" IRS OFFICERS PROMOTED FROM THE GRADE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF CENTRAL EXCISE ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF AIACEGEO. THIS IS THE ONLY ASSOCIATION FOR SUPERINTENDENTS OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND IRS OFFICERS PROMOTED FROM THE GRADE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF CENTRAL EXCISE THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY . President Mr.T.Dass and SG Mr. Harpal Singh.

Sunday, 6 July 2014

DRAFT MEMORANDUM

In our draft memorandum to be submitted before  the 7th CPC we have clearly stated  that the Centre has made a discretionary decision regarding the 7th CPC Terms of Reference.
The then  Prime Minister has given his approval to the composition of the 7th CPC on 4th February 2014 and then  Union Cabinet gave its approval to the 7th CPC Terms of Reference on 28.02.2014.
On 01.01.2011, when the Dearness Allowance touched 50%, we had demanded to add it to the Basic Pay. We had also  demanded setting up of the 7th CPC on the plea that the residency period of any wage structure must not exceed 5 years, especially in the background that the pay revision in most of the PSUs takes place at the interval of 5 years. The Government turned a deaf ear to our demand. After implementation of pay band and grade pay, there was plethora of anomalies, common as well as department specific particularly on MACP . None of these anomalies were removed despite several representations on such issues. The Confederation of Central Government Employees successfully conducted a 2-day protest. Defence and Railway employees too were ready to join the protests.  AIACEGEO provided full support to them and joined in strike during lunch hours as per the decision of AC meeting held at Hyderabad ..Just when it looked as if confrontation was imminent,  the Centre announced the formation of the 7th Pay Commission. While formulating the Terms of Reference, there was a general expectation that the Government would consider the following points:

DA (as on 1.1.2014) to be merged and treated as pay for all purposes.
To grant Interim Relief @ 25% of Pay + GP.
To ensure that the 7th CPC recommendation will be effective from 1.1.2014.

The Central  Government made a discretionary decision regarding and 7th CPC Terms of Reference. None of the important demands presented by the AIACEGEO made the final list. In our  DRAFT  Memorandum to the 7th Pay Commission, we have  presented the  above three  issues, i.e. the need to grant interim relief and merger of Dearness Allowance and date of effect should be 01.01.2014 apart from the other department and cadre specific issues such as more pay( or equal pay) than other counter parts, MACP anomalies, 5 actual promotions, introduction of flexible complement promotional scheme , more retirement benefits etc etc. The 80- page long  draft report to the 7th Pay Commission prepared by AIACEGEO, incorporating all the  genuine demands.
The draft  Memorandum consists of expectations and requirements of  all the executive cadres of the department of revenue particularly CBEC.