Warm
Greetings to all members of the AICEIA. I accept in all humility the
responsibility that has been entrusted to me.
Heartfelt gratitude
and appreciation to Com. Kousik Roy are placed on record, for his monumental
contribution to the causes that this Association espouses. We look
forward to his continued support and guidance as Advisor to the AICEIA.
The Central Executive Committee of the
AICEIA in its meeting at Bhubaneswar on the 24th & 25th
of August 2012 deliberated on almost all issues of concern to the cadre and took
several important decisions including:
(a) Members
of the AICEIA in all offices all across the country, along with all other
constituents of the JAC, which now includes the overwhelming majority of
the personnel working under the CBEC, shall wear black badges on 26th
September 2012 and observe a daylong fast (while continuing to discharge all
official duties) in support of the JAC’s Charter of Demands including
immediate implementation of Cadre Restructuring taking into account all
justified staff aspirations, and a minimum of four functional promotions
to all cadres in their normal service periods. All the office bearers of the Association
should undertake extensive campaigning on the Action Programme so that the same
reaches the grass root level and becomes a grand success. JAC is scheduled to meet again at Chennai on
8.10.2012 to review the situation and chalk out future action programmes.
(b) The CEC
resolved that the All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted
Executive Officers shall be requested
to join the AICEIA to form a Federation, as per CCS (RSA) Rules, of both
these recognized Associations in order to collectively highlight and address
issues common to the cadres represented by the two.
(c) To take up with the CBEC for early and best possible
resolution the acute problems being faced by Inspectors seeking transfer from one Cadre Control Zone to another.
(d) Our Association can
take pride in the fact that a total of 27 Circles/Branches out of the 32
participated in the Bhubaneswar CEC, reflecting the truly pan-Indian presence
of this organization. As part of the continuous drive to widen and strengthen
the base of the AICEIA, the SG after visiting several Central Excise offices in
Mumbai, and interacting with Inspectors there, had called a meeting of
Inspectors of Mumbai on 28.05.2012, and requested Shri K.P.Rao and Shri Shishir Agnihotri
to take the lead in forming a Committee in Mumbai to revive the apparently
defunct AICEIA Mumbai Circle. However this meeting had to be deferred due to
the urgent personal engagements of the SG. Later, Com. Chandra Bhushan and Com.
Shishir K Agnihotri informed about formation of a 27- member Circle
Committee of AICEIA Mumbai which was duly acknowledged in the AICEIA blog, and
they participated in the Bhubaneswar CEC meet. On certain objections in
this regard being received during the course of the CEC meeting, the President
of AICEIA, after careful consideration of all aspects, gave a ruling that the
said Circle Committee is advised to vigorously pursue a membership drive in
Mumbai, collect the membership application forms from Inspectors there, and
submit them onward, and obtain certificates from the concerned DDO(s)
forthwith. The President also directed that elections be held thereafter in
Mumbai at the earliest, well before the next Convention. Joint Secretary (West
Zone) Com. Sanjay Srinivasan will take all necessary steps to ensure that
the elections are conducted in a free, fair and smooth manner.
(e) Next Convention of
the AICEIA is scheduled to be held in
Patna during December 2012.
I
would be failing in my duty if I do not point out here that the Association is
going through a phase where office bearers at the national as well as the
regional levels are rapidly getting promoted. Come Cadre Restructuring we may
be looking at a leadership vacuum. Our organization, which today is in a robust
shape thanks to the tireless
efforts of our illustrious predecessors, may suddenly be left directionless
then.
It is in this backdrop that all senior members of the Association, especially
office bearers, are requested to motivate and share organizational
responsibilities with the more youthful members and afford maximum possible
exposure to them in all organizational activities. We have to be proactive lest
the Association face a void in the days to come. I exhort the bright young Inspectors of
today, to whom belong the tomorrows of this Department, to take an active
interest in all activities of this Association and nurture it from strength to
strength – believe me, without a mighty Association, the challenges that the
future holds for our cadre will be very difficult to overcome.
Yours
fraternally,
Ajit
Kumar K.G.
Secretary General
