Suggestions received from customs Barmer

Friends,

We have received this letter from Customs Barmer. Suggestions regarding transfer policy have been included in the letter dt.20.11.2008 submitted to the administration and other points have already been included in the JCM points.

Original letter received through mail id praveen11121968@rediffmail.com is placed below for members perusal
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Dear Lekhraj Meena,

The following points/suggestions for JCM/Transfer policy are being forwarded from Customs Division Barmer

1. The tenure of Customs Division Barmer should be made one year instead of the existing two year due to the following reasons: As you would be aware that the Inspectors posted at Barmer are deputed to attend LCS duty at Munabao two to three times every month. The Inspectors posted at LCS Munabao who have been posted specifically for LCS duty also perform duty thrice a month as they get exemption once (sometimes twice also) a month and in this way the number of duties performed in a year by the staff at LCS Munabao is almost equivalent to the staff posted at Barmer.

Similarly the Inspectors posted at other stations namely Gadra Road, Chohatan, and Sanchore also attend LCS duty two to three times every month. However the station tenure of these stations namely LCS Munabao, Gadra Road, Chohatan and Sanchore is only one year and the staff posted at these places are transferred within a year whereas the staff posted at Barmer who perform almost equivalent LCS duties in a year have to remain in Barmer for two years and have to attend LCS duty for two years which makes the number of duty performed by the staff of Barmer double in comparison to the number of duties performed by the staff posted at other stations.

Moreover the staff at Barmer also has to attend to other regular work of the Division office on the rest of the week days. It is also a well known fact that though Barmer is a District Headquarter yet it is not a very good family station as there is no good educational and medical facility available and therefore most of the staff members (95 % staff) do not bring their family and live alone in Barmer.Thus you will agree that the above points are very valid reasons for reducing the tenure of Barmer to one year .

2. It is suggested that the staff posted at Munabao must be given training to apprise them of the basic Baggage Rules, X-Ray, the manner of checking and the basic nature of work at Munabao so that new Officers who are posted at Munabao may carry out their work smoothly and properly. It is also felt that facilities for staff at Munabao must be increased. Arrangement may be made to provide food from the canteen set up at Gadra Road for the staff coming for LCS duty from far of places. Better facilities for enabling officers to rest properly may also be made at Munabao.

3. At present officers who are performing LCS duty are allowed to avail only two CCLs at a stretch in lieu of duty performed on Saturday/Sunday. It is suggested that an officer who does not avail CCL every week may be allowed to avail at least FOUR CCL together.

4. The association must take interest to get new posts sanctioned for Service Tax as the workload is increasing and the officers are burdened with heavy workload and are under very much pressure and working in stress.

5. It is taking more than 18 years for an Inspector to get his first promotion whereas those entering at either IRS level or at TA level are able to get very fast promotions. Such late promotions increase frustration and affect the morale of the officers. The matter must be taken up and not only DPCs should be convened at the earliest but some other steps for increasing the promotion opportunity for Inspectors must be looked into.

6. Apart from the above it is felt that a fair policy of transfer should be adhered to. It is seen that many officers who have never been to border or have very less border tenure still manage to avoid border posting whereas others who have been to border twice and have completed three or more years are again given border posting which clearly indicates that there is something wrong with the system. It is also suggested that those who are due from border should be posted, as far as possible, at their hometown or to a place of their choice.

From
Customs Division Barmer.
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