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Friday, May 31, 2013
APPEAL-CAT HYD CASE ON GP 5400 TO ACP INSPECTORS IS COMING UP ON 04.06.2013 IN A.P.HIGH COURT
THE FOLLOWING IS
THE LIST OF OFFICERS IN OA 1051/2010 WHICH HAS BEEN APPEALED IN HIGH COURT OF
HYDERABAD BY THE DEPARTMENT AND IS
COMING UP FOR HEARING ON 04.06.2013 IN W.P.NO.39218 OF 2012. ALL ARE REQUESTED
TO CONTACT P.VIGNESHWAR RAJU ON 9849313988 AND SIGN THE VAKALAT URGENTLY FOR
HANDING OVER TO ADVOCATE BY 02.06.2013.
1. P. Vigneshwar Raju,
2. G Vijaya Raghavan,
3. G. Venkata Raghavan,
4. B. Ramakrishna,
5. M. Narayana Charry,
6. V. Bhaskara Charry,
7. Chitta Sridev Kumar,
8. C.Sridhara Murthy,
9. Donthi
Reddy Chenna Reddy,
10. Rayudu
Rama Mohana Rao,
11. C.S.Srinivas
12. V.Vidya Sagar
13. S.Satyanarayana Sastry
14. Nookala Ramakrishna,
cadre restructuring proposal is cleared by expenditure
As per the information received from SGAIACEGEO, CR has been cleared by the Expenditure and sent to CBEC. Now, it is expected that the COS note would be sent by the CBEC very soon. AIACEGEO is already on the job and pursuing the matter.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
LATEST CLARIFICATION ON ACP Vs TIMESCALE
MESSAGE FROM RAVI MALIK SG OF AIACEGEO------------------
Dear friends,
1. The clarification issued on ACP vs time scale offset is attached herewith.
2. CR is with Expenditure. The issue of its early clearance was raised before the Expenditure Minister on 09.05.13 and he assured of doing the needful.
3. The pay arrears since 1986 at par with the Inspectors of CBI & IB case (CWP No. 13471/08) pending in Jabalpur High Court was discussed with the advocate handing over the available relevant documents to him. He opined that we should also intervene in the matter from the side of Superintendents Asn and asked for some more records which will be provided to him accordingly. After studying all the documents/records, he will prepare the case. It was last updated on the High Court site in 08/12.
Love,
Ravi.
Dear friends,
1. The clarification issued on ACP vs time scale offset is attached herewith.
2. CR is with Expenditure. The issue of its early clearance was raised before the Expenditure Minister on 09.05.13 and he assured of doing the needful.
3. The pay arrears since 1986 at par with the Inspectors of CBI & IB case (CWP No. 13471/08) pending in Jabalpur High Court was discussed with the advocate handing over the available relevant documents to him. He opined that we should also intervene in the matter from the side of Superintendents Asn and asked for some more records which will be provided to him accordingly. After studying all the documents/records, he will prepare the case. It was last updated on the High Court site in 08/12.
Love,
Ravi.
Monday, May 6, 2013
E-filing must for salaried taxpayers also with annual income above Rs.5 lakh
Mumbai, May 7, 2013(TNN): The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has widened the scope of e-filing of income tax (I-T ) returns. And one of the changes introduced through a recent notification impacts salaried taxpayers. E-filing of I-T returns is now mandatory for individuals, including salaried taxpayers, earning more than Rs 5 lakh taxable income during the financial year ended March 31, 2013.
Salaried taxpayers, however ,
do not have to obtain a digital signature for e-filing their I-T returns. After
having filed online, for verification of the return, a hard copy has to be sent
to the central processing unit in Bangalore.
Salaried
taxpayers having income from salary, house property and income from other
sources such as bank interest can
e-file the simple form – Sahaj (ITR1). However, if they report a loss under the
head income from house property or winnings from lottery or from betting
at a racecourse or even capital gains, then Sahaj form is not applicable and
Form ITR2 or another appropriate form needs to be filled in and filed online. A
free online filing facility is available at https:// incometaxindiaefiling
.gov.in/
“Salaried
individuals earning less than Rs 5 lakh and whose saving bank interest income is less than Rs 10,000 in a year will continue
to be exempt from filing of their tax return, provided they meet the prescribed
conditions. These conditions include that the employer has discharged the
entire tax liability through deduction of tax at source and deposited it with
the government . If an employee has switched jobs during the year, then this
leeway of tax filing exemption is not
available,” explained a tax official.
