Friends,
As per the presentation made to AIACTGEO by
HRD office, the main points of CBIC cadre restructuring proposal are as below-
1. Direct recruitment of Inspector Grade II at Level 6
instead of Level 7. However, they promised us that 80% direct recruitment will
be in Level 6 and 20% in Level 7.
2. Qualifying service for promotion of Inspector to Superintendent
to be 4 years instead of 2 years whereas it should be 2 years as per DOPT
guidelines.
3. To abolish automatic 4 years time scale. Instead
making it promotional post with designation of Senior Superintendent at Level 9
after 4 years of service as Superintendent means it will be vacancy based and
DPC (which never happens timely in our CBIC) will be conducted for the said
promotion. In nutshell, it projects that service will start at Level 6 and will
get 3 promotions upto Level 9. God knows whether officers will go beyond it or
not. So, no automatic time scale after 4 years of service to our officers in
future. However, they promised us that the post of Senior Superintendent would
not be created and 4 years time scale would continue.
4. Proposal seemed Direct group A centric. Commissioner
& above posts will be around 800 despite there being no work under GST
beyond Addl. Commissioner.
5. Separate service for promotee officers from Asstt. Commissioner
to Deputy Commissioner with qualifying service of 5 years for promotion (Not
known when DPC will happen) instead of 4 years which is for Direct Recruit
Asstt. Commissioners. Promotional quota of 22% from promotee Asstt. Commissioner
to Deputy Commissioner whereas Direct Recruit Asstt. Commissioners will keep
promoted as Deputy Commissioner within 4 years based on vacancy year on 100%
basis.
6. Merger of 3 Group B executive cadres into one and
maintenance of All India Seniority List.
7. Manpower enhancement in GST by 38% and in Customs
by 84%.
8. Number of Asstt. Commissioner to be 5090 (DR 300 + promotee
4790) and 2118 posts of Asstt. Commissioner to be regularized as part of
separate Branch B service.
Regards to all.