Following is the message from Organising Secretary to President/General  Secretary of all affiliated units of AICESTMOA. The signed copy is also placed at bottom.

To,

The President/General Secretary,

All affiliated units of All India Central Excise

& Service Tax Ministerial Officers’ Association.

Dear Comrades!

Subject :- Renewal of Recognition of the Association- Remittance of subscription-submission of DDO Certificates- reg.

May I once again draw your kind attention over the fact that the recognition of this association is required to be renewed on or before 03^rd March 2017 as the last extension for renewal of 5 years was granted w.e.f. 04^th March 2012.

2.         Thus recognition of this Association is going to expire on 03^rd March 2017 i.e. within approximately 7 months. In this context, it will be pertinent to mention here that if the Association is able to address letters to the Board/Ministry on the grievances and ensure that they are heard, it is only due to the fact that today ours is a recognized Association. The recognition to all India body of this Association also enables the local units to raise the local issues before the local authorities. Further, the National/Local leaders of this Association also take part in the Departmental Meetings/JCMs, because they are entitled to do so as being part of a recognized Association. The advantages of a recognized Association are many and are well known. Thus it is our binding responsibility to get the process completed well within time for getting the further renewal of recognition from the govt.

 3.        In order to renew the recognition it is our collective responsibility to ensure that the necessary documents including the DDO certificates are submitted to the Ministry in Advance apart from the audited statement of Accounts of the subscription received during the last two Years. Further, Article 6(f) of the bye-laws of the Association provides that “From the subscription collected by the various units, the proportionate share of the Association should be remitted to the Association”. In this regard, as per decision taken during All India Convention held in Hyderabad on 16^th May 2015, Rs 10/- per month i.e. Rs 120/- per year per member is to be remitted to the All India Association along with DDO certificate.

4.         Further, kind attention is also invited towards blog message dated 24th June 2016 of the Secretary General, relevant part of which is reproduced below :-

“The DDO’s Certificate (Annexure-II) for submission with the Board, is also required from each zone for renewal of recognition, which will be due in early 2017.  A separate circular is being issued on this front.  The official bank account of this association has been transferred from Pune to Kolkata and it is made operative. The association activities in some parts of the country are bare minimum or nil, at the moment. It is reiterated that a strong zonal association can take up the zonal issues with the respective CCA vigorously.”

However, despite the above request of the Secretary General as well as request of the President to the zonal/ unit representatives on various occasions viz. Hyderabad Convention and special meeting in Ahmedabad, to remit their share of the subscription amount to the All India Association, barring a few none of the leaders has responded to the said request.

Therefore it is once again requested that all the Zonal unit representatives may kindly remit their subscription to the All India Association immediately, without any further delay. An amount of Rs.120/- per member has to be remitted to the All India Account by way of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Association or remitted directly to the Association’s Account.

 5.         Further, all the Zonal/unit representatives are requested to kindly obtain and forward the Annexure–II i.e., DDO certificates in the prescribed format to the undersigned immediately to the address mentioned below :-

“VIKAS KUMAR GUPTA

National Organizing Secretary,

All India Central Excise & Service Tax Ministerial Officers’ Association,

1^st Floor, Custom House, Near All India Radio,

Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380 009

FAX:- 079-27544463

Email:- aiccemofadi@gmail.com”

The certificate may be obtained for the Annual Year 2016-17. The zonal/unit representatives should strive to achieve 100% enrolment of Members in their respective zone and try to achieve the maximum number of DDO certificates possible latest by 05^th October 2016.

6.         It is once again reiterated that the renewal of recognition by submitting the DDO certificates and audited statement of accounts in time and any failure to do so will result in huge and catastrophic loss to the entire cadre which will then be difficult to overcome. The absence of recognition cannot be even imagined at this crucial juncture, as we have many unresolved issues related to Ministerial cadre. Therefore, all the responsible leaders are requested to take necessary steps and ensure that the requisite number of DDO certificates, are submitted as soon as possible, latest by 05^th October, 2016 and the subscriptions as mentioned above.

