Comrades,
Wish you all a very happy Diwali!
As
a constituent of Steering Committee (formed to protect the interest of
employees of CBEC in the process of cadre reorganization for implementation of
GST), the office bearers of this association attended the meeting with
honourable Member (Admin), CBEC, at her chamber on 13th Oct 2016. Joint
Secretary (Admin) and ADG (HRM1), CBEC were also present in the meeting. The
meeting ended with a positive note with the assurance of Hon’ble Member to
protect the interest of our members. Accordingly, the demonstration program
scheduled for 14th October 2016 called by the Steering Committee had
been called off (Meeting Notice).
We
had a meeting with Shri Balesh Kumar, Additional Director General (HRM1), on 14th
October 2016, to project our cadre specific demand in the ongoing process of
cadre reorganization in view of implementation of GST. During the meeting, we
also discussed other issues like finalisation of seniority list of
Administrative Officer from 2009 onwards and disparity exists in the
administrative wings between CBEC and CBDT (Submission).
Meanwhile,
the Coordinating Committee (CoC) of Revenue department has submitted its
memorandum to Honourable Finance Minister of India to register grievances
against CBEC and CBDT for their lackadaisical attitude towards the employees. Two
of our prime demands figured in the charter of demands. i.e. i) Removal of
disparity in pay structure and promotional hierarchy between CBEC, CBDT and HQ
Organisation and ii) consider views/comments of federations/associations
representing the stakeholders before finalising/amending any RR (including the
ones for EA and TA). The memorandum has mention of some demonstrative programs
during the month of Nov 2016 to Jan 2017 (CoC Memorandum Pg1, 2, 3), which we
have to observe.
Eastern
Region Convention of AICESTMOA was held at Patna on 22nd October
2016 as arranged by the Bihar & Jharkhand Unit. Shri V.C. Gupta,
Commissioner of Customs (P), Patna, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Office
bearers of other associations of that zone were also present. Office bearers of
Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Shillong zonal units of our association attended the
meeting and actively took part in the discussion. All the issues were discussed
in details and the members vowed to further strengthen the association to face
the challenges ahead. The cultural program at the end was really refreshing
after a day-long activity. We convey our gratitude to Bihar & Jharkhand Unit for
the beautiful arrangement of the convention. Minutes is being published.
We
have written numerous letters to Member (Admin), CBEC, with request to consider
the views/comments of stakeholders before finalizing the upcoming RR of
Inspector. The letters are linked herewith for information. A letter is also being
forwarded to honourable Chairman, CBEC to consider our demand to discuss the
issue before finalisation of upcoming RR (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
The
Zonal leaders and members are once again requested to complete the process of
collecting Annexures from respective DDOs within the month of November as we
have to submit the renewal request and documents to Board in December itself.
Hope everyone will take it seriously and do the needful.
Yours faithfully,
-sd-
(Sankar
Kumar Saha) Secretary General
