THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO THE ZONAL ADMINISTRATION BY THE ASSOCIATION. THESE ARE BEING REPRODUCED FOR INFORMATION OF THE MEMBERS. SOME IMPORTANT MATTERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN UP WITH THE ADMN, CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AND PUT ON THIS SITE SHORTLY.
To
The Chief Commissioner (CZ),
Customs, Central Excise &
Service Tax,
Chandigarh.
Subject : -Grant of grade
pay of Rs. 5400/- to the Inspectors on completion
of four years of service in the G. P. of 4800/-.
Revered Sir,
Wish you a very happy, prosperous, eventful and joyful Happy New Year
2013. May the upcoming year bring with it the blessings of God and fulfill the
cherished dreams.
Your kind attention is drawn to Association letters dated 09/12/2012
and 24.12.29012, on the above cited
subject. In this regard, it is submitted
that no meeting of the DPC Committee has so far been fixed as per the
information available with the Association despite the assurance on the part of
your goodself that the MACP will be granted to the eligible officers by
31.112.2012. It is needless to remind that the exercise regarding the grant of
MACP to the officers who were due to get the benefit before 31.03.2013, was
required to be completed by 30.09.2012 as per the DOPT guidelines on the
subject. No doubt, the benefit of MACP will be granted and available to the
eligible officers w.e.f. 01.01.2013, but it would be much better if they are
able to get their benefit alongwith their salary for the month of January, 2013
because to the officers suffering from unimaginable and intolerable stagnation
for more than two decades, this non-functional financial benefit is merely a
solace. Whatever we have gathered from our constituent members is that the
matter is being taken as a routine, which should not be the case as the
deadline for completion of this exercise which had already elapsed on
30.09.2012.
In view of the above, it is requested that the necessary directions may
be issued to the Commissioner ( Cadre Controlling), Chandigarh for taking immediate steps in this
direction so that the MACP is granted to the eligible officers immediately. We
are also under pressure from our constituents to take some direct action if the
fruitful results are not coming despite the repeated representations of the
Association. We are sorry to inform your goodself that the Association will be
compelled to go in for “sit-in-demonstration ( Dharna )” at Hqrs. Office at
Chandigarh if the needful is not done expeditiously as the patience of our members
is being wiped out in view of the various problems being faced by our cadre in
terms of career progression and other related matters and there is growing
sense of injustice being done to our cadre.
Yours
sincerely,
(BHAGWAN
SINGH)
GENERAL
SECRETARY.
To
The Chief Commissioner (CZ),
Customs, Central Excise &
Service Tax,
Chandigarh.
Subject : -Request
for appointment to discuss the cadre
welfare
issues.
Revered Sir,
Wish you a very happy, prosperous, eventful and joyful Happy New Year
2013. May the upcoming year bring with it the blessings of God and fulfill your
cherished dreams.
It is requested that the association may be given an appointment to see
your goodself on any working day. We wish to discuss some important issues relating
to the welfare of the cadre, which inter-alia include the followings : -
1.
Filling up of the existing vacancies of
Superintendents lying vacant on account of the non-availability of
suitable/eligible ST candidates.
2.
The grant of MACP benefit to the eligible
officers, which has already been delayed as the exercise was required to be
completed by 30.09.2012.
3.
The holding of DPC and issuance the confirmation
orders of the Inspectors, who have already successfully completed their
probation period and fulfilled other conditionalities/qualifications.
4.
The timely holding of the DPC for the next
vacancy year 2013-14, an exercise that is required to be completed by
30.03.2013.
5.
The issues related to the payment of outstanding
bills on account of TA/Medical/tuition fees etc.
6.
The issues related to the provision of
residential accommodation to the officers of our cadre as per their
entitlement.
7.
The issues related to the provision of sitting
space in the offices as per their entitlement by hiring new buildings for the
offices which can be shifted out of the main headquarters building ( C.R.
building).
8.
Provision of adequate guest house and transit
facilities at different stations in the Zonal jurisdiction.
9.
The provision of mobile sets & connections,
laptops, brief-cases, petrol reimbursement and other facilities out of the
special revenue-incremental grants received from the govt.
10.
Regarding the sanction of additional posts of
Superintendents and Inspectors in view of the increased workload and the follow
up taken and required to be taken up in this regard with the Board authorities
so that these posts are expeditiously sanctioned.
11.
Regarding the filling up of the posts of
Inspectors, which are lying vacant ( more than 100 ) against the sanctioned
strength of the zone.
12. Regarding
the creation of one more Central Excise Division in Jammu and Kashmir Commissionerate, proposal
for which was mooted in 2008 by the Department.
Yours
sincerely,
(BHAGWAN
SINGH)
GENERAL
SECRETARY.
To
The Commissioner( Cadre Controlling Authority )(CZ),
Customs, Central Excise &
Service Tax,
Chandigarh- I.
Subject : Request for appointment
to discuss the cadre welfare issues.
Revered Sir,
Wish you a very happy, prosperous, eventful and joyful Happy New Year
2013. May the upcoming year bring with it the blessings of God and fulfill your
cherished dreams.
It is requested that the association may be given an appointment to see
your goodself on any working day. We wish to discuss some important issues
relating to the welfare of the cadre, which inter alia include the followings :
-
1.
