CESA's efforts on Proper Infrastructure

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Today, the delegation of CESA Mumbai met Chief Commissioner, Central Excise and Service Tax at Churchgate office and apprised while finalizing the office premises administration should ensure all the offices at near to the jurisdictions as well as commutation point of view of the staff. It is also suggested to surrender rental office premises at WTC (World Trade Centre) as demanded by the staff and the office building Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya be retained till any alternative arrangements are made in the same vicinity. The representations submitted is as under:

                                                                                                                   Ref: CESA/34/2017

                                                                                                                   Dtd: 17.05.2017

Shri S. C. Varshney

Hon’ble Chief Commissioner,

Customs Mumbai Zone – II,

Mumbai

Sub:- Request for proper infrastructure for all the Commissionerates,  Mumbai Zone – reg.

Respected Sir,

   The work of reorganization of Commissionerates in GST has already been finalized and trade and officers are expecting the Notification any time. The work of finalization of buildings/offices for the newly craved Commissionerate is under process. In the last meeting with DGHRD at Mumbai it is given to understand that this will be done at local level by involving the staff Association also. In this connections CESA Mumbai submits the following points for kind consideration.

1.    The Commissionerate offices be as for as possible be located within the jurisdiction of the Commissionerate as it helps the trade as well as staff also as majority of the staff is staying in suburbs. This will help trade and staff from commutation point of view in reaching to work place without any hassles.

2.       The Thane, Thane Rural, Bhiwandi and Palghar Commissionerate the jurisdiction of some of the Commissionerate is very compact but if we see from commutation point of view it is not so many places are not even approachable directly through local trains. It is requested that the offices of these Commissionerate be located centrally to cater the need of trade as well as officers also to reach work place easily. This can be ensured only if the office is within the jurisdiction and accommodation facility in the near vicinity is there.

3.    The premises of World Trade Center is very inconvenient from the commutation point of view. All the staff have requested the Association o take up the matter with the administration not to keep any office at World Trade center which is inconvenient for officers coming from Western, Central and Harbour. In the evening there is no frequency of bus services and officers have to cough-off lot of many on taxi’s and sometimes taxi’s are also not available.

4.    Similarly, it is learnt that the hired building at Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya which is very convenient in Western line, now in possession of service tax. The said building may be kept in our possession. If any alternative accommodations are available and the administration is interested in taking over the new premises in the same vicinity then the Mahavir jain Vidyalaya building can be surrendered.

5.    The need of hour is to have building premises for Headquarter at Palghar, Bhiwandi, Thane, Thane-Rural (Kalyan), in the jurisdiction on war footing basis as we have bad experience in the last Re-organization in 2014 as and where basis have no end.

6.    Presently, Central Excise office at Bombay Garage, Dharavi, etc need renovation. The central excise building at Wagle estate needs structural audit as well as renovation.

7.    It is suggested that in all the Zones Executive, Audit and Appeal Commissionerate are placed in the same building so that the efficiency of the work will be improved and unwanted expenditure towards commutation could be brought down and time will be saved.

                        Thanking you,

                                                                                                                  Yours sincerely,

                                                                                                                            Sd/-

                                                                                                                    (A. K. Sasmal)

                                                                                                                 General Secretary

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The staff position commissionerate-wise is as under:

Commissionerate	Staffing position
	AC/DC	Supdt.	Insp.
Mumbai East	17	104	109
Mumbai South	17	104	109
Mumbai Central	17	107	111
Mumbai West	17	104	109
Bhiwandi	17	66	70
Palghar	17	83	77
Navi Mumbai	17	92	97
Raigad	17	83	88
Belapur	17	77	82
Thane	17	88	88
Thane Rural	17	77	82
Audit-I, Mumbai	12	80	88
Audit-II, Mumbai	12	80	88
Audit-III, Mumbai	12	80	88
Audit Thane	12	80	88
Audit raigad	12	80	88
Appeal-I, Mumbai	2	10	8
Appeal-II, Mumbai	2	10	8
Appeal-III,Mumbai	2	10	8
Appeal Thane	2	10	8
Appeal Raigad	2	10	8
CCO & CCA	5	153	295

Place of HQ office etc. is in the final stage and not yet completed.