Yours Comradely,

 (Vikas Kumar Gupta)

                   Organizing Secretary

 Signed Copy Pg1, Pg 2

PROMOTION TO CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER - ORDER NO.03/2016 DT. 30.08.2016

Dear Comrades,

          We would like to congratulate all our Senior colleagues who have been promoted to Chief Accounts Officer (CAO).  It is a success of our persistent effort towards achieving this promotion.  We would also like to place our appreciation on records for all those comrades at various zones who have contributed to the cause.  We also thank our Board for granting this promotion.  CAO PROMOTION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED TODAY AND THE SAME IS GIVEN BELOW:

Promotion Order No. 03/2016 Dt.30.8.16 

Circulars

Date of Uploading	Brief Description
30-08-2016	Office Order No.03/2016, regarding Promotion to the grade of Chief Accounts Officer (Central Excise)

Yours Comradely,

             Sd/-                               Sd/-

(Ashim Pramanick)      (Sankar Kumar Saha)

        President                 Secretary General

On the eve of 70th Independence day, President, Secretary General and all Executive Body members of AICESTMOA wish you and your family a very Happy Independence Day.

Message

Comrades,

            We know that you all are busy with the work of preparation of statements of new pay and calculation of arrears on that, as per recommendation of 7^th CPC, the Gazette notification for which was published on 25 July 2016 (Notification) and subsequently Office Memorandum was issued on 29 July 2016 (OM). You might have just finished the work related to the annual increment w.e.f. 01 July and AGT of officers of various grades. I am sure that our officers are doing all these work effectively and correctly, besides their routine work. Please do not forget to collect the Form of option and undertaking from each individual officer, as per annexure of given OM, before finalising pay & arrears.

            This association has been constantly pursuing the pending issues with Board and some correspondences have been made on the developments in last couple of months. We have written letter to newly appointed honourable MoSF for removal of disparity with CBDT pertaining to our pay and promotional prospects (Pg 1, Pg 2). We also wrote to honourable Minister and other Board officials for effective implementation of 7th CPC recommendation with respect to the pay parity with CBDT and other formations. (Letter to MoSF Pg 1, Pg 2). We have also forwarded letter pertaining to the publication of Recruitment Rules (RRs) of Inspector in CBEC (see letter). It is my pleasure to inform that CBEC has issued a letter on 2^nd August 2016 (Letter), addressed to all CCAs, to fill up all vacant (Pre and post cadre restructuring) Group B & C posts on the basis of existing RRS, as has been demanded by this association (our submission Pg 1, Pg 2). I hope the work, to that effect, has already been commenced in all the zones. Zonal leaders are requested to pursue it with their respective CCAs. We have, once again, requested honourable Chairman, CBEC to look into our pending issues and grant us an appointment (Letter).

            It has been noticed that CBDT has put the draft RRs of Inspector and EA in their website, in which the qualifying service in the feeder grade posts has been proposed as three years in both. We are going to approach CBEC to have the parity with CBDT in both the RRs.

            This association is also trying its level best to get the DPC for CAO conducted in this month itself so that our senior AOs may have some good news. We are also in touch with Board to get the amended RRs for Administrative Officer, at the earliest.

            AICESTMOA wishes all its members and their families a very happy ‘Independence day’.

            Jaihind.
         
                                                                                                        -sd-
                                                                                              (Sankar Kr. Saha)
                                                                                              Secretary General

MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY GENERAL

Dear Comrades,

          Good evening, everybody.  As you know, NJCA has deferred the decision of indefinite strike, as of now, we are not going to have any programme of "black badge" etc. until further decision.  Besides Pay Commission, we have other issues to settle, so we need to continue to struggle till we achieve our desired result.  So be united and work together, towards building a strong association.  I convey my sincere thanks to the leaders, who took pain to call urgent meetings and forwarded the resolution/views of members, on strike call.

Yours Comradely,

Sd/-

07.07.2016

(Sankar Kumar Saha)

Secretary General