Monday, August 28, 2017
Sunday, August 27, 2017
F. No.
AICEIA/Admin/2017/51 Date:27.08.2017
To
The
Vice-President/Joint Secretary,
East/West/Central/North/South
Zones,
All India Central Excise
Inspectors’ Association.
&
The President/General
Secretary,
All Branches & Circles,
All India Central Excise
Inspectors’ Association.
Comrades,
Sub:
Execution of Basic Work in Order to Strengthen the Organization: Formation of
Branch & Circle Committee and Submission of Details of Deduction of
Membership Fee & DDO Certificates: Reg.
Please refer to the subject mentioned above.
2. It is a
settled principle of Organization that its strength depends largely upon two
factors:- first upon the number of members and secondly, upon the caliber and
character of its leaders.
3. In this
regard, the undersigned feels that serious steps need to be taken in respect of
first factor, if the Association is to be strengthened and the scope is ample,
as a large number of officers have joined the Department in the last couple of years
and it is learnt that most of them are not members of this Association. If
these officers are brought under the umbrella of Association, it will add to
the strength of the Association. As such, all the Presidents/General
Secretaries are earnestly requested to launch a massive membership drive in
their respective Branches & Circles to induct the new but highly energetic and
efficient officers in the Association. The Zonal In-charges are requested to
supervise the membership drive in their respective Zones.
4. Since, the
jurisdiction of a Branch/Circle normally happens to be very large, regular
interaction with all the members may not be possible; however, the Presidents/General
Secretaries are requested to undertake tours and hold meetings with members at
regular intervals, even in the remotest locations in their respective
Branches/Circles to strengthen the grass root level Organization. This exercise
will not only ensure sense of belongingness and confidence among the Cadre, but
will definitely help in strengthening Organization.
5. During the last CEC, it was unanimously
decided that all the Presidents/General Secretaries will submit the details
like “total sanctioned strength”, “total working strength”, “total membership”,
“status of DDO Certificates”, “date of last election with number of members
participated” etc. in their respective Branches & Circles with the
undersigned by 30.04.2017 and clearance of dues and submission of DDO certificates
etc. was to be completed by 15.05.2017, so that necessary & timely steps
may be taken to strengthen Organization but, till date, only a few Branches
& Circles like Rajkot, Kolkata, Chennai, Kerala, Coimbatore, Patna, Mumbai, Vapi
and Raipur have complied with the decision/resolution. Further, the Zonal
In-charges have also shown not much interest & desired attention in getting
compliance at Branch & Circle level of their Zones. The office bearer, who was entrusted with this
work has also not paid desired attention towards the task of strengthening of
organization at grass root level. Due to
which, immediate steps needs to be
taken. Further, at this juncture, the undersigned must
appreciate Com. Rabish Chandra, Vice President (South Zone) for his commendable
job in strengthening the organization in South Zone.
6. It is also learnt that several Branches
& Circles have not been following the
procedures as laid down in the Constitution of AICEIA especially in Article 4
(1) and some Presidents/General Secretaries, without any membership at the concerned
Branches/Circles, are representing AICEIA before the administration either
through personal visits or through letters which has been viewed seriously. Some
branches like Meerut, Lucknow etc are also involved in writing letters
directly to the Board and even higher establishments. Some of these
branches/circles are running in a situation where either no deductions have been
materialized or the required portions have not been deposited with the AICEIA. Even no member has been enrolled for years.
This is a sorry state of affairs culminating in violation of the provisions of
Article 7 (1) & (2) of the Constitution of AICEIA and shows the indifferent
attitude towards the Association. It is to clarify that new Branches/Circles
may be created only as per the procedure laid down under Article 17 of the
Constitution of AICEIA. Branches/Circles like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Meerut,
Lucknow etc. are directed to adhere to the procedures as laid down in the
Constitution of AICEIA failing which the undersigned will be bound to take
necessary steps.
7. Keeping in view the above situation,
the undersigned, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the Constitution of
AICEIA feels it necessary to nominate Observers on zonal basis to strengthen
organization at grass root level and to supervise the functioning of the
activities of the Association. As such; in exercise of the powers vested in the
undersigned by virtue of Article 24 read with Article 25 & 28 of the
Constitution of AICEIA, the Office-Bearers of All India Body are hereby
nominated for the aforesaid purpose in terms of following scheme:-
Sr.
No.
|
Name
of AIB Office-Bearer (Shri/s) & contact numbers
|
Zones Allocated
|
01
|
Anubhuti Chatterjee,
Asst. Secretary General
Mob.-9474912412
|
East & South
|
02
|
Rananjay Pratap
Singh, Liaison Secretary
Mob.-8000657538
|
West, North &
Central
|
8. Moreover, it is to clarify that in
terms of the provisions of Article 9 of the Constitution of AICEIA, not to talk
of Office-Bearer, if the Membership Fee has not been deducted for one year, no
one can remain even an ordinary member of the AICEIA, hence, such persons are
requested to withdraw themselves immediately from the organizational posts
& get their names removed from the official letter heads.
9. Last but not the least; it is expedient
to mention that many of the ex-Office-Bearers who have got promotion to the
next grade as also others who are no more Office-Bearers in terms of the
provisions of Article 9 & 10 respectively of the Constitution of AICEIA are
still continuing in the Whatsapp Groups of AICEIA, which are impliedly meant
for the Office-Bearers for Cadre of Inspectors only. Although, the bonding & association with
our ex-comrades, which has been developed over the years may not be ended and
the same shall continue as their guidance, support & co-operation is
invaluable and much needed for the Association.
