Namaste, Friends.
I am getting regular calls about
a message given by some of our officer/s (perhaps namely Sh. S. K. Patil & associates) asking
for collection of Rs. 10,000/- or more regarding regularisation of the ad-hoc
promotions of Asstt. Commissioner since 1997 with retrospective effect applying
the current recruitment rules. I am being asked about the actual position of
the issue by our officers.
Friends, without
questioning or doubting the intention of our above said officer, it is to
clarify that the issue relates to the writ filed by the Association to amend Recruitment
Rules granting parity in promotions to our officers with the
intra-organisational counterparts. This writ was disposed-off by the Hon’ble
Supreme Court with the order to amend recruitment rules for just and fair
representation of each category and abide
all ad-hoc promotions by the final decision to be taken by the Department in
terms of this order.
Accordingly, the CBIC
amended the recruitment rules by changing the ratio to 13:2:1 with prospective
effect. The matter was being pursued by the Association but some of our
officers including Sh. S. K. Patil went to the Hon’ble Supreme Court
unilaterally without consulting the Association and the Hon’ble Court dismissed
the contempt saying that they never said to implement the amended recruitment
rules with retrospective effect closing this chapter for ever. So, friends, I
am unable to understand what the officer/s collecting the money has/have in his/their
mind/s even after the strict denial of the retrospective implementation of the recruitment rules by the
Apex Court.
However, the Association
challenged the amended recruitment rules in the Principal Bench of CAT in Delhi
vide OA 2323/12 seeking parity in promotions with the intra-organisational
counterparts. The Hon’ble CAT directed the CBIC to amend the recruitment rules
accordingly within four months. But nothing was done on the part of the CBIC
even on the expiry of more than one year and four months. Accordingly, an
execution petition was filed in the CAT. Now, I am really surprised without
doubting the intention of the collector/s of money why this execution petition,
a ripen case, not being pursued by the collector/s of the money due to the
reasons known only to him/them instead of pursuing an issue which the Apex
Court has already closed in strict terms.
However, if the collector/s of money is/are successful
to do something good to the cadre, it is always welcomed.Loving regards,
RAVI MALIK,
Secretary General,
AIACEGEO.
