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ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX MINISTERIAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

(Recognized by the CBEC vide F.No.B.12017/15/2005-Ad.IV A dated 4th March, 2010) 26/1, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Chennai 600 034.

President Secretary General Organizing Secretary

ASHIM PRAMANICK J. SUDHARSAN DEEPAK PAL

09830068463 09952388386 09425957082

Ref. No. AICESTMOA/2014/50 Dated: 31.07.2014

To

The Secretary,

7th

Central Pay Commission,

Chatrapati Shivaji Bhawan,

1st Floor, B-14/A, Qutab Institutional Area,

Post Box No. 4599, P.O. - Hauz Khas,

New Delhi 110016,

Tel Number:- 26517097, E-mail:- secy-7cpc@nic.in

Madam,

Sub-: Submission of proposal before the 7th

CPC: - regarding

This Association represents all the Ministerial Officers working in Central Excise,

Service Tax & Customs (Preventive) formations under CBEC in the Department of Revenue,

Ministry of Finance, Government of India. We represent about 6000 Ministerial Officers

working in the grade of Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Tax Assistant (TA), Senior Tax Assistant

(STA), Deputy Office Superintendent (DOS), Administrative Officer (AO) and are only

recognized Association in this particular Administrative wing of the field formations.

2. Other than Group A cadres there are mainly two types of cadres in CBEC -: (1)

Executive Cadres such as Superintendent (Group B Gazetted), & Inspector , (2) Ministerial

Cadres - Ministerial cadres at present consists of Chief Accounts Officer (Group A),

Administrative Officer (Group B Gazetted), DY. Office Superintendent (Group B non-

gazetted), Sr. Tax Assistant (Group B non-Gazetted), Tax Assistant (Group C) and Lower

Division Clerk (Group C).

The corresponding pay scales of Ministerial Officers in the 5th

& 6th

CPC are as under:-

Name of the post 5th

CPC 6th

CPC

Chief Accounts Officer 8000/--275-13500/- PB-3 with G.P.5400/-

Administrative Officer 6500/--200-10500/- PB-2 with G.P 4600/-

Dy. Office Superintendent 5500/--175-9000/- PB-2 with G.P 4200/-

Sr. Tax Assistant 5000/--150-8000/- PB-2 with G.P 4200/-

Tax Assistant 4000/--100-6000/- PB-1 with G.P 2400/-

Lower Division Clerk 3050/--75-4590/- PB-1 with G.P 1900/-

3. Distinctive function of Ministerial Cadre:-

It is evident from the designation that these Ministerial Cadres are directly involved with

the Revenue collection procedure which is unique to this Ministerial cadres because the

Ministerial cadres in other department are involved with the house keeping job only.

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These Ministerial Officers are being subjected to all kinds of neglect and apathetic

treatments over the years. While quantum of responsibilities and the area of functions have

grown over the years, the remuneration and other benefits are only getting squished. A simple

example shall explain the story. The Administrative Officer (AO) in CBEC are Group-B

Gazetted Officer being laden with the responsibility not only to act as a DDO but also to

implement the policy decision of the Government in Administration at grass root level, as well as

to discharge the special functions like Revenue Reconciliation, issue of Refund/drawback

cheques in Indirect Tax etc. They are presently pay-wise equated with the Group-C post of

Inspector in CBEC having much less responsibility being the processing officers at the

rudimentary level. This is a situation which is continuing for last 10 years when the Government

decided to hike the Pay Scale of Inspector and Superintendent of CBEC unilaterally and not on

the basis of recommendation of any Pay Commission vide Expenditures letter vide the

Department of Expenditure (Implementation Cell) Office Memorandum F.No.6/37/98-IC

dated 21.4.2004. The extend of discriminations of the Ministerial Officers since 2nd

Pay

Commission may further be explained with the help of a comparison between the scale of Pay,

granted to Administrative Officer and Superintendent, being placed on the same rung of

hierarchy in two different Wings in CBEC. The same is given below:-

Posts 2nd

CPC 3rd

CPC 4th

CPC 5th

CPC 6th

CPC Remarks

Administrative

Officer

(Gr.B Gazetted)

Rs.350/- -

25500-30830- 35-900/-

Rs. 650/- -

30-740-35-

810-EB-35-

880-40-

1000-ED-

40-1200/-

Rs. 2000/- -

60-2300-EB-

75-3200-

100-3500/-

Rs. 6500/-

- 200-

10500/-

PB-2

Grade pay

4600/-

It is

evident

that both

the posts

were

having

the same

Pay scale

upto 5th

CPC.

Anomaly

was

created

when

Pay scale

of

Superint

endent

was

hiked to

Rs.7500-

12000/-

on

21.04.04

and it

continue

d even

after 6th

CPC.

