FROM CESA's DESK

DPC FOR MACP:    DPC for MACP was held on 10.03.2015 covering the period upto 31.03.2015.  Orders have been issued. 

ISSUE OF PROPER RATIO IN SUPREME COURT:        Hon’ble Supreme Court had adjourned the hearing on the petition filed by Kiran Panditji and Others, from 16.03.2015 by 4 weeks and had converted the petition from a Non-Miscellaneous petition to Miscellaneous Petition.

DELHI VISIT:        Delegation of CESA Mumbai, on the 12^th and 13^th March 2015, met Member P&V and other Board officials and represented the issue of infrastructure and MACP alongwith other issues, specifically to withdraw Board’s clarification dated 04.06.2014 denying MACP in the light of DOPT instructions dated 26.07.2010 and requesting to issue fresh instructions as requested by Cadre Controlling Authority, Mumbai vide its letter dated 15.01.2015 urging the Board to grant Grade Pay of Rs. 6600/- to the officers eligible for third MACP on completion of 30 years as per the decision of Punjab & Haryana High Court and Madras High Court.  CESA’s letter dated 12.03.2015 is annexed.

TRANSFER & POSTINGS:        Meetings with Mumbai Administration and Staff Association was held consequent to the reorganization of the Commissionerates/Zones, new Transfer and Posting policy is formulated.    Salient features are:

a)        IZT will be issued by end of April and ICT will be issued by the end of May.

b)       The tenure in a Zone (C.EX. Zone-I / Zone-II / Service Tax) will be of 5 Years.

c)        The tenure in Audit Commissionerates, (C.EX, S. Tax, and LTU Audit) will be of 3 Years.

d)       The tenure in M&P, LTU Mumbai and Loan Postings will be of 2 Years.

e)        Centralised Roster for Transfer and Postings to M&P will be maintained by PCCO and staff will be apportioned from Central Excise and Service Tax except from LTU, Mumbai and LTU Audit.

f)         Centralised Roster for LTU Mumbai and LTU Audit will be maintained by PCCO.

g)        The tenure in C.EX Commissionerates and S. Tax Commissionerate will be of 3 Years.

h)       For computation of tenure of a Superintendent, tenure as a Superintendent at a stretch will be counted.  Similarly for Inspectors tenure at a stretch as Inspector will be counted.   Deputation or loan posting/loan posting/M & P posting will not be counted, while computing the tenure in a Commissionerate/Zone.

i)          On promotion officer will be posted out of the Commissionerate and a separate roster on the basis of juniority will be maintained for repatriation from Pune Zone to Mumbai.

j)          The station of Entire Mumbai is treated as a one station.

k)        Exemptions for officers, whose wards are appearing in class 10^th and 12^th, will not be considered for ICT and IZT.   But it will be considered for postings to Pune but their names will not be deleted from their roster.  The posting will be postponed suitably. 

INFRASTRUCTURE:  Several Tenders have been issued for Service Tax Commissionerates and is under process of finalization and new space at 30^th Floor of World Trade Centre for LTU audit and LTU Mumbai is under process. 

        Member (P & V) and DGHRD were kind enough to ease the congestion in office space and provide other infrastructure facilities for Mumbai. 

THE MACP ISSUE:  The delegation categorically clarify that the DOPT may be appraised to issue clarifications and alter their decision as per the High Courts orders and the pretext of DOPT referring the matter to the Seventh Pay Commission is strongly reacted by this Association.  This is beyond the term and reference of the Seventh Pay Commission and they cannot intervene the flaws created in the past commission or their report or any interpretations by DOPT or respective ministries.  Further it is urged that the Superintendent Cadre do not have any platform to redress this anamoly as like Inspector and other Cadres.  In the Revenue Department, CBDT do not have any problem and ACP to MACP was extended for others in the pretext of our cadre and others have been benefitted.  This issue was constantly neglected as it has not pinched others financially while in service or at time of retirement or after retirement.