ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
President:
Address for communication:
Secretary General:
R.
Chandramouli 240, Razapur,
Ghaziabad-201001 (U.P.)
Ravi Malik
Mob. 08939955463 mail Id:ravimalik_sweet@yahoo.com,
Site: cengoindia.blogspot.in Mob.
09868816290
Vice Presidents: P.
Parwani, L. L. Singhvi (Central); AnuragChaudhary, Ravi Joshi (North); N.
Raman, G. Srinath (South); B. K. Sinha, AshwiniMajhi (East); Rajesh Chaher, J.
D. Patil (West) Joint Secretaries: Anand Kishore, J. S. Iyer (Central);
R. K. Solanki, AshishVajpeyi (North); M. Nagaraju, Ajithkumar P. C. (South); P.
K. Sen, S. Bhattachariya (East); Jasram Meena, M. K. Mishra (West) Office
Secretary: C. S. Sharma
Treasurer: N.
R. MandaLiaison Secretary: A. S.
KunduCoordinator on Telangana: P.
Shravan Kumar
(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.
130/AIB/S/17
Dt. 24.05.17
To,
Ms. Vanaja N. Sarna,
Chairperson, CBEC,
North Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Measures to be taken to remove the stagnation of Central Excise
Executive Officers.
Madam,
Your kind attention is
invited to the last submissions made before your goodself in person. You were pleased to intend bringing a scheme for removal of acute stagnation
of Central Excise Executive Officers to benefit the already stagnated officers
as well as the future generation. The Association is very much thankful to your goodself for the
same.
2. It is submitted with due regards that our officers are forced to retire with single
promotion on a PB2 post (Level-8) in a career of 35-40 years after joining the job as Inspector (Level-7) barring 1% whereas our counterparts including Examiners (under
same organization of CBEC in same cadre of Inspector), CSS and CBDT under the same Department of Revenue of same
Ministry of Finance are getting 5 to 6 promotions easily attaining PB4 levels (Level-13 &
above) to reach the level of Joint Secretary/Commissioner after being recruited
through one and the same process in the same grade under same competitive
examination. The matter was raised before the Cabinet Secretary and
he was pleased to recommend to the Cabinet to bring measures to remove the
stagnation of our officers independent of cadre restructuring which was duly
approved by the Cabinet but no step has been taken till date even after expiry
of more than 3 years despite of the
recommendations of Cabinet/CRC/Cabinet Secretary. A scheme is, therefore, required to be formulated on immediate
basis enabling Central Excise Superintendents and Inspectors entered into PB4
levels (at least a Grade Pay of Rs. 8700/-/Level-13) like the common entry
counterparts of CBDT, CSS, Customs etc. too.
3. There is no change in the scenario regarding our career prospects
despite of the repeated requests and representations made to the
administration. Gross injustice is being done to our officers despite of being
instrumental with full dedication & commitment to collect the biggest
portion of Govt. revenues always above even redefined revenue targets. Temporary posts of Asstt.
Commissioner created in the cadre restructuring are also unable to undo the
injustice, that’s why the Cabinet approved to bring measures independent of
cadre restructuring on the issue of our stagnation. These temporary posts
will only enable around 4% of our officers to get JTS post without any right
for further promotions.
4.
Central Excise Superintendents/Inspectors are also forced to work under their
extreme juniors of Customs (Examiners) belonging to one & the same cadre of
Inspector and recruited through one & same process with common competitive
examination under one & same organization of CBEC in one & same
department of Revenue of one & same Ministry of Finance with one & same
administrative hierarchy as well as same nature of job. Examiner of 1984 has
already become Addl. Commissioner (GP-Rs. 8700/- in PB4/Level-13) after getting
5 promotions whereas the Central Excise Inspector of 1984 is yet to get IInd
promotion to JTS post of Asstt. Commissioner (GP-Rs. 5400/- in PB3/Level-10).
We have nothing against any of our counterparts including Customs and wish them
to get even more promotions but the discrimination being done to us should be
undone by bringing at par with them maintaining the relative seniority in
accordance of the initial recruitment without reverting back any of them.
5.
