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. 138/AIB/L/21
Dt. 13.09.21
To,
Sh. M. Ajith Kumar,
Chairman, CBIC,
North Block, New
Delhi.
Sub: Duty hours at CCSI (Amausi)
Airport, Lucknow.
Sir,
Kindly refer to the Ref. No. 137/AIB/L/21 Dt. 12.09.21 of the Association.
2. It is submitted with due regards that
officers are forced to work only in two shifts on Amausi Airport after the
seizure of gold on 15.08.21 by DRI. Earlier to it also, only three shifts were
working there instead of standard four shifts as being worked on main airports
like Delhi, Mumbai etc. Our officers are forced to perform duty continuously for
24 hours on all week days without any rest at Amausi Airport which is terribly
hazardous to their health. They are being called for 24 hours duty on alternate
day without due rest. This is highly inhumane not only putting the health of officers
at stake but also may result in further human errors during the course of
performing highly sensitive duty on airport. By this cruel pattern of forced
duties like bonded labour, the officers are unable to have required time to be
relaxed and refreshed. No need to say that govt. employees should be given due
time to be relaxed and refreshed in the interest of govt. work as per the DOPT
guidelines.
3. As
far as other airports are concerned, officers are working there in 4 shifts
having due hours of rest after duty of 12 hours instead of 24 hours. Officers
perform alternate day and night duties of 12 hours having rest for 24 hours after
day duty and 48 hours after night duty at these airports. Not only it, same
pattern is adopted even in the heart of govt. in Delhi for the duties like EDI,
courier, cargo etc.
4. As
per the govt. norms, the official working hours are 40 hours weekly. No need to
say that these working hours have been fixed with due diligence by the
concerned authorities keeping in view various factors including the mental as
well as physical health of the employees. Contrary to it, our officers are
forced to work for 84 hours weekly at Amausi Airport putting them under double
stress. It is submitted further that our officers/subordinates are
required to be treated with respect and dignity. A conducive environment is needed
to be created so that the subordinate officers feel safe and secure and not need
to spend from personal salary for the official work.
5. In view of the above, it is
requested to kindly restore normal duty hours for the officers posted at CCSI
(Amausi) Airport, Lucknow as being followed at other International Airports like
New Delhi, Mumbai etc. particularly keeping in view the health hazards of the
officers.
Thanking
you.
Yours sincerely,
(HARPAL SINGH),
Secretary General.
Copy with the request for necessary action
to:
The Revenue Secretary, North Block, New Delhi.
