ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
Patron
Chief Patron
Patron
A. Venkatesh
Ravi Malik
C. S. Sharma
Mob.
7780255361 Mob. 9868816290 Mob. 9313885411
President:
Address for communication: Secretary
General:
M.
Loganathan Flat
No. 6, SE 11, Shastri Nagar, Ghaziabad
Harpal
Singh
Mob.8758262698 mail
Id:aiacegeo2019@gmail.com Site:cengoindia.blogspot.in Mob.9717510598
Vice Presidents: B C Khatik, V Pagare (Central) Diwakar Sahai, Sanjoy Gupta (East)
Ashish Vajpayee, Amadul Islam (North) G Srinivas Reddy, P Ravichandran (South)
R Keny, J B Parmar (West) Joint Secretaries: S P Pandey, T J Manojumon
(Central) Subrata Adhikari, SiddharthTewari (East) Ramkesh Meena, S Sahai
(West) Atul Kumar, R B Sahu (North) Bhoopesh, R V Raghunandan (South); All India Convener: A K Meena All
India Coordinator: B L Meena Office Secretary: B C Gupta Treasuer:
M Kumar Organising Secretary: M Bajpai Liaison Secretary: N S
Maheshwari North Zone Coordinator: Prabhakar
Sharma Legal Coordinator: S Sabarwal Vigilance Coordinator: R K Singh South Zone Coordinator: U
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. 58/AIB/C/23 Dt. 21.04.23
To,
Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman,
Hon’ble Minister of Finance,
North Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Cadre
Restructuring of CBIC.
Madam,
Kindly refer to
the Ref. No. 55/AIB/C/23 Dt. 18.04.23, 54/AIB/A/23 Dt. 17.04.23, 49/AIB/C/23
Dt. 10.04.23, 40/AIB/C/23 Dt. 21.03.23 and 35/AIB/C/23 Dt. 09.03.23 of the
Association.
2.
Kindly also refer to the Meeting Notice issued by the DOPT vide F. No.
I-11019/18/2022-CRD Dt. 19.04.23 alongwith Annexure (enclosed herewith for your
kind reference).
3.
As communicated earlier, it is submitted with due regards that S. No. 14 of the
Annexure to the above mentioned DOPT Meeting Notice very well clarifies about
the cadre restructuring of CBIC. It is clearly mentioned that the proposal
which was due since 2013-14 has been treated as withdrawn. It is really
shocking for the Association that the proposal has been withdrawn despite of the kind approval to this
proposal by your goodself more than year ago and despite of the cadre
restructuring and cadre review being due at every 5 years.
4. The most of
the GST Group B executive officers are forced to retire with single promotion
after joining the job as Inspector, direct or promotee, in comparison to other
counterparts who are already getting 5 to 6 promotions. The said proposal was
started in 2018 and has been withdrawn without seeing the light of the day
after 5 years. Thus, it means that the resources, man power, Govt. working
days/hours, related expenses etc. made during last 5 years on this proposal
were total waste, unpurposeful and unproductive. Under such circumstances, it is really required to ascertain who is
accountable and responsible for such unpurposeful and unproductive exercise for
5 years, why the DOPT kept it pending and why queries made by the DOPT were not
replied by the CBIC. The present authorities perhaps think that the earlier
authorities were totally incompetent to prepare the cadre restructuring
proposal. There is a serious need to give a serious thought to it.
5. It was a very
ambitious proposal for Group B executive officers of GST. First time in the
history, the CBIC proposed something principally concrete to remove the acute
stagnation of group B executive officers in the form of separate service
consisting the posts upto the level of Commissioner on pursuance by the
Association. However, more amendments including the enhancement of the number
of posts at each level in this service are still required. It is also very
painful that no cadre review has ever
been proposed by the CBIC exclusively for Group B or C officers despite of
clear-cut guidelines for the same to happen at every 5 years. Nothing was
also done for GST Group B executive officers to remove their acute stagnation
despite of the recommendations of the Cabinet in 2013. The temporary posts of
Asstt. Commissioner created with the discriminatory clause of no further
promotion and granting promotion to these officers with no financial benefit
will also lapse on 17.12.23.
6. In view of
above, it is requested for the sake of justice to the GST Group B executive
officers to kindly-
(i) Take
remedial measures in r/o the said cadre restructuring to create a separate
service for the GST Group B executive officers consisting posts at least upto
the level of Commissioner.
(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.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Encl: As above.
(HARPAL SINGH),
Secretary General.
