Comments on amendement in Transfer Policy

 

To,                                                                                                 Date : 15.02.2013

The Secretary to the Committee,

Chief Commissioner’s Office,

Customs,

Ahmedabad.

Sir,

Sub: Issues raised by the various Association regarding the existing transfer/ rotation policy: Matter regarding.

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                Kindly refer to your letter F.No.II/3-02/Estt/CCO/2013 dated 07.02.2013 on the captioned subject.

On behalf of all the members of both the Associations, we profusely thank the administration for looking into the grievances of the members of the Associations and the keenness demonstrated to amend the existing policy for better. The members of both the Associations are rejoiced at the present move and intent of   administration to provide even better policy which would be more convenient and convenient to the administrations and also the members of the Associations. However, the members of the Association have raised concern over the execution part of the policy, as the same is often not followed in letter and spirit. However, the Association is quite confident that the execution and implementation part of the Transfer and Posting Policy will be sufficiently taken care of henceforth. 

            

               In this connection, as desired the suggestions / comments regarding amendment in the existing transfer policy for Customs, are submitted hereunder;

CUSTOMS:

i)                    Before including the names of the officers of Central Excise for posting to Customs charge, willingness may be called for from officers and willing officers may be accommodated in Customs formations in order to minimize the displacement of officers.

ii)                  Officers of Rajkot Sector will provide the requisite number of officers so as to cover the number of posts in CCP, Jamnagar and the officers of Ahmedabad Sector may be posted within the concurrent CCP jurisdiction only i.e. CCP Ahmedabad.

iii)                The officers of Ahmedabad Central Excise Zone (Central Excise Rajkot and Ahmedabad Sector) will only provide requisite number of officers as to cover the number of posts in Kutch Commissionerate.

iv)                The present policy for posting to Customs formations is very complicated one as the same incorporates a number of criterions. Instead of that, there should be a simple policy wherein firstly the willing officers may be posted to Customs formations and there after if still vacancies exist the officers who have never worked under Customs Charge should be posted to Customs charge and thereafter, the officers with longest gap may be considered.

v)                   It is the earnest request of the Association to maintain transparency by circulating the list of officers who are due for transfer to Customs well in advance (at least 2-3 months, by at least 28^th February). The vacancy position of various formations/ Divisions of Customs Zone and also Central Excise may be declared /displayed on web site and also provided to the association. This will help the members to prepare and equip themselves for posting at new place in customs formation, in advance. The history of postings must be updated and placed on the web site of the respective Commissionerate.

vi)                It is seen in last AGT that full working strength is allotted to Kutch Commissionerate Kandla and Ahmedabad Customs, whereas number of posts are kept vacant at Jamnagar Commissionerate. Looking towards the contribution made at revenue and considering national security, these vacancies creates a threat as the Jamnagar Commissionerate has got long coastline. So the members of this Association are of view that the administration should allocate the staff to the Customs Commissionerate in more proportionate manner, and even accord little priorities to Customs Jamnagar Commissionerate.

vii)              The officers should be posted to their parent Commissionerate on repatriation from Customs after completion of their tenure of posting of Customs.

CENTRAL EXCISE

i)          The existing policy for Rajkot Sector is quite hassle free and no change / amendment is suggested or warranted in the said policy. But once again the Association requests your honour to see that it is implementation part is not skewed and selective.

ii)         A few officers working in Rajkot sector are having their genuine request pending for inter-Commissionerate transfer to Ahmedabad since long. There is apparently no restriction or ban in the existing policy even though their requests are not being considered. So your honour is requested to consider the genuine request of the members of the Rajkot sector.

      It should be ensured that the Orders for posting to Customs Commissionerate get issued in the month of March so that the AGT process of Central Excise can be completed by April / May.

      Should the  administration deem fit to have for further deliberation and dialogue, the representative of this association would be more than willing to explain the issues and situation in person.

Yours faithfully,

(G.K. Jhala) Secretary Superintendent Association

(Dilip Pandya) Secretary Inspector  Association

Copy to :-

(i)       Member(P&V), CBEC, New Delhi.

(ii)     Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Vadodara

(iii)      Chief Commissioner, Customs, Ahmedabad.

(iv)     Commissioner, Central Excise, Rajkot.

