UPDATE CEC INDORE DAY 1

THE INAUGURAL SESSION WAS ADDRESSED BY THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL EXCISE, BHOPAL ZONE FOLLOWED BY THE SPEECH OF COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL EXCISE, INDORE. MOST THRILLING PART WAS THE SPEECH GIVEN BY COMRADE TRK PILLAI, ORGANISING SECRETARY, CONFEDRATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS IN WHICH SPECIAL EMPHASIS WAS LAID ON THE NEED OF STRIKE AS ALL NEGOTIATIONS HAVE SINCE FAILED. HE ALSO EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR STRENGTHENING THE ORGANISATIONAL BASE WITHOUT WHICH NOTHING CAN BE ACHIEVED. HE INVITED THE AICEIA, ITS CONSTITUENT, TO PARTICIPATE WHOLE HEARTEDLY IN THE PROPOSED STRIKE CALL GIVEN BY THE CONFEDERATION FOR 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2010.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS INCLUDED STRONG REACTION IF THE CADRE IS NOT GIVEN DUE BENEFITS IN THIS RESTRUCTURING AND THAT NOT MUCH IS EXPECTED IN THE GIVEN SCHEME OF THIS ORGANISATION WHERE THE DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERED AS ‘TOP HEAVY’. THE SECRETARY GENERAL THEN TABLED THE ACTION TAKEN REPORT. HE SUMMED UP ALL HIS INTERACTIONS WITH THE BOARD OFFICE, REVENUE SECRETARY, HRD ETC. AND PLACED THE ASSURANCES GIVEN TO THE ASSOCIATION AS UNDER:
1. TO PROMOTE INSPECTORS WHO HAVE COMPLETED 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GRADE OF SUPERINTENDENT, CREATION OF NEARLY 5500 POSTS IS REQUIRED.
2. BOARD IS THINKING OF PROMOTING INSPECTORS WHOEVER HAD COMPLETED 12-15 YEARS OF SERVICE.
3. AN APPROXIMATE OF 7000 POSTS IS GOING TO BE CREATED WITHOUT ABOLISHING A SINGLE POST FROM THE FEEDER CADRE.
4. APPROXIMATEDLY 1700 POSTS OF FULLY PROMOTIONAL POST OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS WILL BE CREATED AND 2300+ CLASS I POSTS IS GOING TO BE CREATED.
5. THERE WILL BE NO ABOLITION OF POSTS AS WELL AS COMMISSIONERATES.
6. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO MOST STAGNATING ZONES AS WELL AS THE OTHER ZONES.
7. RESTRUCTURING PROPOSAL WILL BE SUBMITTED TO REVENUE SECRETARY BY AUGUST 2010 AND WILL PROBABLY BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2011.

THE ATR AMONG OTHER MATTERS INCLUDED THE SUCCESSFUL PROTEST OF KARNATAKA CIRCLE FOR MISBEHAVIOUR OF THE AUTHORITIES I.E. ONE COMMISSIONER AND ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER AND ULTIMATELY HELD THE ASSOCIATION BANNERS HIGH. ANOTHER INCIDENT REPORTED WAS OF TAMILNADU CIRCLE AND ITS PROTEST AGAINST THE WHIMSICAL ATTITUDE OF THE AUTHORITIES AT THE TIME OF ANNUAL GENERAL TRANSFER. SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED IN KOLKATA WHERE THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER HELPED THE SYSTEM TO RUN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BY BREAKING THE AGREED UPON NORMS FOR SMALL CONSIDERATIONS. WEST BENGAL CIRCLE PROTESTED FOR AT LEAST ONE AND A HALF MONTH AND ULTIMATELY GOT THE ORDERS CORRECTED.