Dear Comrades and Friends, WE WHOLE HEARTEDLY CONGRATULATE SHRI. S. RAMESH, THE PRESENT MEMBER (ADMN) UPON HIS ELEVATION AS THE CHAIRMAN OF CBIC. HAVING BEEN DEALING WITH STAFF MATTERS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, WE HOPE THAT DURING HIS TENURE AS CHAIRMAN, THE STAFF ISSUES PERTAINING TO CBIC WILL BE GIVEN TOP PRIORITY. WE ALSO TAKE NOTE OF THE SITUATION WHERE PERFORMANCE BY CBIC IS BEING COMPARRED WITH THAT OF THE STATE GST. IT IS PERTINENT TO REMEMBER HERE THAT SERIOUS STOCK TAKING OF THE MORALE OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT IS THE URGENT NEED OF THE HOUR. NEGLECT, DISPARITY AND DISCRIMINATIVE TREATMENT HAVE EATEN INTO THE ROOTS, THUS CREATING A HUGE TRUST DEFICIT. WITH SUCH AN ESTRANGED CLIMATE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE CANNOT REALLY IMPROVE. WE HOWEVER FEEL THAT WITH THE NEW CHAIRMAN TAKING OVER THERE COULD BE CHANGES IN THE ATTITUDE OF THE BOARD TOWARDS THE STAFF ISSUES. Various constituents of the COC during its meeting at Kolkatta had expressed a feeling that th