But the reorganization of Association is also the need of the hour. Hence, it is requested that all ex-comrades
should withdraw themselves from the Whatsapp Groups of AICEIA.
With
best wishes and hope that together we can and we will make our Association
stronger than ever,
Fraternally yours,
Sd/-
(Abhishek Kamal)
Secretary General
Copy
submitted to:
(1)
The
President/Working President, AICEIA for favour of information please;
(2)
The ASG/Liaison
Secretary, AICEIA for favour of information & necessary action please ;
(3)
The
Vice-President/Joint Secretary (All), AICEIA for favour of information and to
assist the nominated AIB Office-Bearers in the work allocated;
(4)
The
President/General Secretary (All), AICEIA for favour of information and with a
request to extend co-operation to the nominated AIB Office-Bearers in the work
allocated; and,
(5)
Official Blog of
AICEIA.
Sd/-
(Abhishek Kamal)
Secretary General
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
A meeting was convened at Kalpvriksha, North
Block, New Delhi under the chairmanship of the Member (Admin.), CBEC with
associations of CBEC on 18.08.2017. From
staff side, Jt. Secretary (Admin.), Commissioner (Co-ordination), Director
(Ad-IIB), officers from DGHRD, Ad-III & IV etc. were present. AICEIA was represented by the undersigned
along with Com. Anubhuti Chaterjee, ASG and Com. R. P. Singh, Liaison
Secretary.
Before the commencement of the meeting, we had
got some inputs that the department has not mentioned all our points in their
list of discussion. We told our
apprehension and submitted a letter giving the full details of our points and
requested them to bring it on record.
Further, due to paucity of time and keeping in
view the big numbers of Associations, the Member (Admin.) requested all the
associations to present only 3-4 main agenda points despite the fact that all
the associations had many agenda points to discuss. In the meeting, we presented almost all the
points except the points which were already covered by other associations. Since we had much grave issues in our hand,
the Member (Admin.) called us again to discuss the points at 3 PM in his
chamber. In the next meeting, Commissioner
(Co-ordination) and the Director (Ad-IIB) were also present. Meeting was held in very amiable atmosphere
and the Member (Admin.) directed the concerned authorities for immediate
redressal of the grievances of AICEIA.
The brief of points discussed during the
meeting are, as under:-
1. Decimal Presence of Dispute Resolution
Mechanism in Field Formation:-
Under this point, we discussed the wrongful
conduct of DPC in Vadodara, Adhoc status of Inspectors of Kolkata zone since
2013, MACP issue of Kolkata, Seniority issue of Kanpur/Meerut/Lucknow, JCM
issue in Meerut Zone, derogatory remarks by senior officer in respect of
Group-B officers in Meerut Zone etc.
were discussed. On the matter of
Vadodara and Adhoc issue of Kolkata, the Member (A) directed the concerned for
immediate redressal. Further, the
seniority issue of Kanpur/Meerut/Lucknow need to be raised with complete
details and relevant factual position.
2. Career Prospect of Inspector of Central Excise:-
Under this, we raised the reports
of various committee and their non-implementation, which had the capacity to
enhance the career prospects of the Inspectors. All India Seniority was also
discussed but no commitment made from the chair but told that something has to
be done to increase career prospects.
Further, in light of the certain objections and apprehensions of some
branches/circles of AICEIA, we sought clarifications from the Board in respect
of their letter F. No.
C-18012/19/2012-Ad.IIB dated 03.08.2017.
Due to lack of clarity, different zones are interpreting it different
way. As a result, many zones are not
accepting ICT applications and some zones are getting confused about the
benefits given to ICT applicants. To
avoid this situation, an early clarification was asked.
One report of the "Stagnation Committee"
(Stagnation in Promotion from Group "B" to Group "A") has recently
been published. In this context, we requested the Member (A) to take our views and relevant
facts on this matter to which we are also one of the stakeholders and he
accepted it.
3. Pay Prospect of Inspector of Central Excise:-
A number of times the horizontal pay parity with
counterpart in other departments was disturbed and restored. The recent
disturbance was made after 7th CPC where on the basis of wrong
postulates the long standing pay parity with Inspector of CBI was disturbed.
While in most of the countries employees of Revenue Department enjoy better pay
prospects in comparison to counterparts in other Departments, here we are
pushed down from parity every time.
There is urgent need for restoration of parity
which was disturbed in 7th CPC on the basis of wrong facts. The matter was discussed with Board, and they
have very little role to play so the same will be raised in with the Anomaly
Committee of the 7th CPC.
The following points were also discussed and the Member
(Admin.) asked the concerned Authorities to go through the written submission
over these points and then necessary steps will be taken on priority
basis:-
4. Review of the practices which have outlived
it’s utility and continuing in the name of Tradition:-
The matter related to Uniform,
Protocol and Control Room were raised and discussed.
5. Delayed DPC/ DSC
for promotion and MACP
6. Extension of the
benefit of 1% incremental scheme to Group-B Officers
7. Proper Office
accommodation and logistics support for optimum utilization of officers
8. Posting of
Officers on loan / rotation basis to the Directorates/ Outside Agencies /
Government Departments
9. Provisioning of
seats in Private Hospitals in Non-CGHS Cities
10. Issuance of
general circular in respect of judicial decisions in Service Matters
Monday, August 14, 2017
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