Monday, May 18, 2015

Circulation of the Draft of the Minutes of the GBM held on 16.05.2015 at Rajkot: Reg.


DRAFT OF THE MINUTES OF THE GBM HELD ON 16.05.2015 AT RAJKOT

           At the outset, the President warmly welcomed the members of this Association as also applauded them for their enthusiasm & spirit and declared the meeting open.

          Thereafter, the General Secretary took up the Agenda of the Meeting one by one and invited the respected members to offer their views on the same. The resolutions passed on each of the Agenda are as follows:

(i)         Grant of revised Pay Scale in the Fitment Table of 7450-11500 to the Promotee Officers who joined in the grade of Inspector on 22.05.2008

The General Secretary brought to the notice of the members the concern of Promotee Officers who joined in the grade of Inspector on 22.05.2008 regarding anomaly in their Pay Scale. Some of the concerned officers also clarified the legal position in this regard.

All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the matter may be taken up with the Additional Commissioner (P&V), Central Excise, Rajkot for favour of necessary action.

(ii)    Evaluation of the performance of Executive Committee & its members especially with regard to membership drive

The General Secretary laid down the statistics of membership and financial position of the Association and underlined the need for hard work to strengthen the Association especially in Customs formations like Bhavnagar Division where not a single officer could be enrolled as a member of this Association in 2014-15. He expressed his worry about the casual approach of some of the members of the Executive Committee and advised them to perform their duties sincerely.

The Vice-President (Jamnagar) informed that despite authorizations being submitted to DDO’s, deductions are not being made at Customs (Preventive), Jamnagar.

All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the matter may be taken up with the Commissioner, Customs (Preventive), Jamnagar for favour of necessary action.

(iii)       Transfer/Rotation Policy for Central Excise, Ahmedabad Zone

The General Secretary explained the provisions of the Transfer/Rotation Policy for Central Excise, Ahmedabad Zone issued on 08.05.2015 in a very lucid manner, responded to all the queries raised and cleared all the apprehensions of the members.

All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the provisions of the Transfer Policy are well defined and expressed hope that the same shall be adhered to as well by the administration in letter & spirit.

(iv)        Transfer/Placement Policy for Customs: Gujarat Zone

The General Secretary explained the provisions of the Transfer/Placement Policy for Customs, Gujarat Zone issued on 10.06.2011, as amended on 27.04.2015 in a very lucid manner, responded to all the queries raised and cleared all the apprehensions of the members.

All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the provisions of the Transfer Policy are well defined and expressed hope that the same shall be adhered to as well by the administration in letter & spirit.

(v)        General issues concerning the Cadre

            Apart from the declared Agenda of the GBM, the members, with the permission of the Chair, discussed some general issues concerning the Cadre and the same are being summarized herein below:

(a) Detailed HOP to be posted on Commissionerate Website

               Some of the members made an observation that HOP has been posted on the websites of respective Commissionerates but, the same does not divulge the details i.e. exact charges held by the officers e.g. if posted in Divisional Office, then the section attended i.e. Legal /Technical/Statistics/Preventive/Rebate etc. with date of joining & relieving.

                  All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the administration may be requested to direct the concerned officers for maintaining HOP in a  proper manner leading to transparency.

(b) Sharing of “Due Lists” with Service Associations
     
Some of the members made an observation  that “Due Lists” of officers liable to be transferred & posted to Ahmedabad Sector, Customs, Audit-III Commissionerate, other Commissionerates within Rajkot Sector etc. may be shared with Service Associations, so that anomaly, if any, may be brought to the notice of the administration well in advance.

All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the administration may be requested to direct the concerned officers for making the “Due Lists” available to the Service Associations.

                 (c) Equal exposure between Central Excise & Service Tax

Some of the members made an observation that officers may be given equal exposure between Central Excise & Service Tax postings. Apart from this, tenure of officers in Service Tax may be restricted to 02 years and while posting of officers to Service Tax formations, priority may be given to those officers who have never worked in Service Tax. If an officer has not worked for a continuous period of 01 year, he or she may be treated as “Never Worked” for this purpose.

All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the administration may be requested to take into consideration the concerns raised regarding rotation to & from Service Tax formations as discussed herein above.

(d)Encadred SEZ’s tenure be counted in Commissionerate   tenure

    Some of the members made an observation that since, transfer & posting in an encadred SEZ is restricted for the officers of that particular Commissionerate, so logically, its tenure may be counted in the Commissionerate tenure e.g. after Cadre Restructuring, tenure at Reliance SEZ, Jamnagar & Adani Port & SEZ, Mundra may be counted in Rajkot & Kutch Commissionerates respectively and for the period before Cadre Restructuring, tenure of officers at both the said encadred SEZ’s may be counted in Rajkot Commissionerate.  

All the members present over there, after due deliberation and discussion, unanimously resolved that the administration may be requested to take into consideration the concerns raised regarding tenure at encadred SEZ’s as discussed herein above.

        The Meeting ended with a vote of thanks by the General Secretary.

Yours faithfully,
-Sd/-
(Rananjay Pratap Singh)
Copy submitted to:
(1)  The Chief Commissioner, Customs: Gujarat Zone, Ahmedabad for favour of kind information please.

(2)  The Chief Commissioner, Central Excise: Ahmedabad Zone, Ahmedabad for favour of kind information please.

(3)The Principal Commissioner/Commissioner, Central Excise, Rajkot/Bhavnagar/Kutch/Audit-III Commissionerate for favour of kind information please.

(4)The Principal Commissioner/Commissioner, Customs (Preventive), Jamnagar/Kandla/Mundra for favour of kind information please.

(5)  The National President/Secretary General, All India Central Excise Inspectors’ Association for favour of kind information please.

(6)  Notice Board.
Yours faithfully,
-Sd/-
(Rananjay Pratap Singh)

Note: All the respected members who participated in the aforesaid GBM dated 16.05.2015 are requested to go through the draft and offer their suggestions by 12:30 pm today itself after which the draft shall be finalized and submitted to the administration. 

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