be utilized for matching saving to enhance the posts in IRS
Branch B meant for promotee officers upto the highest level. The ratio in the
hierarchy should also be reasonable as per the DOPT norms and it should not be
less than 1:3.
3. As per the copy of the cadre
restructuring proposal provided to the Association, the injustice done to the
promotee officers is clear from the fact that CBIC have proposed the post of
Deputy Commissioner more in number (677) than even the sanctioned strength for
the direct recruit Asstt. Commissioners (624) whereas only 350 posts of Deputy
Commissioner have been proposed for 3092 promotee Asstt. Commissioners. Not
only it, they have 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 calculated from the year
following the year of examination whereas they not only differentiated the
posts at these levels for promotee officers but also proposed meager number of
posts for promotee officers to deprive them from promotions as well as Non
Functional Grade. Likewise, they proposed only 9 posts of Commissioner for 3092
promotee Asstt. Commissioners against 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.
4. Thus, the number of the
posts in IRS Branch B have been proposed neither in the desired number nor in
the desired proportion. It is also worth to submit that the counterparts of our
officers in our department of Revenue itself as well as other departments are
already getting the promotions upto the level of Commissioner and Joint
Secretary. In our sister organization of CBDT also under the same department of
Revenue, our counterparts are already reaching the level of Commissioner. Not
only it, our counterparts namely Examiners are also reaching the level of Addl.
Commissioner and Commissioner in our own organization of CBIC despite of being
belonged to the same cadre of the Inspector. The posts at Inspector level have
been trifurcated by the CBIC without any valid reason which they have now
proposed to be merged with prospective effect. This prospective merger is
placing the officers recruited as Central Excise Inspector in worst position.
So, this merger is required to be implemented from retrospective effect, i.e.,
from the date of trifurcation to bring the officers of same year of all of
three categories of Inspector to same level of promotion.
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. Commissioners have become Joint Commissioner and seventeen
years Asstt. Commissioner has become 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
recruited as Inspector (whether direct or promotee), the most of whom are
retiring with single promotion. No cadre review has ever been done for these
poor officers.
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 grade
pay of Rs. 4,800/- (Level-8), i.e., Superintendent, after joining as Inspector.
(ii) 7 years for promotion to grade
pay of Rs. 6,600/- (Level-11), i.e., Deputy Commissioner, 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. So, our Superintendents should also be promoted to Senior Time
Scale post).
(iii) 12 years for promotion to grade
pay of Rs. 7,600/- (Level-12), i.e., Joint Commissioner, after joining as
Inspector.
(iv) 17 years for promotion to grade
pay of Rs. 8,700/- (Level-13), i.e., Additional Commissioner, after joining as
Inspector.
(v) 20 years for promotion grade pay
of Rs. 10,000/- (Level-14), i.e., Commissioner, 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 regularly.
8. It is also worth to
mention that the separate service namely IRS Branch B has been proposed to
mitigate the chronic and acute stagnation being faced by the officers being
recruited as Inspector. Despite of it, this service has not been proposed from
the level of Inspector. It is reiterated that this service should kindly be
started from the level of Inspector on the lines of Central Secretariat Service
(CSS) which is started from the level of Assistant, the analogous counterpart
of our Inspector.
9. It is also worth to
mention that the time scale/NFU/NFG was granted in the pay scale of Rs.
8000-13500/- after 4 years of regular service to the Section Officers of CSS in
their cadre restructuring in 2003. They are first Group B officers to get the time
scale/NFU/NFG. Now, they are getting it in Level 10 (GP of Rs. 5400/- in PB3)
whereas it has been granted to our officers in GP of Rs. 5400/- in PB2. It is
also worth to mention that the time scale/NFU/NFG is being granted to all of
other Group B officers also in GP of Rs. 5400/- in PB3 except us. This fact was
also placed before CBIC with the request to grant time scale/NFU/NFG to our
officers in GP of Rs. 5400/- in PB3 in the ensuing cadre restructuring but no
heed was paid by them to the request of the Association. So, it is requested
that the time scale/NFU/NFG to our officers may also kindly be granted in GP of
Rs. 5400/- in PB3 (Level 10) in ensuing cadre restructuring.
10. In view of the above,
it is requested to kindly consider the above submissions and-
(i)
Start separate service
namely IRS Branch B from the level of Inspector on the pattern of CSS where
service starts from the level of Assistant, counterpart of our Inspector.
(ii)
Enhance number of posts at each level in IRS Branch B in proportion
of cadre strength of our officers.
(iii)
Make ratio for promotions identical for direct Group A
service and Branch B service. Number of promotional posts and feeder posts
should be in the same proportion at each level in both services.
(iv)
Not bifurcate the number of the posts of Joint Commissioner
and Addl. Commissioner in IRS Branch B and to promote our
Inspector to the post of Addl. Commissioner on Ist January of seventeenth year
of service.
(v)
Merge three Group B Executive streams with retrospective
effect to bring the officers of same year of all of three categories of
Inspector to same level of promotion.
(vi)
Abolish extra posts of Commissioner
and all posts above the level of Commissioner.
(vii)
Grant time
scale/NFU/NFG to our officers also in GP of Rs. 5400/- in PB3 (Level 10).
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 Prime Minister of India, South Block, New Delhi.
