MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING HELD AT BENGALURU, ON 21.02.2017
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9. It was further decided that, in absence of any members from the respective Commissionerate, a representatives will be elected / nominated / co-opted in consultation with the members of the respective Commissionerate, under intimation to the Office bearers of the Association.
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KCCE
ST LTU – MOA (02/2017) Dated:
23-Feb-17
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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL
BODY MEETING
HELD AT BENGALURU, ON 21.02.2017
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The
Annual General Body Meeting of the Karnataka Customs, Central Excise, Service
Tax and LTU Ministerial Officers’ Association was held on 21.02.2017 at
Conference Hall of Central Excise & Customs Headquarters, Queen’s Road,
Bengaluru. The meeting was presided over
by the General Secretary of the Association Syed Sadiqullah M. In course of his inaugural address, Syed
Sadiqullah M, while welcoming all the members and office bearers, apprised all
the members, collective actions taken / initiated by the Association to
streamline its activities, by bringing into notice of the Board, the just
grievances of the Ministerial Officers, in the heretical set up of the
Departments, particularly after recent cadre restructuring. He also stressed upon
of induction of young and energetic Office Bearers in order to make the
Association pro-active and strong, by selecting Office bearers, who could be
effectively motivated / galvanized to address the long pending and ongoing
issues related to Ministerial cadres etc., to further energize the Association
coherently for effective functioning.
2. The Annual Income / Expenditure
Statement and Books of Accounts of the Association for Financial Year 2016-17,
were presented by Shri Sailendra Kumar Dutta, Tax Assistant, Central Excise B-IV Commissionerate, Bengaluru and
details placed before the Members present. The House was also apprised about
the outcome of meeting of the Office Bearers of the Association twice with the
Member (P&V), during her visit to Bengaluru, on 21.05.2016 & 07.02.2017,
wherein two petitions were handed over, illustrating the past / current
grievances / problems being faced by the Ministerial Officers, with a request
for immediate action to redress the same at the earliest.
3. The members were also informed that
with the co-operation and support from all the Members, the efforts of the
Association in pursuing some of the long pending demands had yielded positive
results like promotional Order of Chief Accounts Officers and it was stressed,
that still lots of efforts have to be made / undertaken, to achieve the
requisite positive results, for redressing / solving many outstanding issues
which are plaguing the cadre resulting in affecting the moral of the
Ministerial Officer in long run, if not addressed at the earliest.
4. In course of positive, active &
healthy interaction with the Members present, they were requested to express their
views voluntarily. In response to this
interaction, following points were discussed transparently with detail and it
was decided that the same will be brought to the notice of the Authorities, in
the form of a memorandum, illustrating the discussed points as under:
i) 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’.
ii) Proposal for Centralization of all existing /
future Pension cases Zone-wise by forming a separate ‘Pension Cell’.
In
the present scenario wherein the restructuring of the Department is frequently
taking place at regular intervals, probability of loosing Pension Records of
Retired Government Servants are very high, while coordinating between the
concerned Drawing & Disbursing Office & Pay & Accounts Office.
Taking this into consideration, it is proposed by this Association, with
consultation with all DDOs, that a CENTRALISED PENSION CELL may be created,
where not only all the closed pension files are properly archived, but also all
the future correspondence, queries are being entertained. This will go a long
way in helping the Pensioners and addressing their difficulties as the staff
deployed in this cell will be more professional and knowledgeable towards
helping the senior citizens.
iii)
Modification of Recruitment Rules in the cadre of
‘Executive Assistant’ & ‘Inspectors’:
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. Similarly, as per the revised Recruitment
Rules, for the cadre of ‘Executive Assistant’ an ‘Executive Assistant’ has to
render a complete service of 5 years to be considered for promotion to the
cadre of ‘Inspector’. Hence, it is proposed that newly
issued Recruitment Rules may be modified to the extents which are not
detrimental to the benefit of both the department & the concerned
Ministerial Officers
iv)
Proposal for promotion of ‘Tax
Assistant’ & ‘Executive Assistant’ by granting onetime relaxation:
At many platforms, this
association has raised this issue of modification to the newly issued
Recruitment Rules to the highest level possible, but these efforts turned out
to be futile, since no positive outcome could be achieved till date. However,
to keep the morale of the effected Ministerial Officers, it is proposed that
permission for One Time Relaxation separately for Tax Assistant to Executive
Assistant and Executive Assistant to Inspector may be obtained, by representing
to the Board with proper justification, after analyzing the affected strength
which may be brought to the notice of the Board by taking up the matter with
appropriate authority. Consequently, it is proposed that promotion
of entitled ‘Tax Assistant’ & ‘Executive Assistant’ to the grade of
‘Executive Assistant’ & ‘Inspector’ respectively, may be granted with
retrospective effect by granting one time relaxation, as per old “Recruitment
Rules” in both cadres.
