Update on Recent Developments
Office
Bearers of the constituents of the Joint Action Committee of
Associations of Officers and Staff in the CBEC were invited to a meeting
by the Member (P&V) in New Delhi on 10.01.2013. AICEIA was
represented in the same by the President and SG. The DGHRD, CBEC was
also present in the meeting. Discussions were centered around the JAC
Charter of Demands . Explanatory notes on the same had already been
communicated to the Board. The JAC representatives articulated the
aspirations of the respective cadres and put forth suggestions on how
the same could be realistically met. The Official side is seized of the
matter and has assured expeditious action in that direction.
CBEC has
returned the CR proposal along with reply to all queries and
justifications for functional requirements to the DoP&T , where
more than a dozen such proposals from various Departments are reportedly
stuck, in view of the uncertainty surrounding Austerity Measures
announced by the MoF. Unless exceptions to those are made by the GoI,
all CR proposals including ours remain stalled. Meanwhile, it is
learnt that on 11.1.13 the Board has made a presentation on the CR
proposals to the Finance Minister.
During the last
week the AICEIA has made detailed submissions, in writing, and in
person, to the Member(P&V), the DGHRD and the ADG(HRM) on its demand
to upgrade as Superintendents all Inspectors of Central Excise who have
completed the Residency period of 8 years of service . We are hopeful
that the same will be considered soon. In fact indications are that a
scheme for granting in-situ promotion to Inspectors on length of
service basis (as different from availability of vacancies condition) is
under active consideration. We are in the process of communicating to
the Board that any such scheme should also address present regional
disparities, subsequent fixation of seniority in the Gr B Gazetted
cadre, alleviate stagnation for good, and other such considerations.
The
Member(P&V) and DGHRD have also been fully apprised of the problems
being faced by Inspectors seeking transfer to a different Cadre Control
Zone, on account of stringent conditions imposed by the Board and
appropriate relaxations have been sought again by the Assn. It was
informed that the Board had considered the same in light of our earlier
submissions, but not accepted it especially in view of issues involving
allotment of candidates to different Zones being made by SSC, who have
very serious reservations on dispensing with the condition precedent
of completion of probation to consider any such application for
transfer. However, on our repeated requests, the Member(P&V)
relented and agreed to reconsider the entire issue. We have accordingly
resubmitted our representation.
Further, the
issues of divergent practices being followed in working hours of
different Air Cargo Complexes (point concerning ACC Bangalore
particularly raised by the Karnataka Circle of the AICEIA ), problems
faced by Inspectors assigned duties to exercise physical control over
cigarette factories etc. (points raised by Chandigarh and Indore units
of AICEIA) too were highlighted in the meeting.
Hearing in
the case seeking notional fixation of pay of Inspectors wef 1.1.1996
in Mumbai CAT was fixed for last month, but it was adjourned in view
of the appeal in High Court of Bombay in the case on same issue on
which litigation was successfully initiated by IT Assn. coming up for
hearing on 23.01.2013. The next hearing for our case in CAT is scheduled
for 7th Feb’13.
Ajit Kumar K G
Secretary General
1 comment:
The leaders of CBEC including the minister either dont understand the mess that is in the managing of the HR or incompetent to address the problem. All the problems thats been agitated here is there for over 20 years. The national litigation policy is a joke. Particularly when the Board wants to fight against its Officers even when High Courts have pointed out their absurdities. In the end we take what is entrusted on us. Should we agitate?
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