Superintendent

of Central

Excise and

Service

Tax/Customs(Pr

ev.)/ Customs

Appraiser

(Gr.BGazetted)

Rs.350/- -

25500-30830- 35-900/-

Rs. 650/- -

30-740-35-

810-EB-35-

880-40-

1000-ED-

40-1200/-

Rs. 2000/- -

60-2300-EB-

75-3200-

100-3500/-

Rs. 6500/-

- 200-

10500/-Pay

hiked 21-

04-2004

Rs. 7500/--

250-

12000/-

(Though

there was

negative

recommend

ation of the

5th

CPC)

PB -2

Grade Pay

4800/-,

after

completion

of 4 years

5400/-

The Ministerial Officers have been discriminated in terms of assignment of Pay Scales in

CBEC as the officers belonging into other channel have been awarded special dispensation more

than one occasion. This has led to a situation where the brighter elements in the Ministerial

grades have switched over to Executive grade, leaving a demoralized Administrative wing,

struggling to grasp with the excessive work load without commensurating salary. The time has to

come to contemplate as to whether the Ministerial Cadre should survive and if the answer is yes,

then they should be assigned not only with greater responsibility but also be compensated with

commensurating Pay Package.

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4. 6th

CPCs Recommendation Related to Ministerial Officers:

Here it may also be worthwhile to highlight some of the fundamental recommendation of

the 6th

Pay Commission which have, not only recognized the need for special dispensation for

the Ministerial Cadre, working at the field formations, but also given weightage to the

administrative wing in the CBEC in specific term, giving due cognizance to the discrimination

and unfair treatment, matted out to them by the government which has been explained in the

preceding paragraph.

It is felt that rather than explaining the philosophy evolved adopted by the 6th

CPC it will

be empirically better to quote the relevant paragraphs of the recommendations to adduce our

contention. The underlining cry is that the Ministerial Officers working in CBEC, is desperately

in need of a special attention of the 7th

CPC.

Extract of the relevant recommendations of the 6th

CPC:

Salient features Para: 2.2.19 The revised scheme of pay bands being recommended has the following characteristics: -

vii. Many pre-revised scales are being merged. Barring the Group D posts, this merger has been done by extending the existing minimum prescribed for the highest pay scale with which the other scales are being merged. However, the grade pay for the merged scale so derived has been computed with reference to the maximum of the highest scale. This, besides ensuring a uniform benefit, will also prevent bunching. Following scales have been merged:-

Rs.2550-3200 Rs.2610-3540 Rs.2610-4000 Rs.2650-4000 Rs.2750-4400

The scales belonging to Group 'D' are merged with the entry grade in the pay band PB 1 due to upgradation of Group 'D'.

Rs.5000-8000 Rs.5500-9000 Rs.6500-6900 Rs.6500-10500

Scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500 have been merged to bring parity between field offices; the secretariat; the technical posts; and the work shop staff. This was necessary to ensure that due importance is given to the levels concerned with actual delivery. It is also noted that a large number of anomalies were created due to the placement of Inspectors/equivalent posts in CBDT/CBEC and Assistants/ Personal Assistants of

CSS/CSSS in the scale of Rs.6500-200-10500. The scales of Rs.5500-175-9000 and Rs.6500-200-10500, in any case, had to be merged to resolvethese anomalies. The scale of Rs.6500-200-6900 was an intermediary scale identical to the scale of Rs.6500-200-10500, albeit with a shorter span. Since the length of a pay scale is not very relevant in the revised scheme of running pay bands, no rationale existed for retaining the scale of Rs.6500-6900 as a distinct scale.

Rs.8000-13500 Rs.9000 Rs.9000-13500

The scales of Rs.9000 and Rs.9000-275-13500 were unusually short in duration and applied to a very few categories. These have been merged with the scale of Rs.8000-275-13500.

Rs.10325-10975 Rs.10000-15200

The scale of Rs.10325-325-10975 also was unusually short in duration and applied to a very few categories. It has, accordingly, been merged with the scale of Rs.10000-325-15200.

Rs.12000-18000 Rs.14300-18300

The scale of Rs.12000-375-18000 was limited to a very few categories. It has been combined with the scale of Rs.14300-400-18300 as a measure of rationalization.

Rs.16400-20000 Rs.16400-20900

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The two scales are identical with a slight difference in span which will have no meaning in a running scale.

Rs.14300-22400 Rs.18400-22400

The scale of Rs.14300-22400 presently applies to very few posts in the Central Government. The scale was earlier available to Professors, etc. in Government institutes, almost all of whom have now switched to UGC pattern. As such, no rationale exists for retaining this scale as a separate scale. It is, accordingly, being merged with the next higher scale in the hierarchy.

Rs.22400-26000

The two scales had common maxima. The difference was in their span and the rate of increments. Running pay bands and increments payable

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Rs.24050-26000

on percentage basis left no functional justification for continuing the two scales as distinct entities.