“E-filing
of I-T returns also helps speed up the process of
granting refunds to taxpayers – the processing is carried out at the central
processing unit in Bangalore . The process of e-filing is now simple. If one
considers only Form 1, as a sample case, as many as 64 lakh I-T returns were
filed during FY 2012-13 . We are equipped to handle the additional e-returns ,”
said a finance ministry official.
According
to L K Jain, a Mumbai-based chartered accountant , “Small taxpayers who are not
computer savvy will now have to seek professional help for filing I-T returns .
The plus side is that the tax authorities have assured speedy refunds when
e-returns are filed.”
Many
chartered accountants said the official website of the
tax department which enables e-filing of returns is difficult to access,
especially during the peak return filing season.
Through
the same notification , the CBDT has also introduced e-filing of tax audit
reports, transfer pricing (TP) reports andMinimum Alternate Tax (MAT)
certificates . Earlier, while e-filing of I-T returns was mandatory for India
Inc, these reports had to be physically filed at the local tax office.
Mukesh
Butani, chairperson , BMR Advisors, said, “It is important to ensure that the information technology system has
stabilized and there are no hiccups as we have seen with digitization efforts
in the past.”
Individuals,
including salaried taxpayers, earning more than 5L now have to mandatorily
e-file their I-T returns Salaried taxpayers with income less than 5 lakh and bank interest less than 10,000 continue to be exempt from filing I-T
returns India Inc can now e-file tax audit report,
transfer pricing (TP) report and Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) certificate.
Government employees retired before 2006 will get a revised pension:HC
New Delhi, April 6, 2013(Agencies): The Delhi High Court has held that all government employees who retired before 2006 will get a revised pension according to the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Rejecting the government’s plea that the pre-2006employees would get the increased pension only from 2012, the court directed the authorities to give retired employees the increased pension from 2006 itself.
The sixth pay commission, which had raised thesalaries of government employees by a significant amount, was implemented in 2006.
The landmark judgment would almost double the pension amount of the government employees, including both Central government and state government employees.
A bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and V Kameswar Rao gave strict directions to the government to give the arrear to the pensioners within two months.
The court said if the government fails to do so, it will have to pay the pending amount to the retired employees at a whopping interest of 9 per cent.
The bench said: “Mandamus is issued to the respondents to re-fix the pension of the petitioners accordingly within a period of two months. In case, the arrears are not paid within a period of two months, it will also carry interest at 9% with effect from 01.03.2013.”
The court was hearing an appeal filed by the Central government challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) 2009 order which had said that government employees who retired before 2006 were also entitled to the benefits of the sixth pay commission.
The CAT had passed the order on a petition filed by the Central Government Pensioners Association.
While ruling in favour of the employees, the high court bench pointed out that even the government has admitted that employees who retired prior to 2006 deserved revised pension as per the sixth pay commission.
The bench said: “The government of India has tacitly admitted that it was in the wrong and that the tribunal is correct. We conclude by noting that as regards the substance of the view taken by the Tribunal, even the Central Government accepts its correctness, but insists to make the same applicable prospectively.”
The government proposed that those employees who retired before 2006 be given revised pension from 2012 but not 2006 as pleaded by the Central Government Pensioners Association. The court, however, ruled in favour of the employees.
Courtesy- Daily Mail
The sixth pay commission, which had raised thesalaries of government employees by a significant amount, was implemented in 2006.
The landmark judgment would almost double the pension amount of the government employees, including both Central government and state government employees.
A bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and V Kameswar Rao gave strict directions to the government to give the arrear to the pensioners within two months.
The court said if the government fails to do so, it will have to pay the pending amount to the retired employees at a whopping interest of 9 per cent.
The bench said: “Mandamus is issued to the respondents to re-fix the pension of the petitioners accordingly within a period of two months. In case, the arrears are not paid within a period of two months, it will also carry interest at 9% with effect from 01.03.2013.”
The court was hearing an appeal filed by the Central government challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) 2009 order which had said that government employees who retired before 2006 were also entitled to the benefits of the sixth pay commission.
The CAT had passed the order on a petition filed by the Central Government Pensioners Association.
While ruling in favour of the employees, the high court bench pointed out that even the government has admitted that employees who retired prior to 2006 deserved revised pension as per the sixth pay commission.
