CAO Promotion & Recruitment Rules for the post of Tax Assistant

Dear Comrades,

Ad-II A section is yet to receive ACRs/APARs of the following 09 (Nine) Administrative  officers in connection with the promotion to the grade of Chief Accounts Officer (CAO). They have also checked the records of DGHRD.

Sl. No.	Name of the Administrative Officers (Shri/Smt./S)	Present Place of Posting (Zone wise)
1	M. M. PATIL	Mumbai Zone
2	S.D. PATIL
3	B.V. PRADHAN
4	V.D. PATIL
5	M.K. AUTI
6	PARUL RANI NATH	Lucknow Zone
7	C.L. SAROJ
8	J.J. MASHANKAR	Nagpur Zone
9	BHATT RAJENDRA KUMAR PRABHASHANKAR	Vadodara Zone

The Zonal leaders are requested to pursue with the local Administration, so that the records are sent to CBEC at the earliest.

This undersigned during a meeting with Hon’ble Chairperson on 25.02.2014 has requested that the qualifying service for promotion to the post of Tax Assistant from LDC needs to be further relaxed from 7 years to 5 years as huge number of posts are lying vacant in the grade of Tax Assistant in many zones.

In the meanwhile the board has circulated the Tax Assistant RRs in which the qualifying service has been enhanced from 5 years to 8 years (in terms of DoP&T instruction).  Further in the notification, the minimum educational qualification for LDCs will be Higher Secondary and Combined regular service in the grade of LDC and Head Havaldar shall be taken into consideration for qualifying service.

However, the Ministry has failed to take into consideration of the DOP&T's general guidelines on Framing / Amendment / Relaxation of Recruitment Rules PART-III vide (DOPT OM No. AB 14017/66/2008-Estt (RR) dated 9.3.2009) which is reproduced below

GUIDELINES ON PREPARING SCHEDULE &NOTIFICATION

RETENTION OF EXISTING ELIGIBILITY SERVICE

3.1.3 Where the eligibility service for promotion prescribed in the existing rules is being enhanced (to be in conformity with the guidelines issues by this Department) and the change is likely to affect adversely some persons holding the feeder grade posts on regular basis, a note to the effect that the eligibility service shall continue to be the same for persons holding the feeder posts on regular basis on the date of notification of the revised rules, could be included in the revised rules.

It appears that the Ministry has erroneously mentioned Head Havaldar instead of Havaldar for calculation of combined service in the grade of LDC for further promotion to the grade of Tax Assistants.

A letter addressed to Chairperson in this regard can be seen by clicking the link below.

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This association has been repeatedly addressing the board for initiating a consultation process with this association prior to any amendment in the Recruitment Rules.
Hopefully, the board will heed to our request in future.

Comradely yours

Sudharsan J

Secretary General