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/24/2013

Dtd :30.05.2013

Shobha L. Chary,

Hon’ble Member (P&V)

CBEC, New Delhi.

            Sub:   Request for kind intervention to amend Transfer and Posting

                        Policy and to keep in abeyance the arbitrary ICT and IZT Estt.

                        Order No. 89/2013 and 90/2013 both dated 17.05.2013 – Reg.

Respected Madam,

           

            Your kind attention is invited to our representations dated 31.03.2013, 20.05.2013 and 22.05.2013, wherein your kind intervention was requested by us in the above matter.

           

The process for issuance of AGT of the respective Commissionerates of Zone-I, are under way. The representations given to CC, Zone-I, Mumbai, are resting in his office and there is no impact as there is no regular CC is in the office. No decision, examination or consideration on the request of the Associations is taken and the staff is feeling as betrayed by the Administration and getting a feeling that there is no control of BOARD over such kind of activities in the department.

           

Board has issued ADC/JC`s order on 15/05/2013. However, the rotation order of the ADC/JC’s within Mumbai has not been issued till date as there is no regular CC in Customs as well as Central Excise as they are abroad. Applying the same ethics, the issuance of ICT/IZT of Central Excise officers should have also been kept pending, more so when the request of this Association for amending the Transfer Policy was still under deliberation. What was the necessity, great hurry and interest in issuing the subject Orders? Why the Administration is adopting double standard for us?

            Normally, in the meetings held between the Commissioners and the Chief Commissioners, the Commissioners remain silent. Similarly, in the Chief Commissioner`s conference, Chief Commissioner remained silent. That`s why the fate of Mumbai, although collected Revenue to the tune of Rs.90,000 Crores, remains neglected so far as the staff welfare issues or improvement in the infrastructure etc. are concerned. The stress level in the day to day working has been increasing and has reached its peak, due to which many of the Officers are undergoing serious heart problems, some have even succumbed due to cardiac arrest. The working atmosphere is vitiated to such an extent that many officers are opting for even VRS.

            Inspite of such events and atmosphere, can the Administration choose to remain a silent spectator by not giving any instructions to keep the said order in abeyance or examining the irregularity or unfairness done in issuing the subject order?

 

            Madam, the days were Golden when the Administration were having a Rule Book, and accordingly the work was carried out, but it is unfortunate that despite the demand of the Association to have a fair policy, the Administration is not taking any positive steps to amend the Transfer Policy and apportionment of staff to LTU, Service Tax, DGST or stoppage of loan posting from Excise to Service Tax, etc. How long the Inspectors and Superintendents will be used like commodity? Officers who have source or means will continue to be in sensitive postings / Commissionerates for ever and officers without such source or means will always be side-lined! There will be no fairness in rotation until a fair Transfer Policy is in place.

            In the light of above, you are requested once again to intervene and keep the above said arbitrary orders in abeyance and instruct the Mumbai Administration to formulate / amend the transfer and posting policy, which will be fair and issue the ICT/IZT orders thereafter, otherwise, all will be trapped in the race of unfair practice to get the postings.

            Expecting a line of reply from your good-self.

            We assure your good self that we will extend our fullest co-operation in this regard.

            Thanking you,

                                                                               Yours sincerely

                                                                                      A.K. Sasmal

                                                                                 General Secretary

Copy to:1)   Hon’ble Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance, North Block,

                   New Delhi. For kind information & necessary action.

              2)   Ms. Sheila Sangwan, Hon’ble Member, CBEC, North Block,

                   New Delhi. For kind information & necessary action.

              3)   Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Mumbai Zone – I.

                   For kind information & necessary action.

              4)   Commissioner, Central Excise, Mumbai Zone – I (CCA)

                    For kind information & necessary action.

              5)   Secretary General, AIACEGEO, New Delhi.