Para: 3.1.3 Higher pay scales in the Secretariat Offices may have been

justified in the past when formulation of proper policies was of

paramount importance. The present position is different. Today,

the weakest link in respect of any Government policy is at the

delivery stage. This phenomenon is not endemic to India.

Internationally also, there is an increasing emphasis on

strengthening the delivery lines and decentralization with greater role being assigned at delivery

points which actually determines the benefit that the common citizen is going to derive out of

any policy initiative of the Government. The field offices are at the cutting edge of

administration and may, in most cases, determine whether a particular policy turns out to be a

success or a failure in terms of actual benefit to the consumer. Accordingly, the time has come to

grant parity between similarly placed personnel employed in field offices and in the Secretariat.

This parity will need to be absolute till the grade of Assistant. Beyond this, it may not be possible

or even justified to grant complete parity because the hierarchy and career progression will need

to be different taking in view the functional considerations and relativities across the board.

Recommendations Para: 3.1.9 Accordingly, the Commission recommends upgradation of the entry scale of Section Officers in all Secretariat Services (including CSS as well as non participating ministries/ departments/organizations) to Rs.7500-12000 corresponding to the revised pay band PB 2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4800. Further, on par with the dispensation already available in CSS, the Section Officers in other Secretariat Offices, which have always had an established parity with CSS/CSSS, shall be extended the scale of Rs.8000-13500 in Group B corresponding to the revised pay band PB 2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4800 on completion of four years service in the lower grade. This will ensure full parity between all Secretariat Offices. It is clarified that the pay band PB 2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4800 is being recommended for the post of Section Officer in these services solely to maintain the existing relativities which were disturbed when the scale was extended only to the Section Officers in CSS. The grade carrying grade pay of Rs.4800 in pay band PB-2 is, otherwise, not to be treated as a regular grade and should not be extended to any other category of employees. These recommendations shall apply mutatis-mutandis to post of Private Secretary/equivalent in these services as well. The structure of posts in Secretariat Offices would now be as under:-

Post Pre revised pay scale

Corresponding revised pay band and grade pay

LDC Rs.3050-4590 PB-1 of Rs.4860-20200 along with grade pay of Rs.1900

UDC Rs.4000-6000 PB-1 of Rs.4860-20200 along with grade pay of Rs.2400

Assistant Rs.6500-10500 PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4200

Section Officer

Rs.7500-12000

Rs.8000-13500* (on completion of four years)

PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4800. PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.5400* (on completion of four years)

Under Secretary

Rs.10000-15200 PB-3 of Rs.15600-39100 along with grade pay of Rs.6100

Deputy Secretary

Rs.12000-16500 PB-3 of Rs.15600-39100 along with grade pay of Rs.6600

Director Rs.14300-18300 PB-3 of Rs.15600-39100 along with grade pay of Rs.7600

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* This scale shall be available only in such of those organizations/services which have had a historical parity with CSS/CSSS. Services like AFHQSS/AFHQSSS/RBSS and Ministerial/Secretarial posts in Ministries/Departments organizations like Ministry of EA, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, CVC, UPSC, etc. would therefore be covered.

Recommendations for non -Secretariat Organizations: Para: 3.1.14 In accordance with the principle established in the earlier paragraphs, parity between Field and Secretariat Offices is recommended. This will involve merger of few grades. In the Stenographers cadre, the posts of Stenographers Grade II and Grade I in the existing scales of Rs.4500-7000/Rs, 5000-8000 and Rs.5500-9000 will, therefore, stand merged and be placed in the higher pay scale of Rs.6500-10500. In the case of ministerial post in non- Secretariat Offices, the posts of Head Clerks, Assistants, Office Superintendent and Administrative Officers Grade-III in the respective pay scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500 will stand merged. The existing and revised structure in Field Organization will, therefore, be as follows:-

Designation Present pay scale

Recommen-

ded scale

Corresponding Pay Band & Grade Pay Pay Band

Grade

Pay

LDC 3050-4590 3050-4590 PB-1 1900

UDC 4000-6000 4000-6000 PB-1 2400 Head ClertyAssistants/ Steno Grade I]/equivalent

4500-7000/ 5000-8000

6500-10500 PB-2 4200

Office Superintendent Steno Grade ^equivalent

5500-9000

Superintendent/ Asst. Admn. Officer/ Private Secretary/ equivalent

6500-10500

Note 2 The existing Administrative Officer Grade II / Sr.Private Secretary / equivalent in the scale of Rs.7500-12000 will, however, be placed in the corresponding replacement pay band and grade pay till the time they become eligible to be placed in the scale of Rs.8000-13500 corresponding to the revised pay band PB 2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.5400.

Non-executive Para: 7.15.13 The posts of Inspector and equivalent exist in CBDT as well

posts in CBDT and as CBEC. The Fifth CPC had recommended the scale of Rs.5500- CBEC 9000 for these posts. The pay scale of these posts was, however, upgraded to

Rs.6500-10500. Demands have been received from other posts existing in the scale of Rs.5500-9000 in these two Boards seeking similar dispensation. The Commission has recommended merger of the pay scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500 which will automatically meet this demand. Hence, no specific recommendation on demands seeking such up-gradations is being made.

