ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
(Recognised by G.O.I., Min. of Fin. vide letter F.No. B.
12017/10/2006-Ad.IV A Dt.21.01.08)
Ref.
No.
1/Pr/2013 Dt. 10.01.13
PRESS STATEMENT
MASS RESIGNATION BY GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
All
the Gazetted Executive Officers of
Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax Department of Central Government
posted throughout the country will take part in the agitation
to be conducted during 24.02.13 to 01.03.13 ,boycott the Excise Day on
24.02.13 and finally will submit mass resignation on 30.04.13. The
Gazetted Executive Officers posted in entire 124 Commissionerates have confirmed
their participation in the strike action. The strike is organized by
the All India Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers, New Delhi on
the basis of the strike notice served on 31.12.2012 to Finance Minister
of India for a settlement of the 10 Point charter of demands (copy
enclosed).
The
Gazetted Executive Officers of throughout the country are
mainly agitated over the delay in approval of Cadre Restructuring
proposals of Central Board of Excise and Customs and cleared by the
Department of Expenditure since long by the Department of Personnel &
Training which is headed by the Prime Minister of India
It
is required to approve Cadre Restructuring in every 5 years but only 2 cadre
restructurings were approved during 1991 and 2001 by Central
Government for this old Department which was created during the year 1944.
There are near about 12000 Gazetted
Executive Officers working in Central Excise, Service Tax and Customs
Department but all most all of these Gazetted Executive
Officers are retiring without getting promotion to Gr-A posts. The reason of
such acute stagnation is mainly attributed for non conducting of Cadre Restructuring
within the time frame prescribed by Central Government. The Gazetted
Executive Officers known as Superintendent of Central Excise are
retiring after getting only one promotion in their service career on account of
decades long acute stagnation. They are deprived of the appropriate pay
scale/pay band & grade pay. They are facing the worst career prospects
and working conditions. The employee grievance redressal mechanism has totally
failed as the administration has no interest to redress the staff
grievances. The Gazetted Excutive Officers of Central Excise are forced to work under the extreme juniors of Customs belonging
to the same cadre. The cadre restructuring is pending with the government
for last 6 years. The concerned authorities are taking nothing seriously
in relation of any of the issues. In view the above, the Association is
forced to decide to revive the agitational programme.
Accordingly, the notice is being served upon by the Association on 31.12.2012
intimating that all its members would observe protest week from
24.02.13 to 01.03.13 by wearing black badges, having peaceful demonstration
in lunch hours on 01.03.13 and totally boycotting the Excise Day
function on 24.02.13 throughout the country. As a next step,
all its members also may submit mass resignations on 30.04.13 in protest. The
10 points charter of demands as submitted by the Association on
29.10.12 along with other points were discussed in the meeting held on
02.11.2012 under the Chairpersonship of Member(P&V), Central Board
of Excise and Customs and the Member(P&V) was pleased to assure
the Office Bearers to settle all the grievances within three months.
The
Member (P&V) was also further pleased to appeal the Association to
defer its agitational programme for 3 months. Accordingly ADG (HRM)
of HRD, CBEC issued one letter duly approved by Member (P&V) to the
Association asking to defer the agitational programme. Therefore, the
programme was deferred for the time being as per the request of Member
(P&V). Despite the assurance to settle grievances of association in
the time bound manner, not a single point has yet been settled by Board.
Therefore it has been unanimously decided in the Associate Committee
meeting of the Association to revive the programme during the
month of February, 2013, if all its grievances are not settled in time
bound manner within 31.01.2013.
Charter of demands
1. Immediate
implementation of the cadre restructuring without any cut as already approved
by the Expenditure. All proposed posts to be approved permanently and
be filled-up by promotions only alongwith all posts likely to be
vacant within 5 years of implementation of cadre restructuring
without any direct recruitment in group ‘A’ during the period.
2. Parity
with other counterparts of CSS, CBDT etc. either in the cadre restructuring or
independent of it to retire our officers also in PB-4.
3. Immediate
fulfilment of the commitments like ‘all the vacancies of cadre
restructuring to be filled up by promotions & extend this benefit for more
than 1 years’, ‘creation of separate service for group ‘B’ executive officers’,
‘promotion of group ‘B’ gazetted executive officer directly to STS like CSS’,
‘minimum qualifying service for promotion to gazetted post should be uniform
for Inspector, PO & Examiner’, ‘all Inspectors, PO’s & Examiners of
same year should be brought to same level of promotion’ etc. etc. made during
the presentation on cadre restructuring proposal on 18.01.11 in consonance of
the submissions made by the Association vide its Ref. No. 13/11 Dt.
27.01.11.
4. At
least four functional promotions in the service
career.
5. Immediate
implementation of the Supreme Court verdict dt. 03.08.11/30.03.12 by framing
“just, fair & equitable” recruitment rules and abiding all the ad hoc
promotions with the same duly granting notional promotions to the seniors
of Central Excise whose juniors of Customs have already been promoted.
6. Initial
grade pay of Rs. 5,400/- in PB3 to the Superintendents of Central Excise w.e.f.
the date of the grant of this grade pay/equivalent pay scale to the other
analogous counterparts of IB, CBI
etc.
7. Time-scale
in PB3 instead of PB2 to the Superintendents completing 4 years of
service and promotions to all Superintendents directly to the post of
Deputy Commissioner (STS post) to maintain parity between the officers of
headquarters organisations & field offices. Also counting of
regular service in non-discriminatory manner as compared to CSS
etc.
8. At
least a grade pay of Rs. 6,600-/ & 7,600/- on IInd & IIIrd MACP
upgradation without offsetting with time scale on the lines of MACPS adopted by
the State Governments like Uttar Pradesh etc. or even on better lines on
account of the originating source (i.e., 6th CPC) being the
same.
9. Finalisation
of in-situ promotion scheme under consultation of the Association.
10. Holding
of regular minuted meetings under employee grievances redressal mechanism.
LOKANATH MISHRA.
PRESIDENT
ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION
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