ALL
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL TAX
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
(Earlier
known as All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers)
President:
Address for communication: Secretary General:
Kajal
Kumar Mandal Flat
No. 6, SE 11, Shastri Nagar, Ghaziabad Harpal Singh
Mob. 9957366172 mail
Id:aiacegeo2019@gmail.com Site:cengoindia.blogspot.in Mob. 9717510598
Chief Patron: Ravi Malik Patrons: A. Venkatesh, C. S. Sharma, M. Nagaraju
Vice Presidents: B C
Khatik, K D Venkatraman (Central) Swapan
Kr Das, Subrata Adhikary (East) Ashish Vajpayi, B B Sharma (North) G Srinivas
Reddy, G Ananda Sukumar (South) Siddhraj Parmar, Vimal Kishore Soni (West) Joint
Secretaries: Manoj Kumar, T J Manojumon (Central) Pradyut Purkayastha,
Ashis Maji (East) Rajeev Prakash, Anil Sreedharan (West) Prabhakar Sharma, R B
Sahu (North) K Yugandhar Kumar, S M Kosalaya Devi (South); Office Secretary:
B C Gupta Treasurer: Manoj Kumar Liaison Secretary: Bhoopesh Organising
Secretary: Utkarsh Sharma South Zone Coordinator: R Keny Legal
Coordinator: S Sabarwal Joint Organising Secretary: Jayant Dey
East Zone Coordinator: Debasish Modak
(Recognised
vide F.No.B-12017/17/2022-AD-IV A dt. 14.07.23 of CBIC, Govt. of India)
Ref.
No. 44/AIB/P/25
Dt. 24.06.25
To,
Sh. Arvind Shrivastava,
Revenue Secretary,
North Block, New Delhi.
Sub:
No consultation with staffside for ongoing cadre restructuring of CBIC.
Sir,
It is
submitted with due regards that the service associations of stake holders were
invited by DG, HRD, CBIC to make consultations on the cadre restructuring
sometimes in 2018. But, as the Association came to know, the earlier
proposal has been totally changed without making any consultation with the
service associations of staffside. At the earlier time, the proposal was
circulated among the staff associations before and after finalization but
nothing such happened this time. During the process of cadre restructuring of
2013 also, the staff associations were duly consulted and the due meetings were
held with them but the same is missing this time.
2. This
Association is totally in dark this time. Whatever we know, that is based on
hearsay in the corridors of administration or some PPT being floated a few
months ago on social media. We came to know that only non-recognised
association of IRS officers has been, officially or unofficially, consulted but
no opportunity of consultation has been given to the recognized associations of
staffside. We came to know that many drastic things have been proposed in
the cadre restructuring which are against the interest of stake holder
staffside whereas many lucrative things have been proposed in the interest of the
direct recruit IRS officers to enhance their promotional avenues better than
even IAS.
3.
Because of every power being vested in the direct recruit IRS officers in CBIC,
only their interest is being watched by the CBIC. The CBIC, actually, has
become only for, by and of direct recruit IRS officers. They are worried only
for the interest and promotional avenues of direct recruit IRS officers
equating them with IAS. They have no worry about staffside, particularly
executive officers who are retiring after getting one promotion to the post of
Superintendent after being appointed as Inspector. The CBIC managed the things
in such a manner in the last cadre restructuring that a young Assistant
Commissioner (Level-10) became Commissioner (Level-16) within 17 years. They
also don’t hesitate to get relaxations for direct recruit IRS officers from the
nodal departments to promote them whereas no measure has been taken by them
for executive officers of staffside to remove their stagnation despite of the
recommendations of Cabinet during the last cadre restructuring to take measures
to remove the stagnation of these executive officers independent of cadre
restructuring.
4. As
your goodself knows that every state has only one Commissioner in State GST,
thus there are total around 36 Commissioner throughout India in the State
GST against more than 400 Commissioners in Central GST. But very
surprisingly, they not only have many times more Commissioners in Central GST
in comparison to the Commissioners in State GST but also have Principal
Commissioners, Chief commissioners, Principal Chief Commissioners etc. etc. It
is well pertinent to mention that no such post exists in the State GST because
the actual GST work is limited only upto the post of Additional Commissioner.