Designation Present pay scale

Recommen-ded

scale

Corresponding Pay Band & Grade Pay

Pay Band

Grade Pay

Administrative Officer Grade II /Sr. Private Secretary/equ.

7500-12000

7500-12000 entry grade for fresh recruits) 8000-13500 (on completion of four years)

PB-2

4800 (5400

after 4 years)

Administrative Officer Grade I

10000-15200 10000-15200

PB-2 6100

Note 1 The posts in the intermediate scale of Rs.7450-11500, wherever

existing, will be extended the corresponding replacement

pay band and grade pay.

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Para: 7.15.14 Fifth Central Pay Commission had recommended the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 for the posts of Appraiser/Superintendent (Preventive)/equivalent in CBEC and the post of Income Tax Officer/equivalent in CBDT. The Government, in 2004, upgraded the pay scales of these posts to Rs.7500-12000. Various posts in ministerial cadres that earlier were in the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 have demanded an identical dispensation in order to maintain their relativity. The Commission would like to clarify that posts in ministerial cadres cannot claim any relativity with those in the executive cadre as the functions are different. Mere fact of two posts being in the same pay scale cannot be a ground for establishing relativity. However, the ministerial posts will get a separate dispensation because the Commission has recommended parity between headquarters organizations and the field offices in chapter 3.1 of the report. The recommendations made therein shall apply to the ministerial cadre in CBDT and CBEC as well without any relativity being established vis-a-vis the posts belonging to the executive cadre.

It would be evident from the above paragraph that the 6th

CPC has evolved conclusion

that the Ministerial Officers working in the field formation deserves a special dispensation on par

with similarly placed officers at the Hdqrs organization and such a dispensation is also required

to be dished out to Ministerial Officers in CBEC in particular. The 6th

CPC has also

categorically recognized the anomaly, resulting out of the unilateral hike in the pay scale of

Inspector and Superintendent of Central Excise & Income Tax, effected vide the Department of

Expenditure (Implementation Cell) Office Memorandum F.No.6/37/98-IC dated 21.4.2004

vide sub para (vii) of Para 2.2.19 of the recommendation of 6th

CPC. It has also

recommended to remedy the discrepancy by way of merger of pay scale of Rs.5000-8000,

Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500 & also in the form of special dispensation (hierarchical

structure) provided in 3.1.14 read with 7.15.14.

A positive action on the basis of this recommendation would have settled the

discrimination and brought the Ministerial Officers in CBEC on par with the similarly placed

counterparts in Hdqrs. Organizations and commensurating to their duties and responsibilities.

Therefore, it is imperative that DOS or any equivalent restructured posts in CBEC

i.e. EA be placed as par with Inspector with CBEC.

5. Presently Sr.Tax Assistant is the feeder cadre of both Inspector (Group C) and Dy.

Office Supdt.(Group B Supervising Officer.) as per Recruitment Rules. The Grade pay of

Inspector is 4600/- and that of DOS is Rs.4200/-, ridiculously the Grade pay of Sr. T.A. is also

Rs. 4200/- but at the time of promotion from Sr.T.A. to DOS a 3% increment is allowed as a

fixation benefit (Also, eligibility for promotion to the grade of DOS from STA is 03 years

regular service in the grade of STA as per the existing Recruitment Rule of DOS). Further ironic

is that DOS is the Reporting Officer of Sr.T.A so far as the APAR is concerned. The DOS were

enjoying same pay scale with the Inspector i.e. Rs. 5500/- - 9000/- w.e.f. 01.01.1996 but

unilaterally the pay scale of Inspector was hiked to the tune of Rs. 6500/- - 10500/- w.e.f.

21.04.2004. As a result the above said anomaly/discrepancy has arisen. This Federation

effectively pointed out this phenomenon before 6th

CPC and 6th

CPC in its recommendation vide

Para 7.15.15 removed this anomaly but further up-gradation of pay scale of Inspector effected

vide the Order No.1/1/2008-IC dated 13.11.2009 of Department of Expenditure, the above

mentioned anomalous situation has further cropped up.

Despite specific recommendation by the 6th

CPC, the Government has not turned the due

attention to the Ministerial Officers in CBEC. The common replacement Pay band and Grade

Pay have only been implemented for different Ministerial posts. Whereas the Grade Pay of

Inspector has been hiked to Rs.4600/- in PB-2 by the government vide Order dated 13.11.2009

without sighting any functional justification. This has restore the anomalies, existing prior to 6th

CPC, as explained in the preceding paragraph.

