Thursday, February 18, 2016

OBITUARY - SUPDT. RAVINDRA S. PHADKE



                          14-Jan-1968 - 18-Feb-2016.
 
Shri Ravindra S. Phadke, 48 years, working as Superintendent, Service Tax, residing at Risabh Housing Society, near Liberty Garden, Malad (West), with his family, is no more.
 
Shri Phadke joined the department as an Inspector of Central Excise in the year 1993 and worked in various formations including DRI. He was promoted as Superintended in January 2015 and his last posting as Superintendent was in Division IV of Service Tax III Commissionerate.
 
Due to the new pressure-filled work culture prevailing in Mumbai Service Tax, coupled with the shortage of support staff, lack of basic infrastructure and the pressure tactics for forceful & arbitrary implementation of Rule 56-J of the Administration, might have taken a toll on him.
 
He is survived by his wife, who is working in a private company, and a son, who is doing engineering.

Cremation may take place today, late at night.
 
 
This incident has shocked the family and the entire Central Excise fraternity. Earlier, several untimely deaths occurred in the Service Tax department, due to heart attacks.
 
Officers working in the Mumbai Service Tax Department are under a huge amount of stress. Adding insult to injury is the denial / curtailing of leave, which causes a rift in the family, which the officer has to undergo silently. So, eventually, the officer can neither have job satisfaction nor a contended family life. 

Administration should therefore introspect and amend their way of administration in Mumbai so that a conducive working atmosphere will prevail and staff will be comfortable / amenable to disclose / resolve their problems, whether it is official or personal. Otherwise, the uniformed cadre of this Department will not take much time to resort to tit-for-tat, forgoing their discipline, similar to the tragic incidents that has taken place in CISF, BSF etc.

 
CESA expresses its profound grief on the untimely departure of Shri Ravindra S. Phadke and pray to the Almighty to let his soul Rest in Peace.  CESA also prays that his family may be strengthened to overcome this great loss.
 
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