Demands of AIACEGEO under the banner of COC

Ref. No. CBEC/06/2018                                   Date: 06.02.2018

To

Smt. Vanaja N. Sarna,

Chairman, CBEC,

North Block,  New Delhi

Respected Madam,

Sub: Lunch hour meetings by our members and resolutions on long pending grievances – Intimation of observance of Demands Day on 28.02.2018 – reg.

The COC of Associations in the CBIC met at C.R. Buildings, New Delhi on 16.01.2018 and decided to conduct lunch hour meetings in all Headquarters Offices, on 01.02.2018 under the banner of the COC to focus the attention of the administration on our long pending demands.

As per the said call, lunch hour meetings were held all over India, in the Headquarters Offices, on 01.02.2018 and also on 05.02.2018 by the members of this Association along with the members of other Group C, B and Promotee Group A Officers’ Associations.

The said meetings were held in various buildings of Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Belgaum, Jammu, Ludhiana, Chandigargh, Jaipur, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Nagpur, Raipur, Gujarat, Cochin, Calicut, Thiruvananthapuram, Nashik, Indore, Hyderabad, Meerut and Malwa as per reports received by this Association.

The following resolution was passed in the said meetings:

“The CBEC should urgently settle the long pending demands of the Group C, Group B, Gazetted Group B and Promotee Group A Officers in the CBEC”.

The following pending demands were passed for resolution:

Common demands:

1)    Fill up all vacancies

2)    Grant at least 5 promotions to the staff of the CBIC and in parity with their counterparts in the same Ministry in Income Tax and for this purpose get a One Time Relaxation immediately as done in the case of Joint Commissioners of Central Excise.

3)    Conduct regular DCMs and JCMs at the level of the Board, CCs and Commissioners to mitigate the collective grievances at each level speedily and effectively.

4)    Provide Infrastructure including office space and Residential Accommodation as per the minimum Austerity standards.

5)    Publish a Departmental Manual codifying the duties and responsibilities of all cadres.

6)    Issue instructions to dispose vigilance proceedings speedily and fill up all vacant posts by conducting periodical DPCs.

7)    Regularise all Ad-hoc promotions based on the Rules in vogue.

8)    Issue revised Recruitment Rules for all cadres in consultation with the concerned Staff Associations immediately.

9)    Issue instructions to dispose of Medical claims and request for grants immediately.

10) Strengthen Departmental Canteens due to long working hours.

11) Fill up quota of Compassionate ground appoints immediately from the pending requests.

12) Take steps to regularise the contingents employed in the department as a one time measure.

Demands specific to our Cadre:

1)    Implement decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in M. Subramaniam case with regard to grant of GP 5400 PB-2 in rem.

2)    Get extension of 2118 posts of Temporary ACs and fill them up on the basis of stagnation.

3)    Stop giving additional charge of Administrative Officers to Executive Officers like Superintendents.

It was also resolved to observe “Demands Day” by wearing Black badges and conducting lunch hour demonstrations on 28.02.2018 to focus attention of the administration on the above demands.

It is requested that immediate instructions may kindly be issued to the concerned authorities to settle at least some of the above demands immediately and draw up a time frame for redressal of the other long pending issues.

We would also take this opportunity to suggest that a minuted meeting chaired by your good self with all the constituents of the COC of Associations in CBIC could be arranged to identify the issues that have to be settled on priority and which can be done within a time frame.

Yours truly,

(R. Manimohan)

Secretary General

Copy submitted for information to:

1)    The Revenue Secretary to the Government of India, North Block, New Delhi.

2)    The Member (Admn), CBEC, North Block, New Delhi.

3)    The Joint Secretary (Admn), CBEC, North Block, New Delhi.

4)    The Commissioner (Co-Ordination), CBEC, North Block, New Delhi.

5)    The Convenors, COC of Associations in CBIC.

6)    The Secretary General, CCGGOO.