Letter to the Cheif Commissioner, C.Ex., Ahmedabad reg. non-forwarding of applications

F.No. AICEIA/RJT/1/2008                                             Date: 11.12.2013

To,

The Chief Commissioner,

Central Excise Zone,

Ahmedabad

Respected sir,

Sub.:   Non-forwarding of representations / Transfer Applications to competent authority.

It has been brought to the notice of the Association that the Representations/ Transfer Applications submitted by the Inspectors serving at Bhavnagar Commissionerate are not being forwarded to the competent authorities i.e your good office and to the Commissioner, Rajkot Commissionerate. The reason cited being that there is acute shortage of staff at Bhavnagar Commisssionerate and hence no one can be relieved so, the representations need not be forwarded.

The officers have their personal reasons, also some difficulties and their transfer requests which they want to put up to your good self / competent authorities for kind consideration. However these applications are not being forwarded to you or Commissioner, Rajkot. The reason given is also not satisfactory and justifying. Sir, when representations made for Inter Commissionerate Transfer have been forwarded and also the officers in the grade of Inspectors have been relieved, there seems to be no justification for non-forwarding of representations/ transfer applications made by  officers on various grounds. Injustice and unequal treatment is done to these officers by not forwarding their Transfer Applications by the concerned Section. Further various instructions are issued stating that the representations / transfer applications received by the administration may be forwarded to the competent authorities.

In view of above, it is requested to kindly issue suitable directions to Bhavnagar Commissionerate regarding forwarding of Transfer Applications to the competent authority at the earliest.

Association would be greatly indebted to your Honour if the above concerns are looked in to favorably.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,

(Dilip J. Pandya)

Secretary

Copy to: The Commissioner, Central Excise , Bhavnagar.

Letter to the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad Zone reg. ICT applications

F.No. AICEIA/RJT/1/2008                                             Date: 27.11.2013

To,

The Chief Commissioner,

Customs Zone,

Ahmedabad

Respected sir,

                     

Sub.:   Non Forwarding of Inter Commissionerate transfer applications to competent authority.

Kindly refer to the Board’s circular F.No. A.22015/23/2011-AD-III.A dated 27.10.2011vide which ban on Inter Commissionerate Transfer in respect of willing officers in Group “B”, “C” &”D” posts under CBEC has been lifted.

In this connection it has been brought to the notice of the association that the Inter Commissionerate transfer applications submitted by the Inspectors of Custom Preventive Commissionerate, Jamnagar were not forwarded to the Chief Commissioner Customs, Ahmedabad. However after reply to various queries by the administration and personal persuasion/ request by the individual officers and association their applications were forwarded to the Chief Commissioner Customs, Ahmedabad office after almost one and a half year.

Now these applications of Inter Commissionerate Transfer transferred are stuck up at Chief Commissioner Customs, Ahmedabad office and are not being forwarded to the competent authority i.e. Chief Commissioner, Central Excise Zone, Vadodara (the cadre controlling authority) for onward transmission.

Sir, after various representations and vigorous efforts made by national Association ban was lifted by the Board to provide an equal opportunity to all the officers who wanted to be transferred to or near to their home town or their home state subject to their losing of seniority. Some officers of Customs Preventive Commissionerate Jamnagar who have submitted Inter Commissionerate Transfer application are being deprived from the benefits of this policy framed by Board. Injustice and unequal treatment is done to the officers of Custom Preventive Commissionerate, Jamnagar by not forwarding of their ICT applications  by the administration  because on other hand ICT applications received from other Central Excise Commissionerate of the Zone and of other Zones are being forwarded to the competent authorities and also the ICT orders are also being issued.

In view of above it is requested to kindly forward the Inter Commissionerate Transfer Applications submitted by the officers of Customs Preventive, Jamnagar, which fulfill the conditions as liad down in the aforesaid circular, to the competent authority at the earliest. Further it is also requested to kindly issue suitable instructions the Customs Commissionerate, Jamnagar to forward the application to your office at the earliest upon receipt of the same by their office.   

Association would be greatly indebted to your Honour if the above concerns are looked in to favorably.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,

(Dilip J. Pandya)

Secretary

Copy to: The Commissioner Customs Preventive, Jamnagar.

