EQUITY, PARITY AND DIGNITY WE WANT BUT NOT CHARITY

EQUITY, PARITY AND DIGNITY WE WANT BUT NOT CHARITY

Dear Comorade,

            In your mail dated 30.08.2013, you have quoted....  ‘As per the decision of AEC meeting held at Patna during May 2013, we have served notice upon FM to conduct mild agitation for wearing black badges and conducting lunch hours    demonstration’. 

However, the decision of the Patna AEC, has not been adhered to, making the entire proceedings as rituals. Despite of our repeated mails to hold the meeting on parity within CBEC and the issue of Supreme Court Order, you have chosen to remain silent.

Now the PITARA of Cadre Restructuring is open. Except pulling each other’s legs nothing positive is happening and still you are not at all serious to tackle the issue firmly.

Cadre cannot be mobilized by SMS and e-mails and the issue cannot be resolved without any in-depth interaction and proper action plan.

SAMAY aur SAMAJH are two aspects and both require to click timely and properly. We cannot move with only one. But presently it appears that we are not moving with either of these.  

It reminds me the European Motor Race in which the last car emerges as winner

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            “The sport is called banger racing in europe and has slightyly different rules. The cars race around the track and try to crash into other car in the course of the race. The final round has a u.s.  style show down and the last car standing is the winner of the race.”

            Our condition is like the said Banger Race.

Once again the agitation programme is totally direction less and exposes that we have no other weapon in our armoury except black badges. How many times black badges had been put on and off. Now when everything is pasted on the wall and is visible that we have been cheated but yet leadership is at the starting point. What is the net achievement in this CR. “carry with 1000 posts of entry level group ‘a’ with 20 times group ‘b’ gazetted level after initial one time promotion. As the rider of 5 years is of no use, because, whoever is promoted is not likely to retire in next 5 years, thus, blocking the future promotions. So it is just like creation of supper annuary posts for 5 years so that a few people will retire with satisfaction that they retired as ac no other benefits neither monetary nor career wise and for others?

With this harsh reality it is not possible now to carry on again agitation of wearing of black badges on 04.09.2013. Cadre is not in a mood to do it again and have resigned to their fates. Infact they are now abusing us.

Further, the Resolution passed by CESA Mumbai on parity and other units Resolutions were deliberated in Patna but the said issue was later twisted to safe guard the interest of beneficiary. No meeting has been called on this subject nor any step is initiated to redress the issue, which causes lots of resentment amongst the stake holders.

            The last restructuring had taken place in 2002 and the next was due in 2007. The exercise for the same started with the data 2009 – 2010, as well as with an eye on rolling GST. However, still the same is in pipe line and has not even completed the approval process as yet. It may take another 5-6 months to come to the stage of implementation. The growth and the statistical data as on 2009-10 shown in excise and service tax are quite irrelevant now as it has considerably increased in service tax itself after introduction of negative list and widening of service tax net as well as more LTUs have become operative. During the entire tenure there is not a single instance when the data and its relevance was objected to justify the higher number of posts.

However, a parallel campaign has been started that a separate group is active to stall the CR proposal as our senior Superintendents are retiring every month without promotions. The reality of the CR is now clear to all as per the site. When the CR is mandatory after every 5 years and the allowed increase of 30% is also fixed then what we have achieved in the present CR? The CR has not yet come though it is 10 years since the last CR. Further, with 5 year barrier and ridiculous restrain by creating temporary post for 5 years, the result is big ‘O’. Whereas in comparison to percentage of the benefit of CR with other cadre i.e. Group ‘C’ to Group ‘B’; Group ‘B’ Non Gazetted to Group ‘B’ Gazetted A.C. to D. C. D. C. to J. C.; J.C. to Additional; Additional to Commissioner and so on, what they have given to us: We have trusted you that you will deliver and stagnation will be removed to a large extent, but what has come finally? It is wide spread belief that you were aware of the fact of this temporary posts creation and 5 year tag, hence you were avoiding to take any office bearer with you despite repeated request of the house.  A fact now which cannot be refuted or ratified before members! Now hardly any time is left with us to waste. The need of the hour is to call for a immediate meeting and to chalk out the strategy on CR as well as on parity and implementation of Supreme Court decision, including the revision before CR implementation as strength is revised with that again.

            Any strategy in such matters at crucial time cannot be chalked out through mail or SMS. Kindly hold immediate meeting with all AEC members and in case of any difficulty in that Mumbai is again offering willingness to hold it for a day. Silence is not desirable, action is required. Let us know your consent to avoid any complication in the matter.

            Rabindranath Tagore has rightly said –

            “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high....”

            Rest is ok.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Yours 

                                                                                                                                         

A.   K. Sasmal

CESA, Mumbai