ALL
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL TAX
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
(Earlier
known as 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:
M.
Loganathan Flat
No. 6, SE 11, Shastri Nagar, Ghaziabad Harpal Singh
Mob.8758262698 mail
Id:aiacegeo2019@gmail.com Site:cengoindia.blogspot.in Mob.9717510598
Vice Presidents: B C
Khatik, V Pagare (Central) Diwakar
Sahai, Sanjoy Gupta (East) Ashish Vajpayee, Amadul Islam (North) G Srinivas
Reddy, P Ravichandran (South) R Keny, J B Parmar (West) Joint Secretaries: S
P Pandey, T J Manojumon (Central) Subrata Adhikari, SiddharthTewari (East)
Ramkesh Meena, S Sahai (West) Atul Kumar, R B Sahu (North) Bhoopesh, R V
Raghunandan (South); All India Convener:
A K Meena All India Coordinator: B L Meena Office Secretary: B C
Gupta Treasuer: M Kumar Organising Secretary: M Bajpai Liaison
Secretary: N S Maheshwari North Zone
Coordinator: Prabhakar Sharma Legal Coordinator: S Sabarwal
Vigilance Coordinator: R K Singh South
Zone Coordinator: U Sharma
(Recognised
vide F.No.B-12017/17/2022-AD-IV A dt. 14.07.23 of CBIC, Govt. of India)
Ref.
No. 43/AIB/P/24
Dt. 13.06.24
To,
Sh.
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal,
Chairman,
CBIC,
North
Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Inter-Zonal
(Intra-Cadre) and Inter-Cadre disparities.
Sir,
Kindly
refer to the various representations of the Association on the issue resulting
into the letter F.No. HRM-I/Pol/OTH/8/2022-Pol/RR-O/o-HRM-I-DGHRD-DELHI Dt.
22.12.22 of the CBIC.
2. The subject
matter being pursued by the Association since long, a committee was constituted
vide above referred letter of CBIC to examine subject matter and frame
comprehensive modalities to remove the said disparities. The Association also
made due representations after the issuance of the said letter in this regard
but there seems no progress in the matter till date.
3. As your
goodself knows that there exists difference of around four years in the
promotions to the post of Asstt. Commissioner within CGST zones and the Guwahati
zone is lagging behind all other zones in this regard. Likewise, around six
years disparity exists in the promotions to the post of Superintendent. It is
also worth to mention that the officers working in Customs zones are getting
far better promotions than CGST officers and reaching upto the level of Addl. Commissioner
and Commissioner (5/6 promotions) despite of being recruited in the same cadre
of Inspector. Needless to submit that the officers working in CGST zones are
retiring as Superintendent or ad-hoc Asstt. Commissioners (1/2 promotion).
4. The Association
has already suggested various measures to remove the said disparity including
the following, which may kindly be given due consideration –
(A) Creation of
supernumerary posts: Supernumerary
posts may be created at each level of promotion to bring the parity based on
the number of the officers working in the zones lagging behind the other zones.
These posts will be personal in nature and be abolished with the retirement of
the concerned officer. Thus, the resultant original cadre strength in the
promotional post will not change. The various courts including the Apex Court have
ordered to use this device to bring parity in promotions. No functional post
will be required to be created for it.
(B)
Notional promotions: Like creation of
supernumerary posts, the measure like notional promotion may also be taken to bring
parity in promotions. This will also be personal in nature. The various courts
including the Apex Court have ordered to adopt this measure also to bring
parity in promotions. No functional post will be required to be created for it
too.
(C)
In-situ promotions: The parity in
promotions may also be brought by giving in-situ promotions to the officers
working in the zones lagging behind. In it, the concerned officer will get
higher designation with the pay scale of the post but will be working on the
lower post till functional post become available. Such Scheme was approved by
our Board on persuasion by the Association in the year 2011 but the same has
not been implemented by our CBIC till date due to the reasons known to the
concerned authorities only. No functional post will be required to be created
for it too.
(D) Formulation of a department specific
scheme like Flexible
Complementary/Dynamic Assured Career Progression Scheme (as
prevalent in the Department of Science & Technology and also in the
Ministry of Health): In-situ promotions may also be given to the
officers working in the zones lagging behind based on such scheme. No functional post will be required to be
created for it too.
(E)
Non-functional Upgradation: A scheme to
bring at least financial parity may also be brought. Such scheme was
recommended at least on four occasions for our officers by our CBIC on persuasion
by the Association but nothing done finally.
No functional post will be required to be created
for it too.
5. It is also
worth to mention that the Cabinet also recommended on persuasion by the Association in the year 2013 to bring specific
measures to remove the stagnation
of our officers independent of cadre restructuring but nothing done by our CBIC till date due to the reasons
known to the concerned authorities only.
6. As an instant
measure, our officers may be promoted as per the in-situ promotion scheme
approved in the year 2011 by the CBIC on pursuance by the Association for the
removal of disparities in promotions as referred in para 4(C) above. This
scheme is required to be implemented from the date of its approval, i.e.,
18.02.11, to give actual benefit to our officers at the earliest.
7. The Association
is very hopeful and requests that all the measures/submissions made by the
Association on the issue till date may kindly be given due consideration. It is
reiterated that all the measures suggested in para 4 above would require no
functional post to be created.
Thanking
you,
Yours sincerely,
(HARPAL SINGH),
Secretary General.
Copy with the request for necessary action to:
(1) The Revenue Secretary, North Block, New Delhi.
(2) The Cabinet Secretary, President House, New Delhi.
