Farewell, AICEIA !
As
I bid adieu after a long and wonderful
journey as part of the AICEIA, I am overwhelmed with mixed feelings. The
elation of getting the first promotion
in my career after putting in more than two decades of service is matched only
by the satisfaction of seeing that the Association is in very safe hands of an able
new Central Committee. Partings are
always painful, and so is mine with this Association. However, it is only
because I am no longer an Inspector that I am technically not a member of the
AICEIA, but the fact of the matter is that my heart and soul will always be
with you all, and remote though is the possibility that such occasion will ever
arise, it’s my solemn promise to you that I am just one call away if the cadre
ever needs any service from me !
I
want to share a few stray thoughts with you as I lay down office and hand over
the baton to the new team AICEIA. Any Association derives all its strength from
the cadre it represents. Active involvement of the rank and file of the
organization in all its programmes, a
regular and meaningful two- way communication from the All India office bearers
right to the grassroots level formations, a continuous membership drive to
include all Inspectors of Central Excise in the AICEIA fold, enhancing the
legal, intellectual and financial resources of this collective, and
mobilization of all members across the length and breadth of this country to
give this robust organization an even mightier shape are
endeavours which I am sure the coming days will be witness to.
I
exhort all members and especially the regional office bearers to extend
wholehearted support to the Central Committee as they begin their tenure with
the very difficult task of trying to ensure that this cadre gets its due after
being denied what is right fully its for decades now. Cadre restructuring of
the CBEC, our demand for upgradation of all Inspectors who have completed 8
years of service, problems in allowing Transfers of Inspectors from one Cadre
Control Zone to another, welfare of the
cadre being more on paper than in practice, widening regional disparities in promotions, gross
continuing injustice of the Central Excise stream vis-à-vis the Customs
side are all burning issues which the
new Committee will have to grapple with and try to get resolved as early as
possible. The Association needs
effective and competent leadership at all levels. I don’t feel that it lacking
today. What is vital however is the active participation and cooperation of all
members in all Association activities and programmes, and a lot needs to be
done in this direction. That alone can nurture and sustain any staff
association. It is worth remembering
that any lethargy in participating in Association activities would be
detrimental to their own interests in future.
I am certain that more and more younger
Inspectors will not only play an active
role in the days to come but will soon assume leadership of the Association and
ensure a glorious future for the cadre.
From
the bottom of my heart I thank each and every Inspector of Central Excise
across the country, the CEC and Convention Delegates, my comrades in the outgoing
Committee, the new Committee which
has taken charge and finally and more importantly all the former leaders who
had struggled to have a platform like this, for all the love they have showered
me with during my tenure as President of
this magnificent Association. It has indeed been a privilege which I shall
cherish forever.
Farewell.
Best Wishes. Always!
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