CIRCULAR 04/11

    Dated: 11.04.2011

                                           CIRCULAR- 04/11

Dear Comrades,

In continuation of the efforts made by the All India Associations of Superintendent and Inspector of Central Excise, Customs & S. Tax, a joint meeting of the leaders of All India Associations of Minsterial, Sepoys, Inspector & Superintendent cadres was held at New Delhi on 05.04.2011. Unfortunately on 6^th of April 2011 at New Delhi Central Excise Ministerial Association declined to go for agitation.

However, with other organizations it was agreed that the common agenda for all the associations is restructuring and the agitation programme will be taken up in a phased manner which will start from 20^th April, 2011 culminating to one day mass casual leave on 27^th of May; the next phase of action will be a huge parliament rally at the time of Badal session of the parliament.

At this point the major chunk of the CBEC which includes nearly Thirty (30) thousand employees altogether, i.e. Inspectors and Superintendents of Central Excise chalked out the following agenda points and decided to add one more day in the list of the agitation programme i.e. 6^th of May, on that date at least 2000 Inspectors and Superintendents of Central Excise shall go for whole day fasting in front of Jantar Mantar.

                                        CHARTER OF DEMAND

1.                    Posts of Assistant Commissioners arising out of cadre re-structuring should be filled up on the basis of stagnation in relaxation of the provisions of recruitment rule to ensure parity among the three feeder cadres of Superintendent of Central Excise, Superintendent of Customs and Appraisers.

2.                    Parity in promotion among different seniority zone in Central Excise Group B Executive cadre and between Group B Executive cadres in Customs must be ensured.

3.                    An Appraiser/Superintendent of Customs promotee junior to a Superintendent of Central Excise should not be posted as his/her Assistant Commissioner.

4.                    The in-situ promotion scheme should be finalized expeditiously in consultation with the recognized associations of the stake holders.

5.                    Fixation of pay of Inspectors/Superintendents in the pre-revised scale of 6500-10500/7500-12000 should be made notionally with effect from 01.01.1996.
6.            Inter Commissionerate transfer on all compassionate grounds should be made available in terms of the Board’s circular dated 20.05.1980.

   7.   The pay of the cadre of Superintendents should be upgraded to  Grade Pay    of Rs.5400/- in Pay Band II on par with analogous cadres

    8.       Minuted meetings/JCM s should be conducted at the Board level and at local level with the recognized association of Inspectors/Superintendents at regular intervals.

    9.       The 1% incentive on incremental revenue should be utilized for providing facilities and infrastructure for all staffs.

We would like to reiterate the agitation programme as proposed by the Co-ordination Committee is :

1.    Lunch Hour demonstration in front of every chief Commissioners office along with submission of charter of demand on 20^th of April, 2011.

2.    Whole day dharna programme in front of Jantar Mantar on 6^th May 2011.

3.    One day mass casual leave on 18^th May 2011.

 To make the 20^th April, 2011 programme a grand success all the Branch and circle secretaries are hereby requested to send our charter of demand to the Chairman, CBEC and Revenue Secretary through proper channel.

Only the Delhi circle committee shall participate at Jantar Mantar in full strength, to gather Inspectors at Jantar Mantar responsibility will be vested on General secretary and President of Delhi circle committee. A skeleton representation will be there from Meerut, Chandigarh and Rajasthan. In all other head quarters there should be proper slogan shouting on the chater of demand placed by our Association along with the following points raised by confederation of Central Government employees and workers:

1. Stop price rise; strengthen the PDS.

2. Stop downsizing, outsourcing, contractorisation, coporatorisation and privatization of

Governmental functions

3. Fill up all vacant posts and create posts on functional requirements

4. Revise wages of CGEs with effect from 1.1.2011 and every five years thereafter.

5. Scrap the New Pension Scheme and extend the statutory defined benefited pension to  all Central Govt. employees irrespective of the date of recruitment.

6. Regularize the GDS, daily rated workers, contingent and casual workers by brining about  a definite scheme of regularization.

7. Remove restriction imposed on compassionate appointment ( end the discrimination on  compassionate appointment between the Railway workers and other CGEs)

8. Stop the move to introduce the productivity linked wage system; Performance related  pay; introduce PLB to in all Departments; remove the ceiling of emoluments for bonus  computation
9. Settle all items of anomalies (including the MACP related anomalies) raised in the National and Departmental Anomaly committees within a fixed time frame of two months; set up the anomaly committees in those Departments where it has not been set up till date with the Standing Committee members of the National Council; convene the meeting of the Departmental Council in all Ministries/Department once in three month as envisaged in the JCM Scheme

10.Make the right to strike a legal right and stop curtailment of T.U. rights

11.Implement all arbitration awards

12.Raise the interest rate for GPF. Revise the OTA and Night duty allowance and stitching and clothing rates of uniforms

13.Merge DA with Pay for all purposes including pension as and when the DA rates croses the 50% mark.

14.Vacate all Trade Union victimizations.

All the Branch and circle Committees are requested to make preparation for the 6^th May Hunger Dharna infront of Jantar Mantar. We would like to request every unit to bring at least 10 representatives from their circle/ branch to make 6^th may 2011 programme a grand success.

In our earlier circular we have already communicated that the  XVIth convention of AICEIA is going to be held at Bangalore on 10^th & 11^th of June 2011. The notice will be issued shortly all the units are requested to complete the process of train reservation etc forthwith.

 To

The President,

All office Bearers,

Circle and Branch Secretaries                                Comradely Yours

For wide circulation  

                                                            

                                                     ( KOUSIK ROY )