Central  Excise Superintendents’ Association, Mumbai Unit of AIACEGEO ( Recognized under F. No. B-12017/10/206-Ad-IV A dtd. 21-01-2008 ).    V.A. Kolhatkar, President                    A.K. Sasmal-General Secretary

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Mumbai I,  II,  III, V,  Thane I, II, Belapur, Raigad, Customs Prev,, Service Tax – I & II Comm’te & L.T.U. Mumbai.

 

Ref : CESA/22/2013

Dtd : 22.05.2013

Shobha L. Chary,

Hon’ble Member (P&V)

CBEC, New Delhi.

            Sub:   Request for intervention to amend Transfer & Posting policy    and

                        Keep in abeyance Estt. Order No. 89 &90/2013 dated 17.05.2013

                        of ICT & IZT of Zone-I, Mumbai – Reg.

Respected Madam,

With reference to the above subject your kind attention is invited the representations of this Association as well as the A.I.A.C.E.G.E.O.  The genuine request of the Association and its members is to have a just fair and transparent policy since March 2013, and accordingly the suggestions were given and it was agreed upon in the meeting in April, 2013, with the then Chief Commissioner. However, the Mumbai Zone – I, administration either deliberately or due to lack of time was unable to frame the same.  Meanwhile, in April, 2013, CC, Zone-I retired and additional charge was given to CC, Zone-II thereafter, DG Valuation and now, with DGST, Mumbai.  No senior officer is available in the office to redress the staff grievances as on date.  But the ICT and IZT Orders were issued in undue haste, ignoring the amendment as agreed upon in the meeting by the then Chief Commissioner and the said orders are full of manipulations, having no rationale/norms and criteria. It has even violated the norms of existing policy, also where in Inter Zonal Transfers are to be done only on request and not otherwise.

Madam, the revenue of this Mumbai, Zone-I is around Rs. 75,000 Crores and the administration is transferring and posting the officers to gear up to achieve the target for the year 2013-14.  But this is the sordid state of affairs of staff deployment and man management.  The said Orders were issued in the absence of regular Chief Commissioner and Commissioner.  If the Orders are being issued without any norms, just to favour the handful known officers and cause inconvenience to all then such officers use their source and means to get their transfer and postings, also will work for their own vested interests and the rest will be demoralized and frustrated.  Officers may come and go but the Institution remains and no one have any right to damage the Institutions by misusing the position for their own vested interests. 

The matter of posting and transfer has now become a black business which has come to light very often the last one when the PS of Minster was arrested and the current one of Railway Ministry, yet we are allowing such things and waiting until it goes beyond control and invite the external agency to peep in. Hence, it is once again requested kindly intervene and instruct to frame an amended policy and stop adhocism prevailing in Service Tax LTU, DGST by squeezing staff only from Zone-I Excise on loan/diversion, instead of framing policy for Service tax, LTU Mumbai as well as DGST.

We assure, to extend our fullest co-operations in this regard. It will not take more than a day if the Administration is sincere and determined to amend the policy and adhere to it accordingly. This will also stop malpractices and curb favoritism and corruption. It is also requested to kindly instruct the Administration of Mumbai to keep the said ICT & IZT orders in abeyance and immediately frame/amend the policy.  Government is spending a lot of money to educate our Senior Officers by sending them abroad for training, but the sad reality is that the officers in the field, who are in the fore front in revenue collection, feel demoralized as the Administration do not find any time for staff welfare activities or even in providing basic infrastructure or in framing a fair and transparent policy which will help him discharge his duties more efficiently and keep his morale high.

            We hope that you being a fair and strict Administrator will act in accordance with the just and fair aspirations of the Mumbai Officers as surmised above, by giving suitable, time bound directions to the Central Excise Mumbai Zone-I Administration by having a fair policy and at the same time save the department’s image also.

            Thanking you,

Yours sincerely

A.K. Sasmal

General Secretary

Copy to :

1.     Sheila Sangwan (Hon’ble Member), CBEC, New Delhi (Zonal Incharge, Mumbai) for favour of kind information & necessary action.

2.     Hon’ble Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Mumbai, Zone-I for favour of kind information & necessary action.

3.     Hon’ble Commissioner, Central Excise, Mumbai-I (Cadre Controlling) for favour of kind information.

4.     Secretary General, A.I.A.C.E.G.E.O, Delhi for favour of kind information & necessary action.