(v)     Commissioner, Central Excise, Bhavnagar.

(vi)     The Secretary General, All India Association of Central Excise and    Customs    Gazzeted Executive Officers, New Delhi.

(vii)   The Secretary, General, AICEIA, New Delhi

Congratulations to Shri Dilip Pandya

CONGRATULATIONS

        Shri Dilip Pandya, Secretary of All India Central Excise Inspectors’ Association, Rajkot has been elected as the Joint Secretary (Western Region), AICEIA during the Patna Convention held during 15/16 December-2012.

        This Associations heartily congratulates Shri Dilip Pandya, on behalf of all the members of the Association for his achievement.      

              

(P.P. Thakar)

President

Agitation program on 26th September

Message from Secretary General, AICEIA :

Comrades,

Please go all out to make the Agitation on 26th September'12 a huge success. We have to make our collective  voice heard to get our just demands conceded by the Government.

On the call of the Joint Action Committee of Associations in the CBEC and the Superintendents' Association, each one of us  has to wear a black badge, observe a daylong fast and participate in a protest meeting during the lunch break on 26.09.12 in support of our Charters of  Demands. 

AICEIA  office bearers should kindly co-ordinate at regional and local levels  with the Associations of Superintendents, Ministerial Officers, Drivers, Sepoys and Hawaldars, Telecommunication Staff and all others to make the programme a massive success.

Meetings during Lunch break must be held jointly, and the following savingram suggested by the JAC should be sent to both the Revenue Secretary  as well as the Chairperson CBEC in separate envelopes by Speed Post  to effectively register our  just and collective protest at the appropriate level.

 

Long Live JAC. Long Live Our UNITY.  

 

Yours fraternally,

Ajit Kumar K G

Secretary  General    

 

SAVINGRAM

 

 

 

1. SHRI SUMIT  BOSE, REVENUE SECRETARY, NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI 110 001

2. MS PRAVEEN MAHAJAN, CHAIRPERSON,CBEC, NORTHBLOCK, NEW DELHI 110 001

 

JOINT  ACTION COMMITTEE IN CBEC DEMANDS IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOUR FUNCTIONAL PROMOTIONS TO ALL ENTRY LEVEL CADRE IN C.B.E.C. ACCOMMODATE SUBMISSIONS MADE BY DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS ON 25.01.2011. EMPLOYEES VERY MUCH AGGREIVED/AGITATED OVER MOTIVATED DELAY.

 

 

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(signature, name and date)

PRESIDENT OF THE MEETING

………………ZONE / COMMISSIONERATE / DIVISION

AGM CIRCULAR

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

RAJKOT UNIT

ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION

RAJKOT BRANCH

Date : 17.08.2012

CIRCULAR

Combined Annual General Meeting for Inspectors and Superintendents is organised on date 08.09.2012 at 10:00 AM, at Room No. 401. Central Excise Bhavan, Rajkot. All members are requested to participate in the meeting. A lunch is also arranged for the members. All members are requested to give their concern for participation to the undersigned for making arrangements convenient.

- AGENDA FOR THE MEETING -

1. To pass the past accounts.

2. All officers may be requested to become the member of the
3. Association and pay their dues on regular basis.

4. To apprise the members about the latest position of restructuring and stagnation issue.

5. To draft the detailed transfer  policy for Customs  and Central Excise for Rajkot Sector.

6. To conduct the Election

7. Any other point permitted by the Chair person.

Yours faithfully,

(D. J. Pandya)         (G. K. Jhala)

Secretary             General Secretary

AICEIA                     AICEGEO

Copy to :

1. Secretary General, AIACEGEO

2. Joint Secretary, West Zone, AICEGEO

3. Secretary General, AICEIA

4. Joint Secretary, Rajkot Unit,  Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Kandla.

Its the time to refocus ..!

Dear Members,

 
The AGT-2012 orders have already been issued in Ahmedabad Central Excise Zone. Largely, the orders have been found to be as per the existing guidelines/policy. Due to the existing Customs Policy in Gujarat Zone, ratio of the working strength amongst Commissionerates in the Ahmedabad Central Excise Zone got disturbed resulting, at initial stage, posting of officers of Rajkot Sector to Ahmedabad Sector who were repatriating from Custom side. Lately, the administration at higher level as well as at local level extended full co-operation to consider most of the requests made by the Association at large level and by members at individual level to post willing officers to Ahmedabad Sector from Rajkot Sector and vis-a-versa except 2-3 cases. The team of Association begs pardon from the members whose requests could not be acceded to. The administration might have own reasons/compulsions for the same. On our part, there has not been any hesitation to beg for concern for our comrades in deserving cases, and on the part of whole team, it is assured that there will never be any hesitation to work for the welfare of our cadre in future also.