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6. Differences between CBEC/CBDT and parity required, relates to our Ministerial

Cadre:-

This Association also believed that such parity should prevail in the Revenue Department

also in respect of pay and designation. Designation and pay scale of CBDT and CBEC as on

01.06.2014 is given below from where it can be seen that the designation and pay scale of all the

cadres except ministerial are same. But due to some unknown reasons there is some difference

in respect of pay scale and designation in the Ministerial cadre. This is our basic demand that

there should be pay parity in between CBDT and CBEC so far Ministerial Officers are

concerned.

DESIGNATION CBDT CBEC PAY BAND/

GRADE PAY

REMARKS

Principal Chief

Commissioner

yes yes 80,000/-(fixed)

Chief

Commissioner

yes yes 75500-80000/-

Principal

Commissioner

yes yes 67000-79000/-

Commissioner

yes yes GP-10000/-

Addl.Commissioner

yes yes GP-8700/-

Joint Commissioner

yes yes GP-7600/-

Dy.Commissioner

yes yes GP-6600/-

Asstt.Commnr.

yes yes GP-5400/-

Superintend

ent/ITO

yes yes GP-4800/- after

4 years 5400/-

Inspector

yes yes GP-4600/-

Principal

Administrative

Officer

yes NO GP-6600/-

Chief

Accounts Officer

No Yes GP-5400/-

Administra

tive Officer Gr.-II

yes No GP-4800/-

Administra

tive Officer Gr.-III

yes Administrative

Officer

GP-4600/-

Dy.Office

Supdt.

No Yes

(now Executive

Assistant)

GP-4200/-

Executive

Assistant

yes Sr.Tax

Assistant (now

Executive

Assistant)

GP-4200/-

Tax Assistant

yes yes GP-2400/-

LDC

yes yes GP-1900/-

From the above chart it is evident that CBDT has Principal Administrative Officer

having GP Rs.6600/- and Administrative Officer Gr.-II with GP Rs.4800/-, on the other

hand in CBEC we have only Chief Accounts Officer with GP Rs.5400/- and Administrative

Officer with GP Rs.4600/- which clearly shows the imparity in pay structure between

CBDT and CBEC.

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This Association strongly proposes that there should be parity in terms of

hierarchical structure and Grade Pay between the Ministerial posts in CBEC and CBDT.

It will be evident from the above that while all other posts belonging to other Cadres lie in

the same hierarchy in the CBEC and CBDT, except there is a mismatch between the posts

in Ministerial structure. This ought to go and the hierarchical structure in CBDT for the

replicated in CBEC.

7. Hierarchical Reform (Our Prime Demand) -:

To improve the precarious state of the service carrier of the Ministerial Officers in CBEC,

this Association proposes the following hierarchical structure of the Ministerial Wings with

revision of Grade Pay as indicated against the name of each of such restructured posts as

appended below:-

Sl. No. Name of the restructured post-proposed Deployment

1. Principal Administrative Officer Office of the Principal

Chief Commissioner/

Chief Commissioner

Existing Proposed

Nil

Principal Administrative Officer

with Grade Pay Rs. 7600/- in PB-3.

2. Administrative Officer Grade-I Office of the Chief

Commissioner, each

Central Excise, Service

Tax, Customs, Audit,

Cadre Controlling

Commissionerate.

Existing Proposed

Chief Accounts

Officer with Grade Pay

Rs.5400/- in PB-3.

Administrative Officer Grade-I

with Grade Pay Rs. 5400/- in PB-3

and Rs. 6600/- in PB-3 on NFSG

after 4 years.

3. Administrative Officer Grade-II Office of the Chief

Commissioner, each

Central Excise,

Service Tax, Customs,

Audit, Cadre

Controlling

Commissionerate

Existing Proposed

Administrative Officer

with Grade pay Rs.

4600/- in PB-2.

Administrative Officer Grade-II

with Grade Pay Rs. 4800/- in PB-2

with up-gradation to Rs. 5400/-

PB-3 on NFSG after 4 years.

4. Executive Assistant (earlier Senior Tax Assistant and Dy.

Office Superintendent)

Each Unit/ Section/

Branch of Office of the

Chief Commissioner,

each Central Excise,

Service Tax, Customs,

Audit, Cadre

Controlling

Commissionerate.

Existing Proposed

(a) Senior Tax Assistant-

(Group-B nonGazetted)

with Grade Pay Rs.

4200/- in PB-2.

(b) Dy. Office

Superintendent) -

(Group-B nonGazetted)

with Grade Pay Rs.

4200/- in PB-2.

Executive Assistant (EA)

with Grade Pay Rs. 4600/- in

PB-2.

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5. Tax Assistant (TA) Each Unit/ Section/

Branch of Office of the

Chief Commissioner,

each Central Excise,

Service Tax, Customs,

Audit, Cadre

Controlling

Commissionerate.

Existing Proposed

Tax Assistant (TA) (Group-

C nonGazetted) with Grade

Pay Rs. 2400/- in PB-1.