v)
Examination for promotion to the
Grade of ‘Executive Assistant’ & ‘Inspector’:
As
per a recent clarification issued by the Board, promotional Exams for Executive
Assistant / Inspectors, all earlier exams conducted by the respective NACENs
from 2005 onwards, have been nullified, in case of Tax Assistants / Senior Tax
Assistants (re-designated as Executive Assistants), who had appeared for said
promotional Exams without completing the Probationer period. This decision of
the Board is clear instance of acting against the principal of natural justice,
since the clarification Order has been issued without proper analysis of the
ground facts. It is proposed that immediate action may be taken for repealing
the said unjustified Order / Clarification, which adversely affects the morale
of the effected Officers.
vi) Optimized
Distribution of man-power of Ministerial Officers:
It is requested that, with
regards to distribution of Man-powers of Ministerial Officers to all the
formations of the Zone, may be made strictly in accordance with proportion to
the actual existing vacancies and Sanctioned Strength. As of now, there is disparity
in distribution of the available manpower, on account of which, many
Ministerial Officers are finding it extremely difficult to perform their day to
day official duties effectively.
Further, it has been noticed that some of the Ministerial Officers have
been posted to technical section and some have been assigned with work of
‘Personal Assistants / Stenographer’. Since,
there is acute shortage of Ministerial Officers in every Commissionerate / formation.
Hence, it is proposed that these Ministerial Officers may be utilized for work
which is primarily of Ministerial in nature, by issuing necessary Orders in
this connection.
vii) Disparity in the cadre of ‘Administrative
Officers’ of CBEC on par with Officers of similar cadre of CBDT:
Time and again the point of
disparity existing in the cadre of ‘Administrative Officers’ on par with same
functional cadre of CBDT, has been raised and brought to the notice of
Authorities in different platforms, but the same has not been considered by
this Department and no action has been taken for unknown reasons. In view of
such unjustified disparity, the functioning ‘Administrative Officers’ of CBEC
are aggrieved on account of this blatant discrimination and it is requested
that the existing disparity may be nullified effectively with retrospective
effect.
viii) Proposal for conducting of Quarterly JCM
at Zonal Level:
It is proposed that in terms of
Board’s direction vide letter F. No. C-30013/06/2012-Ad.IV-A. Pt.II dated
17.02.2017 (copy annexed), a quarterly JCM at Zonal level may please be
conducted to foresee the issues of this association in a more systematic &
transparent manner.
vi)
Multiplication
of work consequent on implementation of PFMS software:
It
is informed that from August-2016 onwards, the official work related to
processing of Bills under various Heads (except Salaries) had multiplied after implementation
of PFMS Software, as the requisite documents for processing of related Bills
has to be prepared & submitted in the form of hard copies (as practiced
earlier) and also hardcopies of PFMS, along with the softcopies, which has to
be sent to PAO for passing for payment.
This has caused severe strain affecting efficiency of already overworked
/ dwindling Ministerial Staff. Hence, it is proposed that, necessary Order may
please be issued in this connection by issuing instructions to PAO, for
accepting only softcopies as per the format of PFMS for passing of Bills.
Thereafter, the House retained the
same members as Office Bearers of the Association as detailed hereunder:
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Sl. No
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Name of the Post
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Name
Shri / Smt.
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Designation
& formation
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Mobile No.
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1
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President
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Prafulla Prakash
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CAO, LTU
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9916069432
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2
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Vice President
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T.R. Saraswathy
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AO, ST-II,
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9845922331
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3
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General
Secretary
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Syed Sadiqullah
M.