This association looks forward for suitable amendment in the existing transfer policy in the larger interest of the cadre and the administration as well.

So, it is now time to refocus on the issues and carry on the work relating to the welfare of our cadre as well as other cadres working side by side. The problems relating to work-friendly environment, adequate and latest infrastructure still persist, especially in the Customs formation in Customs (Prev.) Jamnagar Commissionerate. However, the good work done by the administrative authorities in Central Excise Rajkot & Bhavnagar Commissionerates cannot be belittled. So we have to work together and persuade the authorities to further improve the working conditions in our offices because the work-place is our second home, where we spend our considerable time.

Besides above, our cadre is also facing problems relating to stagnation and other issues relating to pay-scales/grade pay etc., which need urgent attention. The Joint Action Committee consisting of the Inspectors of Central Excise, Ministerial Officers and other group “C” cadres at the national level, has given a call for rally at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 27.07.2012. A circular has already been issued by the Secretary General of our Association and placed on our blog and website of All India body (“aiceia.blogspot.com”). We have to be ready and united for making this agitational programme a successful event because the various meetings with and assurances of the CBEC authorities and the Revenue Secretary as well as Finance Minister have so far failed to yield any positive results. The DPC for the existing vacancies of the Assistant Commissioners is not being held nor is the ratio as per the latest Apex Court directions being implemented, which has not only resulted in denial of promotions to the Superintendents, but also denied the percolation benefits down the line to our cadre as well as other ministerial/group “C” cadres.

I hope that all the members of our cadre will whole heartedly participate in the agitational programme and dedicate one day to the common causes irrespective of personal problems and personal differences of opinion, if any. United we stand and may win, divided we will fail to achieve our genuine long-standing goals. We must act now, because it is now or never situation; and also a stitch in time saves nine.

Jai Hind,

Dilip J. Pandya

General Secretary

AICEIA : Parliament Rally on 26th July & Dharna at Parliament Street on 27th July

Click here - AICEIA : Parliament Rally on 26th July & Dharna at Parliament Street on 27th July

All India Central Excise Inspectors' Association: LATEST COMMUNICATION ON ICT

All India Central Excise Inspectors' Association: LATEST COMMUNICATION ON ICT

Letter dtd. 17.05.2012 to CC, C.Ex., Ahmedabad

  ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS : RAJKOT UNIT

ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION

:  RAJKOT  BRANCH  :

F.No.AICEIA/RJT/MAY/2012.                                         Date :  17-05-2012

To,

The Chief Commissioner,

Central Excise,

Ahmedabad.

Respected sir,

            Your kind attention is invited to this Association’s letter dated 15.05.2012 and the letter F.No.II/03-05/CCO/2012 dated 16^th May, 2012 issued by the Joint Commissioner(CCO), Central Excise, Ahmedabad.

            Vide above letter, the Joint Commissioner(CCO) has circulated revised list of Superintendents and Inspectors who are likely to be posted to Customs formations. On comparison of the list with the list circulated vide letter dated 27^th April, 2012, it appears that names of some of the officers have been omitted and in order to offset them, the names of some of the officers, which did not figure in the first list circulated on 27^th April, 2012, have been included.

            In light of the above, it is presumed that names of the officers supposedly having credentials under cloud have been omitted and they have been debarred from performing their duties under Customs formations.

            As per existing instruction, the officers under cloud/vigilance are not considered for deputation posts and apart from that, they are not being given any sensitive charge. However, it is to submit that posting to Customs formations cannot be compared with deputation posts. There are number of non-sensitive posts located at various Customs formations and these officers can be accommodated at these non sensitive places. Moreover, there is no provision in the existing policy that officers under vigilance/cloud shall not be considered for Customs charge. In past also, there are number of  cases where the officers from Rajkot sector were posted to Customs charge and they were given non-sensitive charge within customs formation. It appears that this unjust view is taken to insulate some of the officers of Ahmedabad Sector. Much exercise is being done just to favour Ahmedabad Sector officers, resulting in delay of orders.