Tax Assistant (TA) Grade

Pay Rs. 4200/- in PB-2.

6. Lower Division Clerk (LDC)

Each Unit/ Section/

Branch of Office of the

Chief Commissioner,

each Central Excise,

Service Tax, Customs,

Audit, Cadre

Controlling

Commissionerate.

Existing Proposed

Lower Division Clerk

(LDC) (Group-C non

Gazetted) with Grade Pay Rs.

1900/- in PB-1.

Lower Division Clerk (LDC)

with Grade Pay Rs. 2800/- in

PB-1.

The justification for above proposal - functions and the responsibilities of these posts

are proposed as under:-

(1) Principal Administrative Officer :

The Principal Administrative Officer may be placed in the Office of the Principal Chief

Commissioner /Chief Commissioner and entrusted with the following responsibilities/functions/

duties:-

(i) Coordination among all the Commissionerates under the Zone on all administrative issues.

(ii)Assistance to the Chief Commissioner and the Commissioners of all Commissionerates

on all administrative matters including transfer posting, vigilance matter of the

officers of the Zone.

(iii) Assistance to the Chief Commissioner and the Commissioners of all Commissionerates on framing of Budget proposals on expenditure management.

(iv) Supervision of Revenue Reconciliation and Internal Audit function.

(v) Providing assistance and tendering advice to the Chief Commissioner and the Commissioners of all Commissionerates in all other administrative matters.

(vi) Supervision over the work of Administrative Officer Grade-I.

(vii) General supervision of administration / establishment and accounts personnel.

(viii) Framing proposals on infrastructure and staff motivation and welfare issues.

Hence we demand for, Principal Administrative Officer with Grade Pay Rs. 7600/- in PB-3.

(2) Administrative Officer Grade-I (AO Gr-I) :

The Administrative Officer Grade-I (AO Gr-I) may be placed in the Offices of the Chief

Commissioner/the Commissioner of Central Excise/each office of the Commissioner of Service

Tax/the Commissioner of Customs/the Commissioner of Customs (Prev.)/the Commissioner of

Audit/the Commissioner of Cadre-Controlling Commissionerate, and entrusted with the

following responsibilities/functions/ duties:-

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(i) Coordination among all the Commissionerates under the Zone on all administrative issues.

(ii) All administrative matters including transfer posting, vigilance matter of the officers of

the Commissionerate.

(iii) Assistance to the Commissioner of all Commissionerates on framing of Budget proposals on expenditure management.

(iv) Assistance to the Principal Administrative Officer. (v) Revenue Reconciliation and Internal Audit function.

(vi) Providing assistance and tendering advice to the Chief Commissioner and the Commissioners of all Commissionerates in all other administrative matters.

(vii) Supervision over the work of Administrative Officer Grade-II.

(viii) General supervision of administration / establishment and accounts personnel.

(ix) Framing proposals on infrastructure and staff motivation and welfare issues.

Hence we demand for, Administrative Officer Grade-I with Grade Pay Rs. 5400/- in

PB-3 and Rs. 6600/- in PB-3 on NFSG after 4 years.

(3) Administrative Officer GradeII (AO Gr-II):

The Administrative Officer GradeII (AO Gr-II) may be placed as head of all

Section/Branch (e.g. DPC/APAR/Establishment/Accounts/ General/Audit) & Divisions /

Circle Offices under the Offices of the Principal Chief Commissioner/the Chief

Commissioner/the Commissioner of Central Excise/the Commissioner of Service Tax/the

Commissioner of Customs/the Commissioner of Customs (Prev.)/the Commissioner of

Audit/the Commissioner of Cadre-Controlling Commissionerate, and entrusted with the

following responsibilities/functions/duties:

(i) Providing assistance and tendering advice on implementation of policy decision of

the Commissioner.

(ii) Budget framing on expenditure management at the Commissionerate level.

(iii) Accounts, Revenue Reconciliation and Refund thereof.

(iv) Supervision over the work of Executive Assistants.

(v) General supervision of administration/establishment and accounts personnel and

ensuring discipline and punctuality in office.

(vi) Functions of Drawing & Disbursing Officer (DDO) and responsible in the matter of

deduction of Income Tax at source.

(vii) Infrastructure and staff welfare of the Commissionerates of Central Excise and Service Tax.

(viii) Providing assistance and tendering advice on vigilance and legal matters.

(ix) Matters relating to staff grievances action thereon, follow-up and disposal

thereof.

(x) Procurement of goods and stationeries etc. and framing proposal thereof.

(xi) Assistance to the Administrative Officer Grade-I.

Hence we demand for, Administrative Officer Grade-II with Grade Pay Rs. 4800/- in

PB-2 with up-gradation to Rs. 5400/- PB-3 on NFSG after 4 years.

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(4) Executive Assistant (EA) (Earlier Senior Tax Assistant and Dy. Office

Superintendent):

The Executive Assistant (EA) may be placed in every Section/Branch/Unit (e.g.