For example, a single state of Uttar Pradesh has 26 Commissioners in Central
GST in comparison to only 1 Commissioner in State GST. Other larger states like
Maharashtra etc. may be having more than 26 Commissioners in Central GST
against one Commissioner in State GST. It is not understood why such huge
number of Commissioners are required in Central GST despite of Act, rules and
provisions of GST being same in Central GST and State GST in addition to the
provisions of cross empowerment and also no GST work defined above the post
of Additional Commissioner.
5.
Despite of above facts, they want to enhance the number of posts at each level
for direct recruit IRS officers. The Association came to know a few months ago
through PPT on social media that they proposed to enhance the posts of
Principal Chief Commissioner from 14 to 40, Chief Commissioner from 38 to 50, Principal
Commissioner from 99 to 138, Commissioner from 335 to 562 and Additional/Joint
Commissioner from 932 to 1748 in the interest of direct recruit IRS officers. Thus,
there would be 790 posts of Commissioners and above in Central GST against only
36 posts of Commissioners in State GST. Perhaps they want promotional
avenues better than even IAS. Moreover, they have managed the posts of Deputy
Commissioner in such a manner that their direct recruit Assistant Commissioners
(100%) become Deputy Commissioner within four years of selection whereas they proposed
only 22% promotional quota for the promotee Assistant Commissioners to become
Deputy Commissioner which will take long years for them to be promoted or they
will never be promoted to the post of Deputy Commissioner except a few on
account of a separate service proposed by them in distorted manner for promotee
Assistant Commissioners only upto the level of Deputy Commissioner which was
earlier proposed upto the level of Commissioner.
6.
Not only it, they have also proposed to convert four years time scale (Level-9)
given to the Group B executive officers (in the pay scale of Superintendent)
after four years of service to an intermediary promotional post naming it as
Senior Superintendent which was not proposed earlier due to the opposition by
the Association. This will not only be against the Subramaniam verdict given by
the Hon’ble Supreme court but also be against the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008
published under Article 309 of the Constitution. Being against the
Subramaniam verdict, needless to submit that it will be direct contempt of the
Hon’ble Supreme Court. Moreover, after making it a promotional post, it
will be vacancy based and full procedure of DPC will be followed to fill-up
these vacancies. Net result will be that our officers working in the pay scale
of Superintendent on account of MACP upgradation will never get this benefit
after 4 years of service. These posts being vacancy based, our Superintendents
will also not be able to get the benefit of time scale or promotion after 4
years of service. Instead of proposing the merger of Level-9 (GP of 5400/- in
PB2) and Level-10 (GP of 5400/- in PB3), they want to make the intermediary GP
of 5400/- in PB2 a promotional post.
7. They
also have proposed to stop the direct recruitment of Inspector at Pay Level-7
whereas direct recruitment at Pay Level-7 will continue in other departments including
the sister organization of CBDT. Thus, their intension is to give screwed
structure to the organization of CBIC and degrade the cadre of Inspector instead
of giving structural parity with State GST and CBDT.
8. It is very
clear from above that they are interested to give all benefits to direct IRS
officers only without taking care of other cadres of staffside. Rather they
want to snatch benefits from other cadres as mentioned in para 6 and 7 above. Moreover,
now VIIIth CPC has already been declared and we don’t know which pay scale will
be merged and which posts will be curbed by the pay commission as ever. So,
their proposal is no way justified or reasoned and seems to be prepared without
application of mind.
9. The Association
came to know that a meeting of CBIC is fixed with your goodself in the end of
this month. It is, therefore, requested that an appointment may kindly be
given to us to enable making due submissions in person before your goodself
prior to the meeting with CBIC. It is also requested that the copy of the
proposal may kindly be provided to the Association before finalization and
after finalization as done in the past.
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
Secretary, Department of Expenditure, North Block, New Delhi.
(3) The
Secretary, DOPT, North Block, New Delhi.