Representation dated 22.11.2013 made to the Chief Commissioner, C.Ex. Ahmedabad

A representation letter was submitted by the Office Bearers of the Association to the Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Ahmedabad during his visit t0 C.Ex. Rajkot Commissionerate on 22.11.2013. The text of the letter is reproduced below :

F.No. AICEIA/RJT/1/2008                                         Date: 22.11.2013

To,

The Chief Commissioner,

Central Excise Zone,

Ahmedabad

Respected sir,

Kindly refer to the Estt. Order No. 100/2013 dated 28.10.2013 issued by the Office of The Chief Commissioner , Central Excise & Service Tax Vadodara Zone vide which order of Zone wise allotment of newly recruited Inspectors candidates were issued.

Sir, during the AGT-2012 and 2013 some Inspectors of Central Excise Rajkot Commissionerate and some officers on repatriation from Customs Preventive Jamnagar were posted to Bhavnagar Commissionerate to fill the deficiency of Inspectors as per the existing transfer policy for a period of 1 year. These officers are to be repatriated back to their parent Commissionerate i.e. Central Excise Rajkot Commissionerate as per the transfer policy.

In this connection, your kind attention is invited to the Transfer Policy for Rajkot Sector framed by the Hon’ble Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Ahmedabad vide his office letter F.No. II/3-11/CCO/2002 Pt.-I dated 13.05.2009 wherein the posting of officers to Central Excise Bhavnagar Commissionerate is elaborated at para (4) which reproduced below for ready reference :

            (4)        In case of deficiency/vacancy in the number of officer in Bhavnagar Commissionerate, subject to administrative exigencies, the officers shall be posted in the following manner.

(i)         the officers who are willing to work in Bhavnagar Commissionerate may be given priority;

(ii)        newly recruited officers shall be posted at Bhavnagar  Commissionerate;

(iii)       Officers posted from Ahmedabad Sector may be posted to Bhavnagar Commissionerate;

(iv)       If there is shortage of officers, even after above exercise, then newly promoted officers may be posted and, if still required, senior most officers in terms of tenure in Rajkot Commissionerate may be posted to Bhavnagar Commissionerate;

(iv)       Except on administrative exigencies, tenure of officer posted to Bhavnagar from Ahmedabad Sector as well as Rajkot Central Excise will normally be same.

In the aforesaid transfer policy the criteria of posting of officers in Rajkot Sector is also mentioned which says that the officers to be posted to Rajkot Central Excise Sector (comprising of Central Excise Rajkot and Bhavnagar Commissionerate), the administrative control shall vest with Commissioner, Central Excise, Rajkot.

Recently newly recruit officers are posted to Central Excise Zone, Ahmedabad and are to be further posted to the Commissionerates of the Zone.

The Association would like to suggest that in light of guidelines of transfer policy the newly recruited Inspectors may first be posted to Rajkot Central Excise Sector and further as per para 4 (ii) of the existing transfer policy newly recruited Inspectors may be posted to Bhavnagar Central Excise, Commissionerate in substitute against the officers who may be transferred from Bhavnagar Commissionerate to Rajkot Commissionerate i.e. to their parent Commissionerate. By posting such newly recruited officers would help to have a permanent strength of Inspectors in Bhavnagar Commissionerate.

Association would be greatly indebted to your Honour if the above concerns are looked in to favorably while posting of newly recruit Inspectors. 

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,

(Dilip J. Pandya)

Secretary

Copy to:

1.         The Commissioner, Central Excise, Rajkot.

2.         The Commissioner, Central Excise, Bhavnagar.

Interaction meeting with the members of 

AICEIA - Rajkot Branch 

held at Rajkot (Gujarat) on 01.09.2013

CIRCULAR

F.No. AICEIA/RJT/1/2008                                             Date: 27.08.2013

CIRCULAR

              A meeting of the members of All India Central Excise Inspector’s Association, Rajkot Branch is being convened on 01.09.2013 Sunday at the below mentioned address at 10:00 AM :-

               

                Room No. 401,

                Central Excise Bhavan,

                Race Course Ring Road,

                Rajkot.

             

              Shri Ajit Kumar K.G., Secretary General along with President A.Satish and other All India Office Bearers will take the above meeting. The meeting will be followed by lunch. All the members of the Association i.e. Inspectors of Central Excise Rajkot & Bhavnagar Commissionerate and Customs Jamnagar Commissionerate are requested to attend the meeting without fail and make it grand success. 

                                                              

                                                                (Dilip J.Pandya)

                                                                  SECRETARY

Meeting of AICEIA Rajkot Branch

The Office Bearers of All India Body of the Inspectors’ Association will be on tour of Gujarat during the first week of September, 2013.

A meeting of All India Central Excise Inspectors’ Association Rajkot Branch representing Inspectors of Central Excise Rajkot & Bhavnagar Commissionerates and Customs Jamnagar Commissionerate is organized on Sunday 01.09.2013 at 10:00 AM at Room No. 401, Central Excise Bhavan, Race Course Ring Road, Rajkot.