The bench said: “The government of India has tacitly admitted that it was in the wrong and that the tribunal is correct. We conclude by noting that as regards the substance of the view taken by the Tribunal, even the Central Government accepts its correctness, but insists to make the same applicable prospectively.”
The government proposed that those employees who retired before 2006 be given revised pension from 2012 but not 2006 as pleaded by the Central Government Pensioners Association. The court, however, ruled in favour of the employees.
Courtesy- Daily Mail
UPDATE ON CR BY MR RAVI MALIK SECRETARY GENERAL AIACEGEO
Dear friends, good noon.
1. Cadre restructuring
is at present with the Expenditure.
It was sent to
Expenditure by the Revenue Secretary
keeping in mind that
the Expenditure Secretary would
also be one of the
members in the COS and his prior
approval would ease
the approval from the COS.
We met the concerned
Director in Expenditure
on 03.05.13 and she
assured us to do the needful soon.
The matter is also
being pursued with the RS and
concerned JS in the
Expenditure.
2. The correspondence
made during last 2 months
is also attached
herewith.
3. All of the units are
again requested to clear their due
and donate maximum
funds to the AIB.
Love, Ravi.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Restructuring and Removal of Regional Disparities in Promotions
A meeting of National office bearers of the AICEIA was held
at New Delhi on 29.04.2013. All issues concerning the cadre were discussed in detail, especially the
developments after the Patna Convention.
The stand that was to be taken by the AICEIA in the meetings with the DGHRD and
other Board officials scheduled to be held later the same day and on 30.04.2013
was also deliberated upon and decided.
All AICEIA representatives present in Delhi for the meeting
of office bearers also participated in the meeting with the DGHRD. Additional
DG (HRM) and Additional Director were also present. Points that emerged during
the meeting are narrated below briefly :
1. 1. The Cadre Restructuring file has been sent to Secretary(Expenditure)
by the Revenue Secretary, from whom it should go to the DoP&T.
2. 2. The CBEC proposal is expected to follow the
course taken by the CBDT proposal, which is reported to have been approved by
the Group of Ministers on 29.04.13, and
now awaits clearance from the Union Cabinet.
3. 3. However, even by optimistic estimates, we are
still several months away from seeing even the first promotions arising
out of the CR exercise. The proposed figures include raising the strength of
Gr B Gazetted Executive from the present 13948 to 19108
, and for Gr B non- Gazetted Executives-
from 20,163 to 25,203.
4. 4. On our repeated and insistent demand that
regional disparities in prom otions among Inspectors of Central Excise of
different Cadre Control Zones have to be addressed immediately, the CBEC
has agreed in principle to take decisive action to do away with regional
disparities.
5. 5. On the methods to be adopted to achieve that
end, our Association’s stand is that an exercise of upgradation on the lines of
the one undertaken in 1996 be repeated,
to promote all Inspectors who have completed 8 years of service, or at least
promote all Inspectors to the level of the junior -most Inspector promoted as Superintendent
in any Zone, as on date. The organisational desideratum, however, remains base cadre parity.
6. 6. The DGHRD had a discussion with the Member(P&V) on
the issue on 30.4.13. After this the AICEIA office bearers met the DGHRD again. It is informed that the subject
file will be put up to the Member by
next week. `
7. 7.The Board now appreciates the fact that an All India Seniority List of Inspectors of Central Excise is a fait accompli for the period following the Supreme Court
judgment dated 09.12.1996 in the case of
Radhey Shyam Singh & Others vs. Union of India & Others.
8. 8. Action has now been initiated by DGHRD to draw such
an All India Seniority List of Inspectors. This is already badly delayed since way
back in 1996 itself the Board had taken a decision to introduce All India Seniority for
Inspectors, but never showed enough
resolve to implement it.
9. 9. The AICEIA shall be keenly pursuing these matters
and we should resolve not to rest till we achieve these objectives.
AICEIA CEC – July 27th and 28th, 2013
Chandigarh Circle of the AICEIA has informed that arrangements are underway to host the upcoming meeting of the AICEIA Central Executive Committee at Shimla on 27th and 28th July’13 . All delegates are advised to forthwith make travel arrangements accordingly to avoid inconvenience later and also to curtail expenses. Notice in this regard shall be issued shortly.
Source: AICEIA
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