The parity, functional or even non-functional, with the common entry
counterparts is the actual need of time and may be brought by taking the
measures like below-
(a) Time bound promotions/scales: Time scales after every 7 years were also
recommended by CBEC to 6th CPC vide F.No.A.26017/147
/06-Ad.II.A Dt. 04.01.07 as one of the measures for our officers. No
posts will be required to be created for the grant of time scale after every 7
years.
(b) Notional promotions granting batch to
batch parity with the best placed common entry counterparts like CSS etc. There
already exist so many legal verdicts in the favour of various employees of many
other organizations on notional promotions.
(c) Creation of supernumerary posts which
will be personal to the officer at each level of the promotion and will be
abolished with the retirement of the officer. There already exist so many legal
verdicts in the favour of various employees of many other organizations on
supernumerary posts too.
(d) Creation of separate service: It was also recommended to 6th CPC
by CBEC vide F.No.A.26017/147 /06-Ad.II.A Dt. 04.01.07 as one of the measures.
The draft RR’s for separate service have already been submitted to the CBEC by
the Association. The separate service for group ‘B’ officers has also been
recommended on various occasions by the CBEC and also by the IRS Officers
Association. This may be created by taking all of the temporary posts as well
as regular posts at group ‘A’ entry level by upgrading these to STS (with the
provision of promoting Superintendents directly to STS)+half of existing STS
posts+additional posts at each level in proportion to CSS.
(e) Direct promotion to higher post/s: Customs Ministerial officers have been promoted as Appraiser without working even
for a single day on feeder post of Examiner in CBEC. Likewise, our officers may
also kindly be promoted directly to the higher posts at par with common entry
counterparts.
(f) In-situ promotions (requiring no
creation of posts) on completion of residency periods as prescribed by DOPT
under OM No. AB.14017/61/2008-Estt. (RR) Dt. 24.03.09 after joining as
Inspector.
(g) Batch to
batch functional upgradation at par with the best placed common entry
counterparts.
(h) Batch to batch non-functional upgradation at par with the best placed common entry
counterparts like CSS etc.
(also requiring no creation of posts) based on the precedent of
DOPT OM No. AB.14017/64/2008-Estt.(RR) dt. 24.04.09 granting NFU to other group
‘A’ officers at par with IAS.
(i) Re-framing the recruitment rules
prescribing the qualifying services in consonance of the DOPT OM No.
AB-14017/61/2008-Estt.(RR) dt. 24.03.09 without trifurcating the cadre at
group ‘B’ non-gazetted/group ‘B’ gazetted level. This OM stipulates the promotion
of the Inspector grade to the grade of Joint Commissioner, Additional
Commissioner & Commissioner respectively after completion of 12, 17 &
20 years of service. The validity of this OM was also not questioned by CBEC
during the presentation of cadre restructuring proposal on 18.01.11 but CBEC
showed its inability to implement the same due to the want of the required number
of vacancies/posts. Regarding the want of the required number of
vacancies/posts, it is requested that the
officers may kindly be granted in-situ promotions after completion of the
prescribed service (also requiring
no creation of posts) independent of cadre restructuring. A little
deviation from the above mentioned DOPT guidelines, already framed with due
diligence & application of mind by DOPT, may be understood but the
non-implementation of the same at all is never understandable. If the grant of
the prescribed grade is not possible within 20 years, we may be granted the
same after completion of 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or even 30 years (after completion of 1½ times of qualifying
service based on the precedent of CSS of promoting all the Section Officers
to the STS post of Under Secretary after completion of 1½ times of qualifying
service in 1999). In CSS, they still
have provisions of in-situ promotions upto the level of Joint Secretary.
(j)
At least 5 in-situ promotions in standard uniform promotional hierarchy of
functional promotions under
flexible/dynamic promotion/complementing scheme (FCS or DACP).
(k) Non-functional upgradation on
completion of residency periods as prescribed by DOPT under OM No.
AB.14017/61/2008-Estt. (RR) Dt. 24.03.09 after joining as Inspector. No need to say that the same have been
prescribed by DOPT with due diligence and application of mind.
6. In
view of the above particularly considering
the extraordinarily acute stagnation of our officers, it is requested to
kindly bring the scheme accordingly to
enable our officers also attain PB4 levels (Level-13 & above).
Thanking
you,
Yours faithfully,
(RAVI MALIK),
Secretary General.
