Dear Comrades,
We
attended the meeting at DGHRD Office, Gole Market, New Delhi on 06th March
2018. The meeting was initially chaired by Shri B. Bhattacharya, the Director
General of DGHRD and later Shri S. Ramesh, Member (Admn), CBEC. However, Member
(Admn) left after sometime to attend another important meeting. From the
official side, the meeting was attended by the officers of concerned sections
(Ad IIIA & IIIB, Ad IIA, DGHRD etc.). The office bearers of two Customs
Ministerial Associations (AICMOA AND AICMEF) also attended. From AICESTMOA,
Shri Ram lalit, President, Shri Tarun Kumar Seal and Shri Shivaji Valu, Vice
President, Shri Sankar Saha, Secretary General, Shri Vivek Kumar,
Organising Secretary and myself attended the meeting.
The
issues were discussed point wise as the sequence of the points was same for all
the three associations. The details of the discussion are given below:
1.
Amendment of RRs of EA &
Inspector :
It
was briefed by our side that the comments of stakeholders were required to be
taken before publication of these RRs to make it error free and to save both
the department and the career of stakeholders, as it is mandatory as per DoPT
guidelines and was also used to be done even during the year 2002-2003. The
effects of enhancement of qualifying service from 03 yrs to 10 yrs and 02 yrs
to 05 yrs for EA and Inspector respectively, were briefed and it was pointed
out how the Board did not pay heed to the betterment of employees before
publication of these RRs. Even though the previous Member (A), CBEC, foreseen
the problem of these changes but later much attention was not paid to overcome
the problem. It was pointed out that the decision of 40% Direct Recruitment for
EA and only 10% promotion quota for Inspector grade was taken in haste and not
correct. The logic and supporting documents were placed before the Chair and
convinced him by saying that the CBDT is still following the old RRs, keeping
in mind the welfare of the employees. We also informed that the LDCE concept
brought in the existing RRs of Inspector is not clearly defined, hence the RRs
may be termed as defective.
It
was requested to the staff side to not insist upon the old mistakes, rather to
suggest how to overcome the problems. It was agreed that the amendment proposal
can be sent to DoPT with proper logic and the staff side will prepare the
proposal and forward to Board. Since the process may consume sometime, hence
the relaxation to fill up all vacant posts of EA and Inspector will be taken up
in fast track.
2.
Letters issued by Shri B.K.
Manthan, Under Secretary to Govt. of India of Ad IIIA Section :
When
this issue came up for discussion, the Member (A) had to leave in hurry. We
informed the DG that the letters issued by Shri B.K. Manthan on date 04.01.2018
and 11.01.2018 were without the approval of competent authority and against the
verdict of Hon’ble Supreme Court and A.P. High Court, followed by the Board’s
instructions. The letters issued on those dates created confusion amongst the
zones in CBEC and the promotions have been affected badly. The eligible
candidates are not getting promotion even though vacancies are available. The
matter was brought in the notice of Member (A) immediately by our submission
and also by meeting him on 16.01.2018. Assurances were given to sort out the
issue within 10 days after discussion with the concerned associations but
nothing has been done.
The
chair assured to discuss the issue with the Member (A), on the same day and
find out the solution at the earliest so that the career of the affected people
is not hampered.
I, met Member (A), on
07.03.2018 during the visiting hours, that, the Member (A) discussed the issue
with DG of DGHRD and assured that no such decision would be taken which may
affect the career of employees concerned. An early solution will be provided to
clear the mess.
3. RRs
of AO :
Official
side informed that the RRs of AO with feeder grade as EA is once again being
sent to DoPT with proper justification and hopefully, it will be cleared this time.
Our
side informed that since the notification of amended RRs is still not in sight
hence, Board should take alternative measure to fill up all vacant posts of AO
immediately. It was brought to the notice of House that Para 6 of Cadre
Restructuring letter dated 18.12.2013 has a solution if a situation like this
occurs. “Pending notification of revised RRs, wherever required, the newly
created/re-designated posts will be filled up on the basis of extent guidelines
for RRs, issued by DoPT”. Board can take immediate measure to fill up the
vacant posts on the basis of DoPT guidelines i.e. here in this case those who
have completed 5 yrs of regular service in the G.P. of Rs. 4200/- may be
considered for promotion, the decision for which may be taken at Board level
only.
Official
side informed that if DoPT does not clear the RRs file this time, then similar
proposal may be forwarded to DoPT for filling up the vacant posts of AO.
4. All
vacant posts of Ministerial cadre to be filled up immediately:
We
informed the house that in all the grades of Ministerial cadre, there is less
than 50% manpower presently working. Work pressure on ministerial officers is
excessively high at all field formations. Board must consider special onetime
relaxation to fill up all vacant posts in Ministerial cadre. It was also
pointed out that no benefit has been extended to this cadre in the last cadre
restructuring effected in 2013.
Official
side replied that information will be obtained from field formation to grant onetime
relaxation.
5. DPC
of CAO:
We
requested to conduct DPC of CAO in time bound manner. To get the papers (APAR,
VC/IC etc.) of eligible officers, Member (A) was requested to write D.O. letter
to all Pr. CC/CC immediately. Director Ad IIA said that, it would be done after
consultation with Member (A).
6. Grade
Pay of A.O. to Rs. 4800/- and T.A. Rs. 2800/-:
Director
Ad IIA informed that these points have already been forwarded to Anomaly
Committee for consideration. This side requested to supply a copy of the
forwarding letter to all ministerial associations. It was agreed to, subject to
the willingness of Member (A)/Commissioner (Coord). Later, we met Commissioner
(Coord) at her office; she agreed to give a copy endorsing the name of the association.
7. Past
service counting and education bar:
We
requested to give weightage to the experience and educational bar should be
removed in case of promotion to all the grades. We requested to amend the RRs
of TA with qualification as 10th pass instead of 10+2 as it is not
possible to acquire additional qualification at a later stage. If these
officers are not considered for promotion the Department would lose the
experienced manpower. We supplied the copy of TA RRS of CBDT, where the educational
qualification has been kept at 10th Pass only.
The
chair agreed in principle that the parity should be maintained in CBEC and CBDT
in case of promotion. The proposal can be considered after examination.
8. The
uniformity in case of promotion:
We
narrated the situation as to how the uniformity is not maintained in case of
promotion. Board issued letter to Delhi Zone for granting promotion to the
grade of Inspector, who passed the qualifying exam after 50 years of age, on
the basis of the judgement of Hon’ble Chandigarh CAT. We requested several
times to issue the order for all the zones of CBEC but no response from Board.
Similarly,
the TAs of CGL 2011 batch of Jaipur Zone are yet to get the promotion to the
grade of EA/STA, even though some zones have granted promotion to the grade of
Inspector for the officers of same batch.
The
Chair agreed to examine the proposal and do the needful.
9. RRs
of TA:
The
RRs of TA should have the same qualifying service and same educational
qualification as in the RRs of TA in CBDT, notified in the year 2015. We
informed that in any case, we are not going to accept the RRs having qualifying
service at 11 yrs at ‘failing which’ clause as it is kept at 08 years in case
of CBDT. The educational qualification is also kept at 10th Pass only
unlike CBEC.
We
will do our part as decided in the meeting and wait for the response of Board.
Meanwhile, we have to remain united and decide the further course of action.
Long
Live AICESTMOA. Jai Hind.
Yours
Comradely,
sd/-
(Prosenjit Pandey)
General
Secretary
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