To,
The Chief Commissioner,
Central Excise & Service Tax,
Ranchi
Zone Patna
Sir,
Sub : Granting
relaxation for promotion to the grade of Inspector-reg.
A
re-structuring in CBEC formations is underway both cadre strength of all
categories of officers/staff having been allocated vide Board’s letter F.No.
A.11019/08/2013-Ad.IV dated 01.08.2014.
2. Consequent upon such
revision in the cadre strength, 119 Inspectors would be considered for
promotion to the Grade of Superintendent. As a result, 119 posts of Inspectors
would fall vacant which would have to be filled up by Direct recruitment and
Promotion from feeder cadre i.e. Sr. Tax Assistant (Now-EA) in the ratio of
66.66% : 33.33% as per Recruitment Rules as the Ministry of Finance
notification dated 29.11.2002. Thus, of the 119 posts of Inspectors which would
full vacant due to promotions, 79 posts would be required to be filled up by direct
recruitment and 40 posts would be filled up by promotion from feeder cadre.
3.
It would be pertinent to mention here that though ample vacancies are existing
in the promotee quota of Inspector, the same cannot be filled up for want of
eligible officers as per the provisions incorporated in the Recruitment Rule of
Inspector.
4.
Prior to cadre restructuring, Lower Division Clerks with 11 years service in
the grade and 2 years as UDC were eligible for promotion to the grade of
Inspector. On a similar analogy, Lower Division Clerks who have put in nearly
10 years service were granted deemed promotion to the grade of Tax Assistant
during the year 2003, consequent upon which they have been working as Tax
Assistant for more than 6 years, thus taking the total span of service to 16
years.
5.
Considering the fact that the CCA(Cadre Controlling Authority) is required to
meet the growing demands of the user-clients for much higher levels of
facilitation, reliance on technology and having a motivated, committed and
trained workforce, for which massive exercise of reorganization is being
embarked upon by the Board, the said objectives obviously cannot be met with,
by having a workforce which is low in morale and deprived of opportunities for
a proper career building.
6. As per the Recruitment Rules for
promotion in the grade of Inspectors, Two (02) years regular service in the
Grade of Sr. Tax Assistant of Central Excise.
7. In the Central
Excise Ranchi Zone (CCA), it is seen that not many eligible candidate would be
available for consideration for promotion to the grade of Inspectors and such
posts would remain vacant which would hamper work as much of the work load is
shouldered by the Inspector grade and shortage in the grade would seriously
hamper the work.
8. The Tax Assistant
of Central Excise Ranchi Zone, Patna were promoted to the grade of Sr. Tax
Assistant vide Estt. Order No. 22/2013 dated 30.04.2013. Thus, for these Sr.
Tax Assistants to be eligible for promotion to the grade of Inspectors, they
would have to wait till April, 2015 which is nearby 06 months ahead from now.
9. It is reliably
learnt that all the DPCs for promotion to various grades are to be completed by
30th September, 2014 and the new formation would start functioning
from October, 2014 as per the proposal and the road-map in this regard.
10. Thus, it is
humbly prayed that the eligibility condition for promotion to the grade of
Inspectors may be relaxed in terms of Rule 6 of the Recruitment Rule, 2002 for
the grade of Senior Tax Assistants, so as not to keep the posts of Inspectors
through promotion remaining vacant for so long, as a onetime measure in keeping
with the exigency & special circumstances under which restructuring in CBEC
is to be implemented.
11. Since appointment
in the grade of Inspectors through direct recruitment is a lengthy process
which would take considerable time before the batches being to join, by keeping
the posts through promoting also vacant for 6-8 months would not only aggravate
problem but also creating serious difficulties at field level.
12. Alternatively,
ad-hoc promotion to the grade of Inspector may be considered for the 40 posts
in Central Excise Ranchi Zone (CCA) in absence of sufficient number of
candidates from the feeder cadre, which could be regularized by April 2015 when
all the candidates would attain the eligibility criteria.
It is requested that
the DPC for promotion to the grade of Inspectors may be conducted by
considering the names of STA’s who would complete 2 years in the grade by April
2015. Hoping that
the CCO (Ranchi zone Patna) would consider the genuine submissions put forth by
this Association and anticipating relaxation for its members before the advent
of reorganization and introduction of GST, thereby boosting the morale of many
officers in the Department.
Yours
faithfully
-Sd-
(ASHISH
RANJAN)
President,
Central
Excise Ministerial Association Bihar & Jharkhand,
Ranchi
Zone Patna.
Mobile
No.- 9934841609
appreciable
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