CONGRATULATION TO CHAIRPERSON CBEC

Ref. No.: CESA/17/2014

Dated    : 26.02.2014

Ms. J. M. Shanti Sundharam

Hon’ble Chairperson, C.B.E.C.,

North Block, New Delhi.

Respected Madam,

          We sincerely congratulate your good-self on regularization of your promotion as the Chairperson of the CBEC.  The officers of this Zone are having lot of faith and expectations from you.

          We are sure that your honour will ensure timely implementation of the “Cadre Restructuring” proposal in its letter and spirit. The disparity prevailing in the most stagnated Cadre within Central Excise, i.e. Group B Gazetted officers, and other feeder cadres needs logical, rational and permanent redressal. 

          CESA Mumbai also expresses its sincere thanks for your patient hearing and willingness to redress the grievances brought out by the joint delegation on 21.02.2014.

           Madam, as you are aware the working condition in Mumbai is quite miserable.  Mumbai Central Excise Zones needs special package to improve the infrastructure, because Mumbai yields the major portion of revenue. The officers engaged in garnering this revenue feel cheated and demoralized at the end of every financial year. We are quite hopeful that your honour will take initiative to improve the working condition and infrastructure in all the Central Excise and Service Tax offices in Mumbai Zones.

          It is a known factor that Mumbai has a large base of Service Tax assessees, which is increasing day by day. To cope up with the work load, improvement in the Automation (ACES) of the day to day functions is essential. The present state of the automation being very slow is not sufficient enough to handle such work- load. The modules available have to be upgraded and implemented in its entirety.

          Further, the working systems of Service Tax and procedural aspects have to be simplified in order to bring in more transparency and stall the intervention of third party agents. This would help in better tax compliance and also in better tax administration.  The Department’s Legal Branch has to be strengthened and managed professionally, so as to meet the challenge of ever growing litigations.  

          We once again congratulate your good-self and assure our fullest co-operation and wish your tenure will be very positive towards the staff welfare and the trade.

          Thanking you,

                                                                                            Yours sincerely

A.K. SASMAL

General Secretary