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KCCE ST LTU – MOA (04/2016) Dated: 27-May-16
To
The Member (P&V),
CBEC, New Delhi
Respected Madam,
Sub: Memorandum of Grievances / request for
redressal – Reg.
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Kind attention is invited to following
long pending grievances of Ministerial Officers of Central Excise &
Customs, at All India level, which have not been addressed / redressed by the
Board until date. .
1. Modification of Recruitment Rules in the cadre of ‘Executive Assistant’:
As per the
recently issued ‘Recruitment Rules’ in respect of newly constituted cadre of
‘Executive Assistant’, a ‘Tax Assistant’ have to serve in the cadre of ‘Tax
Assistant’ for a period of 10 years, before his / her promotion to the cadre of
‘Executive Assistant’ which is grave injustice to the presently working / newly
recruited Tax Assistants, which may lead to their de-motivation and demoralization of their upbeat talent, as
the period of 10 years in the life of a youth is very precious. Hence, it is requested that the period of 10
years may be modified and reduced to three years (as existed before cadre
re-structuring), as presently followed by CBDT,
by issuing a modified Order in this connection at the earliest, which
may galvanize the presently demoralized ‘Tax Assistants’ , which in turn will
be beneficial to the Department in future course of time.
2. Upgrading the Grade Pay of Administrative Officers:
Though the cadre
of ‘Administrative Officers’ is a gazetted cadre, it carries a Grade Pay of Rs.
4,600/- in PB-2, which is equivalent to the Grade Pay, accorded to the cadre of
‘Inspectors’, a non-gazetted cadre. This is great injustice to the cadre of
‘Administrative Officers’. Hence, it is requested that the Grade Pay of Rs. 4,600/- presently
accorded to the cadre of ‘Administrative Officers’, may be upgraded to Rs.
4,800/- in PB-2, by granting Non-functional Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/-, after
completion of four years in the same cadre, which will be equivalent to the
Grade Pay presently accorded to ‘Superintendents’ which is a gazetted
cadre. This is a long pending demand of
Ministerial Officers, which if accepted / granted, the existing parity of pay
between Administrative Officers & Superintendents (both gazette cadres) can
be removed ,which if continues will be against the principle of natural justice
and a great injustice to the Officers working as ‘Administrative Officers’.
3. Promotion to the cadre of Chief Accounts Officers:
Though numerous vacancies
exist in the grade of ‘Chief Accounts Officer’ at the All India level, no
Officer from the grade of ‘Administrative Officer’, has been promoted to the cadre
of ‘Chief Accounts Officer’ for a long
period. It is requested that
necessary action may please be taken for issuing promotion Orders to the cadre
of ‘Chief Accounts Officer’ at the earliest, as many serving ‘Administrative
Officers’ who are due for promotion to the cadre of ‘Chief Accounts Officers’, are
retiring from Government service on attaining the age of superannuation,
without getting their due promotion.
4. Conducting ‘Confirmation Examination’ in the cadre of ‘Tax Assistant’:
As per the recent
guidelines of the NACEN, Faridabad, a newly recruit ‘Tax Assistant’ has to pass
the ‘confirmation examination’ in different subjects without Books, within a period of two
years, failing which his due increment from two years onwards will be held up.
This is causing a great inconvenience to the ‘Tax Assistants’, as they are not
expected to master the departmental Rules within a short period of two years,
moreover, their functions are purely of administrative nature and exposure to
technical field is minimal or non-existent.
Hence, it is requested that necessary action may
please be taken for conducting the confirmation examination in the cadre of
‘Tax Assistant’ with Books, as it was being done prior to cadre restructuring
and also by providing them proper exposure to technical work, which will
benefit all the present working / newly recruited Tax Assistants, to get their
due increments within the specified period of two years.
This issues, with the approval
of the President, Karnataka Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax & LTU
Ministerial Officers’ Association, Bengaluru.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
[सय्य्द सदिखुल्लाह य्म.] /
[SYED SADIQULLAH M.]
General Secretary
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