ALL
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL TAX
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
(Earlier
known as 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
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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 vide F.No.B-12017/17/2022-AD-IV A dt.
14.07.23 of CBIC, Govt. of India)
Ref.
No. 97/AIB/P/23 Dt. 24.07.23
Sh.
Sanjay Malhotra,
Secretary,
Department of Revenue,
North
Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Monitoring work of field
officers on real time basis-“Pratidin”.
Sir,
Kindly refer to letter F. No. I(22)/OTH/1836/2023/486
Dt. 01.07.23 on the above subject issued by the Directorate General of GST of
CBIC.
2. It is submitted with due regards
that our Superintendents are already working under tremendous pressures facing
various tensions in the form of “Prati Minute” futile and non-statutory reports
as well as non-working AIO/system, shortage of infrastructure, shortage of man
power etc. etc. They are devoid of even prescribed sitting space. Their pity
condition has been communicated to the CBIC many times but no effect. No
measures have been taken to improve the working conditions and functioning of
system. The system works for two minutes and down for two hours instead of responding
on a single click. The need of the hour is to improve the system and make it
efficient like Income Tax and State GST to get every work done by the system.
This is totally lacking in CBIC due to the reason known to the concerned
authorities only. On account of their efficient system, Income Tax and State
GST people are enjoying the work without any tension or pressure.
3. Instead of improving the system,
one more futile exercise namely “Pratidin” is being imposed on our
Superintendents without realising the work pressure, tension and mental agony
being faced by them in non-working atmosphere of ours for the want of efficient
system, due infrastructure, man power etc. Due to this, they all have become
prey of the diseases like hypertension, depression, mental fatigue etc. The
policy of the Govt. is to keep the employees relaxed to increase the efficiency
whereas our CBIC is working in the opposite direction. Such non-statutory
things like “Pratidin” monitoring and “Prati Minute” reporting are nowhere
prescribed in the GST Act. No such things are also being imposed on the State
GST employees because of not being prescribed in GST Act. Therefore, they are
working in totally relaxed conditions as per the Govt. policy.
4. It seems by the above referred
letter of DG, GST that only the Superintendents are responsible for whole working
in the GST. If it is so, there seems no need of any other posts. All other
posts should be abolished immediately, the same being the unnecessary burden on
the Govt. Even, as per the GST Act, there is no work for the posts above the
Addl. Commissioner. So, it is suggested to abolish all posts above the Addl.
Commissioner and distribute the work in proportion of the salary, i.e., higher
the salary-higher the work, among all authorities. But unfortunately, as per
the above letter, all other higher authorities from Asstt. Commissioner to
Chief Commissioner are sitting only to monitor the work of Superintendent on
daily basis.
5. At the present time, the poor
Superintendents are not able even to breathe smoothly due to the pressure being
faced by them for the want of due infrastructure. The infrastructure meant for
them is being enjoyed by the higher authorities even for unofficial and
personal works. The referred letter talks about real time work but nobody talks
about non-real time works being taken from the Superintendents in the form of
“Prati Minute” futile and non-statutory reports. The Annexure-B to the referred
letter very clearly shows that the daily performance only of the
Superintendents would be monitored by every higher authority but individual
performance of no higher authority would be monitored by anybody. This is
totally against the principle of total transparency already adopted by the
Govt. Non-working posts are enjoying everything whereas working posts are not
only being overburdened day by day but whips like “Pratidin” are also being
imposed on them and they are being treated like bonded labour by our CBIC. The
poor Superintendent is even unable to give due time to the family.
6. Our Superintendents are already
working on multiple charges day and night without any leave and also without
any additional remuneration. They are forced even to work on holidays. “Pratidin”
for Superintendents seems like keeping their track as of daily wagers despite
of already existing many tools to monitor the work performance of the Govt.
employee. The Superintendents are being imposed with more and more
responsibilities including having no relation with the revenue collection. The
higher authorities and even the Inspectors are free from any responsibility. It
is not understood whether the Superintendents have to perform revenue related
responsibilities or to work for various non revenue related reports. It is not
understood how can a Range office having thousands or even more units can be
handled by a single hand.
7. Majority of the revenue-related work
is being done by Superintendents, whereas Group A officers merely enjoy supervisory
seats without making any contribution in revenue related work. All responsibilities
like scrutiny, investigation, audit, search, seizure, notices, adjudication,
review, refund etc. including other crucial activities are being performed by
the Superintendents. The Group A officers are only taking credit for the work being
done by the Superintendents. Even the adjudication orders for the higher
authorities are being prepared by the Superintendents. The Association has been
requesting repeatedly for distribution of responsibilities among all posts from
bottom to top in proportion of the salaries being received by the various authorities.
Accordingly, “Pratidin” is required to be implemented across all the posts in
the CBIC.
8. The implementation of “Pratidin”
for all is very necessary to assess the justification for the multiple posts of
Commissioner and above in comparison to a single Commissioner in every state under
State GST. It will also provide insight into the real revenue related work
being done by the Asstt. Commissioners to Principal Chief Commissioners and
Asstt. Directors to Principal Director Generals to justifying or not to justify
their functional requirements for the CBIC. It will help to designate the
proper officer for each rank in accordance of salary. The responsibilities
should be assigned to all authorities based on monetary limits. Proper
distribution of work among all authorities as per their rank is very essential ensuring
that non-functional and non-contributing posts are abolished in public interest.
9. In view of above, it is
requested to kindly improve infrastructure, system, manpower etc. like State
GST and Income Tax instead of imposing non-statutory things like “Pratidin” and
“Prati Minute” non-statutory reports on our Superintendents. It is also
requested to distribute the work responsibilities in proportion of the salary
among all authorities instead of imposing all responsibilities on the
Superintendents only. All authorities and Directorates may kindly perform their
responsibilities as prescribed in GST Act instead of indulging in non-statutory
and non-revenue functions merely to prove their existence. The things like
“Pratidin” gives the only impression to be a tool to suppress the Superintendents
and other lower authorities. If such things are kept continued instead of
concentrating on revenue related work, our system will collapse one day. The
actual need of time is to
rectify the existing discrepancies in work distribution within the central
indirect tax administration. If “Pratidin” is to be implemented, it should be
implemented for all upto the top authority without any exception or
discrimination to provide transparency and define responsibilities of all
authorities to make everybody accountable.
The Association hopes that a serious thought would be given to the request of
the Association.
Thanking
you,
Yours sincerely,
(HARPAL SINGH),
Secretary General.
Copy with the request for necessary
action to:
(1) The Hon’ble Finance Minister, North
Block, New Delhi.
(2) The Hon’ble Minister of State
(Revenue), Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi.
(3) The Chairman, CBIC, North Block, New
Delhi.
(4) The Member (GST), CBIC, North Block,
New Delhi.