Establishment/Accounts/General/Internal Audit) & Divisions/Circle Offices under the

Offices of the Principal Chief Commissioner/the Chief Commissioner/the Commissioner

of Central Excise/the Commissioner of Service Tax/the Commissioner of Customs/the

Commissioner of Customs (Prev.)/the Commissioner of Audit/the Commissioner of

Cadre-Controlling Commissionerate, and entrusted with the following

responsibilities/functions/duties:

(i) Revenue Reconciliation and Internal Audit function and work pertaining to Drawback.

(ii) Work pertaining to refund of duty.

(iii) Work pertaining to Inland Container Depot (ICD).

(iv) Coordination of matters relating to Supreme Court, High Court, CAT etc. in

the Office of the Chief Commissioner/Commissionerate offices and

liasionising with the departmental counsels in Service matters.

(v) Management of areas relation to preparation of statements, statistics and matters relation to recovery.

(vi) Preparation of pension and other retirement related papers and forwarding

thereof.

(vii) All administrative functions concerning to the section under control. (viii) Deduction and calculation of Income Tax. (ix) Welfare work relating to recreation and sports. (x) Annual physical verification and stock taking of records and stationery.

(xi) Drawing up of contingent bills within the limit of sanction of budget allotted to the Head quarter Accounts/Division office/Circle office.

(xii) Transfer and posting of all personnel with the approval of administrative

Chief Commissioner/Cadre-Controlling Commissioner.

(xiii) Providing inputs and suggestions and assistance of the sections under control to

Administrative Officer Grade II.

Executive Assistant (EA) is the 100% promotional cadre of Tax Assistant. For getting

promotion in this cadre one has to qualify the Prescribed Departmental Examination where

papers consists of Central Excise, Customs, Service Tax Acts, Rules, Procedure and Law. At the

same time one Tax Assistant has to pass General Administration papers consisting of FR,SR,

LTC Rules, GPF Rules, etc. Besides all these, the Tax Assistants are required to pass the

prescribed computer proficiency and application test for promotion. From this, it is evident that

for doing the Executive Assistants job one has to know the technicality of Customs Act and

other related Act/Rules also. It is also worthwhile to mention that the 6th

CPC has recommended

the parity between Hdqrs. organization and field formations and also observed that such parity

shall be absolute upto the level of Assistant (Para: 3.1.3, recommendation of 6th

CPC ). The

Grade Pay of Assistant in CSCS is Rs.4600/- and Executive Assistant (EA) is equivalent to the

same.

Hence we demand for Executive Assistant (EA) with Grade Pay Rs. 4600/- in PB-2.

Tax Assistant (TA): The Tax Assistant (TA) may be placed in every Section/Branch/Unit

(e.g. Establishment/Accounts/General/Internal Audit) & Divisions/Circle Offices under the

Offices of the Principal Chief Commissioner/the Chief Commissioner/the Commissioner of

Central Excise/the Commissioner of Service Tax/the Commissioner of Customs/the

Commissioner of Customs (Prev.)/the Commissioner of Audit/the Commissioner of Cadre-

Controlling Commissionerate, and entrusted with the following responsibilities/functions/duties:

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(i) Revenue Reconciliation and Internal Audit function and work pertaining to Drawback.

(ii) Work pertaining to refund of duty.

(iii) Work pertaining to Inland Container Depot (ICD).

(iv) Coordination of matters relating to Supreme Court, High Court, CAT etc.

in

the Office of the Chief Commissioner/Commissionerate offices and

liasionising with the departmental counsels in Service matters.

(v) Management of areas relation to preparation of statements, statistics and matters relation to recovery.

(vi) Preparation of pension and other retirement related papers and forwarding

thereof.

(vii) All administrative functions concerning to the section under control. (viii) Deduction and calculation of Income Tax. (ix) Welfare work relating to recreation and sports. (x) Annual physical verification and stock taking of records and stationery.

(xi) Drawing up of contingent bills within the limit of sanction of budget allotted

to the Head quarter Accounts/Division office/Circle office.

(xii) Transfer and posting of all personnel with the approval of administrative

Chief Commissioner/Cadre-Controlling Commissioner.

(xiii) Providing inputs and suggestions of the sections under control to

Administrative Officer Grade II.

Tax Assistant is the entry cadre of Ministerial Staff. As per Recruitment Rules the Direct

Recruitment in this cadre is 85% and rest is on promotion from LDC and from other Non-

Ministerial Group C cadre. As per Recruitment Rules, LDC is the 100% promotional Post from

non-Ministerial Group C cadres. For Recruitment in the grade of Tax Assistant cadre, S.S.C

takes a Graduate Level Examination with Computer Proficiency Test. Tax Assistant also has to

posses extra knowledge on direct and indirect taxes.