Shri Ajit K.G., Secretary General along with the President and other All India Office Bearers will take the above meeting. The meeting will be followed by lunch. All the members of the Association i.e. Inspectors of Central Excise Rajkot & Bhavnagar Commissionerates and Customs Jamnagar Commissionerate are requested to attend the meeting and make it grand success.

Members are also requested to confirm their attendance well in advance to Shri Piyush Thakar (Mob. 99989 61945) or Shri D.J. Pandya (Mob. 94282 31609) or Shri Nishant Bhatt (Mob. 98242 33005) so as to make necessary arrangements for lunch. 

Happy Independence Day.

All India Central Executive Committee Meeting at Shimla

The All India Central Executive Committee Meeting was held on 27^th and 28^th July, 2013 at Shimla, the most beautiful place of Himachal Pradesh, in a pleasant atmosphere. Shri Rajkumar Verka, Vice Chairman of National Commission for Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe inaugurated the function. During his speech, Shri Verka has assured to extend his whole-hearted support to the genuine causes raised by the Association.

Special thanks to Shri Bhagwan Singhji and Shri R. C. Sharmaji and their team members of Chandigarh Circle for the splendid arrangements done by them. 

Regarding Cadre Restructuring

Little information is posted on the DGHRD, CBEC website :


"Cadre Restructuring proposal has been submitted to COS upon approval from DoPT, Deptt. of Expenditure and Honble Finance Minister."

Secretary General, AICEIA's letter regarding Contribution of one day's salary to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund

Letter dated 28.06.2013 submitted to the Chairperson, CBEC by the Secretary General, AICEIA regarding Contribution of one day's salary to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund towards relief for and rehabilitation of Uttarakhand Flood Victims.

Click here for details.

Massive tragedy in Uttarakhand - An appeal.

Dear members,

As we all know, the horrible flood tragedy of Uttarakhand has tolled thousands of lives and thousands of people are still trying to survive against this natural calamity.

It is our duty to help these victimized people on this tragic moment as we have ever been doing in the past.

Considering the situation, it is my earnest appeal to you that we all should contribute at least our one day salary for this cause.

Suggestions in the matter are also invited.

Regards.

Dilip J. Pandya,

Secretary

Letter to the Commissioner, C.Ex., Rajkot / Bhavnagar reg. AGT-2013

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS GAZZETED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

:RAJKOT UNIT

ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION

:RAJKOT BRANCH:

                                                                                                          30.03.2013

To,

The Commissioner,

Central Excise and Customs,

Rajkot/Bhavnagar.

Respected sir,

Sub: Annual General Transfer/ Rotation-2013. M/R.

*****

            Sir, during the AGT-2010, 2011 & 2012 some Superintendents and Inspectors of Rajkot Commissionerate were posted to Bhavnagar Commissionerate as per the existing transfer policy to fill the deficiency of both Superintendents and Inspectors. These officers are to be repatriated back to their parent Commissionerate i.e. Central Excise Rajkot Commissionerate.

            In this connection, your kind attention is invited to the Transfer Policy for Rajkot Sector framed by the Hon’ble Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Ahmedabad vide his office letter F.No. II/3-11/CCO/2002 Pt.-I dated 13.05.2009 wherein the posting of officers to Central Excise Bhavnagar Commissionerate is elaborated at para (4) which reproduced below for ready reference :

(1)               In case of deficiency/vacancy in the number of officer in Bhavnagar Commissionerate, subject to administrative exigencies, the officers shall be posted in the following manner.

(i)                 the officers who are willing to work in Bhavnagar Commissionerate may be given priority;

(ii)              newly recruited officers shall be posted at Bhavnagar  Commissionerate;

(iii)            Officers posted from Ahmedabad Sector may be posted to Bhavnagar Commissionerate;

(iv)             If there is shortage of officers, even after above exercise, then newly promoted officers may be posted and, if still required, senior most officers in terms of tenure in Rajkot Commissionerate may be posted to Bhavnagar Commissionerate.

(v)                Except on administrative exigencies, tenure of officer posted to Bhavnagar from Ahmedabad Sector as well as Rajkot Central Excise will normally be same.

The officers of Rajkot Commissionerate who were posted to Bhavnagar Commissionerate to fill deficiency have submitted their representations for their transfer to their parent Commissionerate i.e. Central Excise Rajkot Commissionerate as per the transfer policy. These officers may be transferred to their parent Commissionerate as per the para 4 of the existing transfer policy. 

