ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
Patron
Chief Patron
Patron
A. Venkatesh Ravi
Malik
C. S. Sharma
Mob.
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Sharma
(Recognised by G.O.I., Min. of Fin. vide letter F.No.
B. 12017/10/2006-Ad.IV A Dt.21.01.08)
Ref. No. 41/AIB/C/23
Dt.22.03.23
To,
Sh. Rajiv Gauba,
Cabinet Secretary,
President House, New Delhi.
Sub: Plan of the
CBIC to scrap the ensuing cadre restructuring.
Sir,
Kindly refer to the Ref. No. 02/AIB/C/23
Dt. 02.01.23 of the Association.
2.
It is submitted with due regards that the Association came to know about the CBIC plan to scrap the ensuing cadre
restructuring proposal instead of replying the queries of DOPT. It was
first time in the history that the CBIC proposed something to remove the acute
stagnation of group B executive officers in actual terms in the form of
separate service consisting the posts upto the level of Commissioner on
pursuance by the Association. However, no doubt that some more amendments
including the enhancement of number of posts at each level in this service are
required. It is also worth to submit that the most of our officers are forced to retire as Superintendents after getting only
one promotion due to faulty HRD policy of CBIC whereas other counterparts of
ours are reaching the level of Additional Commissioner/Commissioner and
Director/Joint Secretary (5/6 promotions) after joining the job with us at the
same level and being recruited by common process.
3. It is evident
by the approach of CBIC that they are least interested about the career
prospects of GST Group B executive officers despite of these officers being the
actual workforce for GST work. It is also worth to mention that no cadre review has ever been done by
the CBIC exclusively for these poor officers. It seems that the CBIC is
made “for, of and by” Direct Recruit IRS officers only being always worried for
their career prospects. They managed the things in such a way in the last cadre
restructuring that their Assistant Commissioner became Joint Commissioner (two
promotions) and Commissioner (four promotions) within 7 and 17 years
respectively whereas the most of GST Group B executive officers are forced to
retire with single promotion even after serving the Govt. for more than 35
years. The promotional posts for the Group A officers were created upto the
level of Principal Director General/Principal Chief Commissioner (7 promotions)
with higher pay scales in the last cadre restructuring in such a manner that
the eligible Group A officers were not available for years to be promoted and
these posts were filled-up by taking relaxations from the DOPT every year. But
very unfortunately, nothing such was even thought for poor GST Group B
executive officers to remove their acute stagnation despite of the
recommendations of the Cabinet.
4. The situation
about the acute stagnation of GST Group B executive officers is so pathetic
that the Cabinet recommended in 2013 to
bring some scheme for removal of their stagnation independent of cadre
restructuring but unfortunately nothing has been done till date and these
officers are forced to work under total frustration. As far as MACPS (Modified
Assured Career Progress Scheme) is concerned, these officers are now getting
after 30 years of service what they were getting after 24 years of service
under ACPS (Assured Career Progression Scheme). Not only it, the time scale
after completion of four years of service has been granted to these officers in
PB2 whereas their counterparts are getting the same in PB3. As a result, these
officers are getting one level lower in MACP upgradation than others others.
5. For poor
Group B executive officers of ours, 2118 temporary posts of Asstt. Commissioner
with the discriminatory clause of no
further promotion were created to grant them illusionary promotion
without benefit of even single rupee. These posts will also lapse on 18.12.23
ending even the illusionary promotion. The separate service for our officers
was proposed with a base of these temporary posts of Asstt. Commissioner at
Group A entry level. But the said proposal is also not being liked by the
present set of authorities of the CBIC perhaps with the mindset that ensuing proposal
has least benefit for the Direct Recruit IRS Group A officers. The present
authorities of the CBIC are perhaps of the mind that the earlier authorities
were totally incompetent who prepared the ensuing cadre restructuring proposal
without any capability. There is a serious need to give a serious thought to
such thinking of the present authorities of the CBIC.
6. The
standard ratio between the feeder and promotional post is taken as 3:1 in the
Govt. of India but actual ratio is remarkably low for Direct Recruit IRS Group
A officers and extraordinarily high for our executive officers in the CBIC.
This is the reason that Direct Recruit IRS Group A officers are enjoying the
best prospects and GST Group B executive officers are worst placed in the Govt.
of India in the matter of career prospects and pay. This ratio is around 2 to
2.5:1 or even less for Direct Recruit IRS Group A officers whereas 31:1 for our
Group B gazetted executive officers at Group A entry level due to which only 1%
of our Superintendents are able to get promotion to regular post of Asstt.
Commissioner at the fag end of the career. The ratio for Direct Recruit IRS
Group A officers is even less than 1 at Deputy Commissioner to Joint/Additional
Commissioner level whereas only 507 Group
A entry posts are available for our 36164 GST Group B executive officers. In actual
terms, at least 12055 Group A entry posts are required exclusively for GST
Group B executive officers and further at least 4018, 1785 and 595 exclusive
posts at Deputy Commissioner, Joint/Additional Commissioner and Commissioner
level, if we talk in terms of the standard ratio of 1:3.
7. It is also
worth to submit that the ensuing cadre restructuring was started in the year
2018 and being scrapped now after 5 years without any result whereas the cadre
restructuring/review should happen at an interval of every 5 years as per the
existing guidelines but these guidelines were never followed by the CBIC. It
means that the resources, man power, Govt. working hours, related expanses etc.
made for 5 years on this proposal were totally waste, unpurposeful and
unproductive. The question arises who is
responsible for this waste and why.
8. In view of
the above, it is requested to kindly-
(i) Continue the
ensuing cadre restructuring at least for the GST Group B executive officers to
create a separate service for them consisting the posts at least upto the level
of Commissioner as already proposed.
(ii) Enhance the
number of posts in this service at each level in proportion of the cadre
strength of the GST Group B executive officers at least in the standard ratio
of 1:3 at each level for the sake of justice
to these poor officers who are forced to retire with single promotion in
the career of more than 35 years despite of being backbone of GST.
(iii) Scrap the
proposal only for the Direct Recruit IRS Group A officers, if the present set
of the authorities in CBIC are interested to scrap the proposal.
Thanking
you,
Yours sincerely,
(HARPAL
SINGH),
Secretary
General.
Copy with the request for necessary
action to grant justice to GST
Group B executive officers to:
The Revenue
Secretary, North Block, New Delhi.
