Dear Comrade,
The
undersigned along with Comrades from Hyderabad, Delhi and Kolkata have met
officers at various levels at New Delhi to pursue various issues, arising out
of Cadre Restructuring and otherwise.
Below is the factual matrix of what happened during 27th Jan
to 29th Jan, 2014 through our collective efforts.
We
had a scheduled meeting at 15.30 hrs. with Shri Najib Shah, DG (DRI) who is the
Chairman on operational issues and reorganization for implementation of Cadre
Restructuring. We met him around 16.30 hrs.
at his chamber and expressed our dissatisfaction over the treatment, matted out
to us through this Cadre Restructuring.
We have also requested to maintain openness when it comes to allocation
of posts to various zones.
We
had drawn the attention to the need for revamping the duties and functions of
CAO, AO, Executive Assistant (EA) and Tax Assistant. We have asked for assignment of certain
functions like refund, rebate, draw back cheques, revenue reconciliation, audit
functions etc. for CAO & AO. We have
also requested for alignment of Executive Assistant and Tax Assistant with the
executive functions of the department.
The submission made in this regard is pasted below.
On
28th morning, we met Shri Yogendra Garg, the Chairman of the
committee for DPC from Group-B to Group-A.
We have apprised him that the promotion to CAO from AO is also to be
expedited by his committee and handed over the copy of the letter from the
Board, seeking VC/IC etc. of 345 Administrative Officers. He has assured to take all necessary action
in this regard. Shri R.S. Gautam,
Liaison Secretary, stationed at Delhi has been asked to follow up.
Thereafter
we met Shri B.K. Bansal, the Chairman of the Committee on Recruitment Rule. He had clarified that he would only consider
those issues which are pertinent for framing/amendment of new Recruitment Rule.
Whatever relaxation etc. that may be
required for the existing Recruitment Rule would not come under the purview of
his committee. He advised to take up such
issues with the Board.
We
had drawn his attention about the provisions of the guidelines on framing of
Recruitment Rule, issued by the DoPT, whereby the existing length of eligible
service can be retained for the existing employees, in the event of revision of
eligible service through framing of new Recruitment Rule. We requested that the eligible service for
promotion to Inspector and Executive Assistant (present STA) be retained as it
is at present by making a suitable provision in the respective Recruitment Rules. We had also asked that the length of service
for both STA & DOS are to be counted for Executive Assistant in the new
Recruitment Rule.
In
the afternoon we met Smt. Mala Srivastav, Member (P&V) and had a very
cordial and meaningful meeting with her.
We explained our dissatisfaction about our demand for restructuring of
administrative wing in the form of Principal Administrative Officer,
Administrative Officer Grade-I, Administrative Officer Grade-II, Administrative
Officer Grade-III, not being considered, despite being raised right from the
day one. On the contrary, DOS & STA
have been merged to downgrade a supervisory post.
She
asked our burning issues which she could solve immediately. We took up the following issues:-
(i)
Immediate holding of DPC for CAO.
(ii) Regularizing the problem of promotion to Administrative Officer to restore
homogeneity among various zones.
(iii) Relaxation in the form of 100% promotion against all vacancies through
Cadre Restructuring.
(iv) Age & Height relaxation and relaxation of eligible service whenever
required for promotion to Inspector.
She assured to examine the above issues with the concerned Board officials
and also asked to submit separate representation on each of the issues. We are in the process of finalizing our submission.
On 29th we went to the office of HRM & took stalk of the
insight on various actions taken on Cadre Restructuring front. The Core Committee on Cadre Restructuring was
in a meeting in New Custom House, the entire day. It is understood that they would first finalize
the zone wise allocation of Commissionerates and entire matter is being
reassessed to take a final call.
Subsequently, the allocation of posts will follow and the promotions to
Group-B & Group-C levels will commence when we have to re double our
efforts.
Our Secretary General during his next visit will continue to take up our
demands before the CBEC. We will strive
to deliver the best and solicit your consistent and generous co-operation.
Thanking you.
(Ashim Pramanick)
President