Association would be greatly indebted to your Honour if the above concerns are looked in to favorably. 

Yours sincerely

G.K.JHALA	D.J.PANDYA
SECRETARY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION	SECRETARY INSPECTOR’S ASSOCIATION

Withdrawal of call regarding Non attendance of office on Holidays.

  ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS GAZZETED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

:RAJKOT UNIT

ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION

:RAJKOT BRANCH:

                                                                                                         

  28.03.2013

To,

The Commissioner,

Central Excise  / Customs,

Rajkot/ Bhavnagar/ Jamnagar.

Sir,

                     Sub: Non attendance of office on Holidays.

Please refer to this Association’s 25.03.2013 on the captioned subject.

In this connection, the call given to the members of this Association not to attend office on 29^th, 30^th and 31^st March’2013 is deferred.

         This is for your information please

         Yours sincerely

G.K.JHALA	D.J.PANDYA
SECRETARY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION	SECRETARY INSPECTOR’S ASSOCIATION

Copy to :-

1.      The Secretary General, All India Association of Central Excise and Customs Gazzeted, Executive officers, New Delhi.

2.      The Secretary General, All India Central Excise Inspectors Association, New Delhi.

Withdrawal of Call Not to Attend Office on 29th, 30th and 31st March' 13

Message by Shri Ajit K. G., Secretary General, AICEIA :

Withdrawal of Call Not to Attend Office on 29th, 30th and 31st March' 13

Following meetings of Associations representing Inspectors and Superintendents held with the CBEC  Chairperson, Member(P&V), DGHRD and ADG(HRM) today, and letter issued by the Member(P&V) to this Association requesting for calling of the Agitation, the AICEIA, in consultation with the AIACEGEO, has decided to  withdraw the call to its members not to attend office on  29th, 30th and 31st March'13. It has been assured by the CBEC at the highest level that all issues being repeatedly agitated before them are receiving serious attention  and all efforts being made to address our grievances. To begin with, a meeting of the AICEIA office bearers has been  scheduled with the DGHRD, CBEC  on 04.04.13 to devise modalities to do away with regional disparities in promotions of Inspectors to Superintendents of Central Excise. It has also been informed by the CBEC that the Cadre Restructuring proposals have been cleared by the Revenue Secretary and the same  is presently awaiting approval of the Finance Minister, which is expected to come shortly. 

The AICEIA was represented in today's meetings by the President, Secretary General and Organising Secretary.  

All Circle and Branch Secretaries are requested to inform Chief Commissioners / Commissioners accordingly, and inform all memers of the latest developments.

AICEIA congratulates the Inspectors across the country and all office bearers who tirelessly mobilised support for this movement which alone has resulted in the issues concerning our cadre being addressed with the current urgency shown by  the  Board. Please do keep up the morale and this spirit to agitate with even more intensity if our just demands are not met very soon, and assurances given to us  not fulfilled.

Ajit Kumar K G

Secretary General

Text of letter addressed  to Chairperson, CBEC withdrawing the  current agitation 

F. No. AICEIA/ CBEC/ Agitation/2013                    New Delhi, dated   28.03.2013

To,

The Chairperson

Central Board of Excise and Customs

North Block,

New Delhi  110 001

Sub.:Not attending office on Holidays – Reg

Madam,

              Please  refer to this Association’s letter of even no. dated 20.03.13 and the letter issued by the Member (P&V), CBEC, New Delhi under F. No. OSD/MPV/Inspector Asso. dated 22.03.13 on the captioned subject, and letter issued today by the ADG (HRM), DGHRD, CBEC conveying scheduling of meeting of the DGHRD, CBEC with office bearers of this Association on 04.04.13 to address the issue of regional disparities in promotions of Inspectors  to Superintendents of Central Excise  across various Cadre Control Zones.

           Following the referred letter issued by the CBEC requesting this Association to call off the Agitation,  and the assurances given to the Associations in the course of today’s meeting with your goodself, the Member (P&V),  and the DGHRD, the call given to the members of this Association not to attend office on 29^th, 30^th and 31^st March’13 is withdrawn.

     However, this Association reiterates that cadre of Inspector of Central Excise continues to be  highly agitated and demoralized on account of the abject stagnation being faced by it, the absolute lack of promotional avenues, and the disparities within and among the three streams of Inspector of Central Excise/ Preventive Officer of Customs/ Examiner of Customs, and it is hoped that the move initiated today by the Board to address the same, in  response  to this Association’s demand,  would be taken forward in right earnest and  a lasting solution to the same would be found very soon as assured by your goodself today.   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                        Yours faithfully,

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                        (Ajit Kumar K G)        

                                                                                       Secretary General

Copy submitted to the Member (P&V), CBEC, New Delhi with reference to the above  referred letter dated 22.03.13 issued by her.