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ACAO, C. Ex., B-III
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9740243998
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4
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Joint Secretary
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J. Jayakumar
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AO, C. Ex., B-III
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9901387342
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5
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Treasurer
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H.M. Nandish
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TA, C. Ex. B-III
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9886032234
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6
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Joint Treasurer
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Chethan C.N.
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TA, NACEN (on
loan)
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9880192193
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Further following members were selected
/ nominated the following Members as Commissionerate wise ‘Joint Secretaries’ of
the Association:
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Sl. No
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Formation
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Name
Shri / Smt.
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Designation
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Mobile No.
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1
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CCO,
Central Excise
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Rahul K.
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Executive
Assistant
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9845028155
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2
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C.
Ex. B-I Commt.
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Tamal Das
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Tax Assistant
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9148755474
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3
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C.
Ex. B-II Commt.
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Aditya Kumar Sivan
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Tax Assistant
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8147277914
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4
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C.
Ex. B-III Commt.
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Navdeep Sanghwan
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Tax Assistant
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7838603075
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5
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C.
Ex. B-IV Commt.
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Sailendra Kumar
Dutta
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Tax Assistant
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9886571525
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6
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C.
Ex. B-V Commt.
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Umakanth Dash
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Executive
Assistant
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7411453670
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7
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C.
Ex., Audit Commt.
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Bopanna
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Tax Assistant
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9886359846
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8
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Cus.
B’luru City Commt.
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Samarpita Mookherjee
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Tax Assistant
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7259664872
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9
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Cus.
B’luru Airport Commt.
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Bindu Nair
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Administrative
Officer
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9980216017
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10
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Cus.
B’luru ICD Division
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Sudha G. Nair
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Administrative
Officer
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7676852277
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11
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Service
Tax I Commt.
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Rekha
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Administrative
Officer
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9740076873
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12
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Service
Tax II Commt.
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D. Umarani
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Administrative
Officer
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9480551315
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13
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Service
Tax Audit Commt.
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Neha Sharma
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Tax Assistant
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7625029559
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14
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LTU
Commt.
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Divya C.
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Tax Assistant
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9916703591
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9. It was further decided that, in absence of any members from the respective Commissionerate, a representatives will be elected / nominated / co-opted in consultation with the members of the respective Commissionerate, under intimation to the Office bearers of the Association.
10. The meeting was concluded with a
unanimous decision to authorize the new Office Bearers to organize a special
meeting at the earliest to discuss the cadre related issues and to take
necessary appointment from the Chief Commissioner for familiarization of the
new office bearers.
Sd/-
[SYED SADIQULLAH M.]
General
Secretary
To
All the Members
Copy submitted for information to: -
The
Chief Commissioner, Central Excise Zone, Bengaluru / Mysuru
The
Chief Commissioner, Customs Zone, Bengaluru
The
Principal Commissioner, Central Excise I Commissionerate, Bengaluru
The
Principal Commissioner, LTU / LTU Audit, Bengaluru
The
Principal Commr., Bengaluru City Customs / International Airport
Commissionerate, Bengaluru
The
Commissioner, Central Excise II / III / IV / V Commissionerate, Bengaluru
The
Commissioner, Central Excise Audit Commissionerate, Bengaluru
The
Commissioner, Service Tax – I / Service Tax – II Commissionerate, Bengaluru
The
Principal Commissioner / Commissioner of Service Tax Audit Commissionerate,
Bengaluru
The
Commissioner of Customs, Mangaluru
The
Commissioner of Central Excise, Mysuru / Mangaluru / Belagavi
The
Commissioner of Audit, Mysuru
The
Commissioner of Central Excise, Appeals I / II Bengaluru
The
Commissioner of Customs (Appeals), Bengaluru
The
Commissioner, Service Tax (Appeals), Bengaluru
The
Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals), Mysuru
The
Commissioner (AR) CESTAT, Bengaluru
The
Additional Director General, NACEN, Bengaluru
The
Additional Director General DGCEI, Bengaluru / Mangaluru
The
Additional Director General, DRI, Bengaluru / Mangaluru
The
Additional Director General, Audit, Bengaluru Zone, Bengaluru
The
President, All India Central Excise, Service Tax Ministerial Officers
Association, Kolkata
Official website / Notice Board
Sd/-
[SYED SADIQULLAH M.]
General Secretary
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