Filling up of the existing vacancies of
Superintendents lying vacant on account of the non-availability of
suitable/eligible ST candidates.
2.
The grant of MACP benefit to the eligible officers,
which has already been delayed as the exercise was required to be completed by
30.09.2012.
3.
The holding of DPC and issuance the confirmation
orders of the Inspectors, who have already successfully completed their
probation period and fulfilled other conditionalities/qualifications.
4.
The timely holding of the DPC for the next
vacancy year 2013-14, an exercise that is required to be completed by
30.03.2013.
5.
The issues related to the payment of outstanding
bills on account of TA/Medical/tuition fees etc.
6.
The issues related to the provision of
residential accommodation to the officers of our cadre as per their
entitlement.
7.
The issues related to the provision of sitting
space in the offices as per their entitlement by hiring new buildings for the
offices which can be shifted out of the main headquarters building ( C.R.
building).
8.
Provision of adequate guest house and transit
facilities at different stations in the Zonal jurisdiction.
9.
The provision of mobile sets & connections,
laptops, brief-cases, petrol reimbursement and other facilities out of the
special revenue-incremental grants received from the govt.
10.
Regarding the sanction of additional posts of
Superintendents and Inspectors in view of the increased workload and the follow
up taken and required to be taken up in this regard with the Board authorities
so that these posts are expeditiously sanctioned.
11.
Regarding the filling up of the posts of
Inspectors, which are lying vacant ( more than 100 ) against the sanctioned
strength of the zone.
12. Regarding the creation of one more Central
Excise Division in Jammu and Kashmir
Commissionerate, proposal for which was mooted in 2008 by the Department.
Yours
sincerely,
(BHAGWAN
SINGH)
GENERAL
SECRETARY.
To
The Chief Commissioner,
Customs,
Central Excise & Service Tax,
Chandigarh Zone,
Chandigarh.
Subject: - Promotions to the grade of Superintendents against unfilled
ST vacancies on account of
non-availability of suitable/qualifiable ST candidates.
Hon’ble Sir,
Your kind attention is drawn to the
Minutes of the meeting of Circle Executive Committee of Association held at Jammu on 13.08.2012 and
subsequent correspondence by the Association on the subject, followed by
subsequent discussions with your good-self in your office at Chandigarh held on 09.10.2012. It is once
again requested that posts of
Superintendents lying unfulfilled on
account of the non-availability of suitable candidates of the ST category in the
Zone in view of the fact that the next
candidate of ST category will attain the qualification of minimum eight years
of service in the grade of Inspector for promotion to the grade of
Superintendent in the year 2017.
As per the
instructions contained in OM No. 36011/25/79-Estt
(SCT) dated 16.11.1979, the posts lying vacant on account of the
non-availability of suitable candidates of reserved category may be dereserved
and fulfilled by the Department itself as per the procedure laid down in this
Circular. Further, as per OM No.
36011/5/81-Estt. (SCT) dated 07.04.1981, the department should only wait for a
period of two weeks after sending the requisite proposal to the DOPT and
Commissioner for STs for their comments. In view of the above, it is crystal
clear that the posts lying vacant can be filled expeditiously if the proposal
is sent to the concerned authorities. In the instant case, these posts are
lying vacant due to the non-availability of suitable candidates and moreoever,
no candidate of this category is available for being promoted till 2017 as none
of them will be completing their qualifying service of 8 years as Inspector
before 2017. Further, these posts cannot be carried forward beyond a period of
three years and automatically lapse and become available to the suitable
candidates from other categories after elapse of that period of three years.
Hence, in all circumstances, there will be no loss to any candidate of ST
category if these posts are filled in from suitable candidates of other
categories.
Your goodself is already aware that there is acute
stagnation in the cadre of Inspectors as the Inspectors of 1993 batch are still
awaiting their promotion. The
Association is of the view that the instructions of Govt ( DOPT OMs) are being
selectively used. These instructions, when interpreted in proper perspective,
clearly lay down that the posts
reserved for reserved candidates may be filled immediately from the general
candidates in case of non–availability of the suitable candidate of reserve
category and the equivalent number of posts need to be carried forward in the
next recruitment year for being filled from reserved candidates on priority. In
case of non-availability of the such candidates in the next recruitment year,
these posts can be further carried forward to the second next year and so on.
Therefore, there appears to be no mandate through these instructions that these
posts be kept unfulfilled due to non-availability of the suitable reserved
candidates, which is being done by our Department in the instant case
due to the non-availability of the suitable ST Candidates.
In
view of the above submissions, it is requested that the unfilled vacancies of
the ST category may be filled immediately by promotion from the suitable
available candidates.
Since
the matter is of immense significance to the Inspector cadre, an early action
in the matter is highly solicited. Further, as the meeting with your goodself
could not be held on 27th as requested vide Association’s letter
dated 24.12.2012 due to communication gap/non-communication, it is again
requested that we may also be granted a personal hearing to present this issue
before your goodself.
This letter is being issued with the
prior approval of the President.
Yours faithfully,
For AICEIA
CHANDIGARH CIRCLE
(Bhagwan Singh)
General Secretary