Non attendance of office on Holidays.

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS GAZZETED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

:RAJKOT UNIT

ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION

:RAJKOT BRANCH:

                                                                                                           25.03.2013

To,

The Commissioner,

Central Excise  / Customs,

Rajkot/ Bhavnagar/ Jamnagar.

Sir,

                     Sub: Non attendance of office on Holidays.

        The All India Association Of Central   Excise  Gazetted Executive   Officers and  All India Central Excise Inspector’s Association has given call of satyagraha/ agitational programme, in view of the continuing apathy and indifference of the CBEC and the Government of India to the appallingly poor career prospects available to Superintendent and Inspectors of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax including abject stagnation being faced by them for decades, very wide disparities in promotions within and among the three cadres of Inspectors of Central Excise/Preventive Officers of Customs/Examiners of Customs to the Gazetted Gr. ‘B’ posts and further to the Gr. ‘A’ and several other major grievances ventilated by the Association from time to time, we are highly agitated and demoralized.

In protest against this treatment being meted out to both the cadres it has been jointly decided by All India Association Of Central   Excise  Gazetted Executive, Rajkot Unit and All India Central Excise Inspector’s Association, Rajkot Branch that no member of both the Associations will attend office on Govt. Holidays/Saturday/Sunday- 29^th, 30^th and 31^st March, 2013 respectively.

This is for your information.

                      Yours sincerely

G.K.JHALA	D.J.PANDYA
SECRETARY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION	SECRETARY INSPECTOR’S ASSOCIATION

Copy to :-

1.                 The Secretary General, All India Association of Central Excise and Customs Gazzeted, Executive officers, New Delhi.

2.                 The Secretary General, All India Central Excise Inspectors Association, New Delhi.

Points for JCM on 20.03.2013 held by the CCP-Jamnagar

20.03.2013

To,

The  Commissioner,

Customs Preventive, 

Jamnagar.

Sir,

                  Sub: J.C.M. to be held on 20.03.2013.

                  Kindly refer to the notice dated 19.03.2013 issued by the Assistant Commissioner (P&V) regarding holding of J.C.M. on 20.03.2013 and submission of points for discussion.

         The following points / grievances are submitted herewith for discussion in the meeting:               

A. Not to conduct J.C.M. for formality:  

         In this connection it is to submit that the administration must issue the notice for holding of J.C.M. well in advance which would give time to the association to collected point from various Customs formations. The J.C.M. is held to hear and resolve the grievances of the staff.  The administration has given only one day time to submit the points which shows that the administration is not interested in conducting the J.C.M. to resolve the issues but only to complete the formalities.

B.  Infrastructure :

            The major issue concerns with the availability of infrastructure at lower formations. The fact may be appreciated that basic facilities and good working environment definitely increase the efficiency of the officer. There are many lower formations including remote places where basic facilities including good office premises as well as proper furniture, computer, drinking water etc. are lacking. In the current modern era, telephone, computer, internet, photocopier machine etc. are also required for speedy communication. The Association would appreciate urgent intervention of the administration in the matter for providing good infrastructure facilities.

C. Circulation and forwarding of willingness for deputation postings.

            This Association has already taken up the matter with the administration for circulation of willingness called for by the other agencies like DRI, NCB, SEZ, International Airports etc. The willingness may be circulated to the lower formations and the willingness submitted may be forwarded to respective authorities in time.

D.  Vehicles for patrolling:

Although sufficient vehicles have been provided by the department, vehicles are not provided for the purpose of patrolling which is the most sensitive part of our duty.  It is also to be noted that the Commissionerate of Customs (Prev.) has been provided with new vehicles recently exclusively for undertaking the preventive work but same are not being used for patrolling purpose.

 
E.   Working on Saturday and Sunday:

        Notice for working of office on Saturday and Sunday are been issued at Commissionerate level frequently. The reasons for working of office on holidays are inspection of lower formations and meetings held in the Hq office Jamnagar. The orders for working of office on holidays may only be issued on directions from Board or for special measures.

F.       Any other point raised during the time of meeting.

           It is to inform that Shri Uttam Bhalsod, Inspector of Customs has been nominated to attend this J.C.M. on behalf of the association

                                                                              Yours faithfully,

                                                                                                                          

                                (Dilip J. Pandya)

                                                                              Secretary