However, Tax Assistant under CBEC being unique in nature and having distinct

functions and as ratified by the Recruitment Rules providing the eligibility in terms of Computer

proficiency, deserves to be placed at a least a pay scale higher in comparison to normal UDCs of

other departments.

Grade Pay of Tax Assistant in CBEC & CBDT in Rs 2400/- for which minimum

Educational Qualification is Graduation in any discipline. The candidates are selected through

Combined Graduate Level Examination conducted by Staff Selection Commission. The

Candidates have to qualify three stages of selection (Tier-I, Tier-II and Skill test which is

qualifying in nature). But the post of Inspectors carries the Grade Pay of Rs 4600/- for the same

Examination because of difference of few marks. There is a big setback for the post of Tax

Assistant. It is also pointed out that the Divisional Accountant selected through same CGLE

also gets the Grade Pay of Rs.4200/-.

It is also pertinent to mention that the post of Auditors in CGDA, Accountants and others

Departments the post carries the Grade Pay of 2800/- . But the candidates are selected through

Combined Graduate Level Examination conducted by Staff Selection Commission. The

Candidates have to qualify only two stages of selection (Tier-I, Tier-II).

Whereas the candidates who are selected through Combined Higher Secondary (10+2)

Examination conducted by Staff Selection Commission for the post of Data Entry Operator the

Grade Pay is Rs 2400/- which is highly unjustified in respect of Educational Qualification.

Owing to this above discriminations, we demand for Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- for the post

of Tax Assistant uniformly in CBEC and CBDT to the entry Grade Pay through SSC Combined

Graduate Level Exam.

Hence we demand for Tax Assistant (TA) with Grade Pay Rs. 4200/- in PB-2.

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Lower Division Clerk (L.D.C): Each Unit/ Section/ Branch of Office of the Chief

Commissioner, each Central Excise, Service Tax, Customs, Audit, Cadre Controlling

Commissionerate.

L.D.C is mainly doing Receiving and dispatching job of letters, files related with house-

keeping and technical nature and also they takes part in other communications such as noting,

drafting and prepared office letters with Computer which is unique in nature. Also, they assist

with other Superior Ministerial Officers in CBEC and CBDT. They also perform the duties like

file related works in Accounts, Establishment and Administrative sections.

Hence we demand for Lower Division Clerk (L.D.C) with Grade Pay Rs. 2800/- in PB-1.

8. Proposal from Ministerial Association on General issues, applicable to all Central

Government Employees:

Minimum wage for MTS (Skilled) Rs.26,000 p.m.

Ratio of minimum and maximum wage should be 1:8. (minimum: maximum Govt. Salary ratio in the developed countries (in USA it is 1: 4, in UK it is 1: 6 and in France it

is 1: 6.6).

This Association demands at least five (5) promotions in ones service life.

Annual rate of increment @ 5% of the pay.

Fixation of pay on promotion = 2 increments and difference of pay between present and promotional posts (minimum Rs.3000).

The pay structure demanded is as under:- (open ended pay scales Total 14 pay scales)-:

Existing Proposed (in Rs.)

PB-1, GP Rs. 1800 26,000

PB-1, GP Rs. 1900

PB-1, GP Rs. 2000 33,000

PB-1, GP Rs. 2400

PB-1, GP Rs. 2800 46,000

PB-2, GP Rs. 4200 56,000

PB-2, GP Rs. 4600

PB-2, GP Rs. 4800 74000

PB-2, GP Rs. 5400 78,000

PB-3, GP 5400 88000

PB-3, GP 6600 102000

PB-3, GP 7600 120000

PB-4, GP 8900 148000

P4-4, GP 10000 162000

HAG 193000

Apex Scale 213000

Cabinet Secretary 240000

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Incorporation of appropriate provision in CCS-MA Rules to improve the re-imbursement facility for medical treatment: -

This Association strongly feels that the present dispensation under the CCS-MA Rules for getting re-imbursement for under taking medical treatment is not sufficient to cater the need. A comprehensive study is required to re-visit various provisions of the rules to examine their applicability vis-a-vis the requirement. ,

This Association proposes that the present system of having specific referral Private Hospitals for specific treatment should be done away with. The present system of appointing A.M.A.'s, subject to their concurrence and getting the treatment done only through them has not served the basic requirement of the employees. It has resulted in complications. The system should be simplified. All employees should be permitted to avail general treatment at their own choice and the re-imbursement should be restricted to a certain specific limit as may be determined by the Govt, from time to time. Specific & costlier treatment may also be permitted at the option of the employee and the re-imbursement should be restricted up-to the limit of CGHS rate.

Hence we demand for change of the present Medical facility system by tagging the CGHS and AMA facilities to a unique Medical/Health System uniformly for all Central Government Employees.

Looking for positive confirmation in this regard and obliged. Thanking you,

Thanking you,

(Ashim Pramanick) President,

Contact No. - 09830068463, E-mailId

pramanik.ashim4@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,