HUE AND CRY ABOUT DOSSIERS

All Cadres of CBEC are eagerly awaiting the notification and implementation of CR so that they will taste the promotion, which is over due to them. All were expecting that it will be incorporated in the maiden budget speech of FM but it has not happened so.

RECTIFICATION OF AISL

Vide OM dated 02.07.2014, the placement of Officers of the Delhi Zone in AISL is rectified. CESA appreciates the efforts taken in this regard and congratulates one and all involved in this effort.  There are many Officers of other Zones who need proper placement in the AISL for which they are striving since long. They too require the same concern from the Board.  Both the AISLs i.e. 1993 to 1997 and 1998 to 2006, are full of flaws and need rectification to a large extent, so as to ensure that the eligible Officers are not deprived of the promotion and no injustice is caused to them.

DRAMA of DOSSIERS

In the various blogs, constantly the name of the various Officers’ is projected claiming that dossiers of these officers are pending and due to this, the DPC is being delayed. 4 Officers pertain to Mumbai Zone. The factual position of these 4 officers is as under:

    1) S U Kolwadkar (GEN)   : Goa Administration has already pointed out the mistake in name and has  also reported that the officer has expired

   2)  Amrut J Patel (SC)       :    Has taken VRS on 30.08.2002 from Mumbai-I Commissionerate     

   3) Kishor V. Keni (ST)      :    He is dismissed from Service

  4)  S.S.Bhatawadekar (GEN) : The officer has Expired.

The above factual position is already reported to the Board Office from time to time. It is the Board who is not updating their records pertaining to the Seniority list. It seems that such Blogs are placed only to malign the Mumbai unit of CESA.

HAT WITHOUT HEAD

Further, Board vide their letter issued in June 2014 has prepared a list of 21 officers in each batch of 1980 and 1981 batch for granting NFSG in the Grade of Principal Commissioner (HAG Scale) w.e.f. 07.08.2012, though such post was neither in existence nor defined in the Central Excise Act, 1944, during the relevant time. The amendment in Section 2(b) in the Central Excise Act, 1944, defining the ‘Central Excise Officer’ is proposed in the current budget. Notification of CR / creation of Post is far from reality. However, Board has already initiated the process to grant the NFSG w.e.f. 07.08.2012. How ridiculous?

Our Apex body is busy in garnering dossiers. The Apex body feels that by garnering the dossiers the promotion orders will be issued. DPC cannot be held unless the CR is notified and request is made by the Board to UPSC for a date for DPC. Office of UPSC will not act as a Cloak Room to store the dossiers. Board has engaged the Apex body in such miscellaneous activities so that their attention is diverted and they do not get time to look at the crucial matters, and eventually loose sight of Board extending its blessing to the Group A Cadre as well as Appraisers. The intention of Board is loud and clear – to permanently paralyse the Cadre of the Superintendent Central Excise in the department.

N R Parmar case:

The manner of fixation of the Seniority list is settled by the Apex Court in N R Parmar case in its order dated 27.11.2012 and also in the Contempt Petition.  The revision of Seniority List in CBDT is already over and accordingly promotions are in process. Shri Manoj Jain, the Preventive Officer of Mumbai Customs filed OA in Mumbai CAT and got an order dated 07.05.2014 for re-fixation of seniority by ignoring para-5(h) of DoPT OM dated 04.03.2014.

Can all the individuals approach the CAT and get similar orders. Then our Apex body will examine and will offer their legal opinion which will satisfy the members and overturn the judgement of Apex Court. How ridiculous?

The Officers who joined as Direct Inspector get only one promotion after serving for 20-24 years in one Cadre, whereas a LDC who joined the department got 5 promotions, a stenographer got 4 promotion, a direct AC got 5 promotions within a span of 20 -22 years (1980/1981 batch are in process for the promotion of Principal Commissioner), least to speak about examiner who has already swallowed 4 promotions in the same span of years. However, our Apex body instead of making efforts to give effect to the N R Parmar Judgement, which will benefit many officers, is rather finding excuses. How long?

MACPS:

The issue of MACPS and recovery thereon will be published in our forthcoming blogs.

DPC

There is no tomtom from Deputy Commissioner side as they do not have any blogs for them but they are doing their work silently and steadily. The DPC for the DC to JC is scheduled on 14^th & 15^th July, 2014 at Mumbai for the vacant posts. It may be noted that the present DPC is to exhaust the vacant posts so that these officers have an opportunity of another lift in the CR proposal for next grade. They are not busy with the Dossiers unlike our Apex body. We are silent on the vacant posts for which already DPC was held in Mumbai but the promotion orders are yet to be issued.