            Under these circumstances, it is requested to include the names of officers under cloud/vigilance in the list of Superintendents and Inspectors likely to be posted to Customs charge.

            Apart from the above, this Association   submit following few points for posting officers to Ahmedabad sector

1.     Central Excise Commissionerate, Rajkot is the prominent revenue generator in the Ahmedabad zone and bears the maximum work load. Revenue, workload and distant formations need maximum number of officers to manage the Commissionerate. Whereas Ahmedabad-i/ii/iii Commissionerate do not come in parity and minimum staff is required to run these Commissionerates. Therefore proportionate working strength of this Commissionerate may be increased.

2.     Efforts may please be made in order to post the officers whose dossiers have been forwarded to the Cadre Controlling Commissionerate i.e. Central Excise, Vadodara and they may be posted to Ahmedabad zone in lieu of the officers being repatriated from Customs formations as majority of them have worked at 2-3 stations during their posting under Customs formations.

3.     Wiling officer may be posted to Ahmedabad Sector as per existing policy (Central Excise) wherein officers are posted from one Sector to another Sector for a period of one year.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(G.K. Jhala) Secretary Superintendent Association

(P.P. Thakar) Vice President Inspector’s  Association

Copy submitted to :

1.                 The Member (P&V), Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi.

2.                 The Commissioner, Central Excise, Rajkot.

A joint meeting of both Gr.B Associations is held at CCE, HQ-Rajkot at 18:45 hrs today regarding AGT issues. All members are requested to attend the same.

Points given by Association for discussion in the JCM held on 29.03.2012

F.No. AICEIA/RJT/1/2008

Date: 28.03.2012

To,

The Additional Commissioner (P&V),

Central Excise & customs,

Rajkot.

Sir,

Sub: J.C.M. to be held on 29.03.2012.

Kindly refer to your letter issued from F.No. I/22-35/2008-09/ADM dated 22.03.2012 regarding holding of J.C.M. and submission of points for discussion.

Sir, the association and its members are obliged to the managment for scheduling the Joint Consultative Machinery meeting. The following points / grievances are submitted herewith for discussion in the meeting:

1. The repair work of toilets in the Hq. building is taken up by the CPWD and same is going on in a very slow speed. The officers and specially the female officers are facing hardship. It is requested to take up the matter with the CPWD to speed up the repair work of the bath rooms.

2. Pure drinking water facility is not available in the Hq. office. Most of the water coolers are out of order and the R.O. systems are not in working conditions. This is a great threat to the health of the officers.

3. Proper parking of vehicles both 2 wheelers and four wheelers is not being done/maintained.

4. Basic amenities in the field/ lower formations mainly at Central Excise/service tax Jamnagar and Gandhidham, like proper office, sitting facilities/ space, furniture etc are not available and therefore action should be taken to improve the situation. Initiative must be taken for construction pf govt. quarters at Jamnagar and Gandhidham.

5. The criterion for sensitive and non sensitive charge is public interaction and work of assessment. After mandatory filing of return electronically the public interaction is finished/ NIL in case of service tax ranges. Hence it is requested that the service tax ranges may be considered as non sensitive. The Service Tax Division of Rajkot Commissionerate is working with sanctioned strength and working strength of 2002. There is huge work load on each officers working in this division, which can be understood by comparing the data like No. of Services, No. of Assessees, No. of adjudication, Revenue Figures, No. of Refund, No. of cases of recovery etc. in the year 2002 and in the year 2012. Against this huge revenue realization and around 25000 taxpayers the staff deployed in this division is only 34 personal (Supdt. 11+ Inspector 14). On account of acute shortage of staff in this division each officer is mentally and physically stressed. Each staff members is having additional charge. Looking to this position it is requested to kindly make the tenure of posting in Service Tax for 2 years and also the posting in service tax ranges may be considered as non sensitive.

6. The control room duty may be abolished. The officer posted in control room is merely preparing the visitors pass which is wastage of manpower. In modern time of latest communication facilities there is no requirement of control room.

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

Yours faithfully,

(Dilip J. Pandya)

Secretary