Letter for outsourcing of Security and abolition of control room duty

	ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTOR’S ASSOCIATION, Surat Cluster Ground Floor, Room No. G-6, New Central Excise Building. (Affiliated to the Confederation of Central Government Employees &Workers) Recognized by Ministry of Finance [vide F.No.B.12017/1/2004-Ad.IV A dated 31.12.07 & 14.1.08] Email Id:-aiceiasuratbranch@gmail.com Blog : www.aiceiasuratcluster.blogspot.in/ FB ID – Aiceia surat branch Phone No. 0261-2461808 / Fax No. 0261-2461808
President  - Kishore K.Upadhyay (Ph.-9328911006)	F.No. AICEIA/2/Surat/2012                                      Dated : 26.02.2015 To, The Hon’ble Commissioner, Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax, Surat-I. Respected Sir,             Subject : Outsourcing of the Security of Headquarters Building i.e. Central Excise Building, Chowk Bazar, Surat - regarding.             With due regards, kindly refer to our discussion during the meeting with Hon’ble Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax, Vadodara Zone, Vadodara held on 23.12.2014, during which, it was emphasised by the Hon’ble Chief Commissioner, to involve duly trained Private Security agencies for security of our office premises. 2.         In this connection, we would like to submit that there is a practice of Control Room duty of Inspectors in our office control room, round the clock, throughout the year. Presently, we are having acute shortage of Inspector ranked officers, and the officers available, are already heavily burdened with work-load. There is wide dissatisfaction among the Inspectors, due to pathetic working conditions, lack of space and infrastructure, non-availability of proper canteen and above all, lack of every kind of amenities in the control room i.e. proper furniture, air-condition, attached washroom, which makes the Inspector ranked officer, feel in a worse condition than a private security guard. 3.         Control room duty was practiced in accordance with ‘Tobacco Excise Manual’, which has so far been omitted and replaced with ‘Basic Excise Manual for Departmental Officers’. The Basic Excise Manual has no such provision of Control Room duty. Due to non-availability of any statutory provisions, lack of exclusive duty list for control room officers, lack of any authority or powers to perform such duties, the Control room duty officers are always prone to any sort of legality arising out of such nature of duties. It may kindly be considered with complete positive outlook that though the Central Excise Inspectors are Uniformed Officers, their uniform is only deterrence to the tax-evaders, and they are authorised only to enforce the Central Excise Act, 1944 and Allied Acts related to its execution, only. Law and Order and security of the State are none of their business. Any action taken by the Central Excise Officers, in these matters, may be held as ‘Excess done by them’ in the eyes of law and may put them into troubles. 4.         Whereas the “Private Security Personnel” are governed by “The Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005” and have the statutory powers to provide security to any person or property or both. Accordingly, involving them for security of the office premises, is legally substantiated. 5.         Moreover, as per information available to us, such practice to involve duly trained Private Security Agency has been adopted in various Zones of our department and already been adopted in other departments of our own Ministry. 6.         In view of the above, our Association, earnestly requests your honour to kindly look into the matter positively and kindly do the needful to outsource Security of the Headquarters Buildings to some reputed Private Security Agency. Yours most faithfully,
General Secretary – Maya Shanker Prabhat                        (Ph.-9925260545)
Vice President, Surat Waseem Ahmad (Ph-9978575997)
Vice President, Bharuch Prashant K. Mishra (Ph.-8000659375)
Joint Secretary, Surat Badram Meena (Ph.-9537565566)
Joint Secretary, Bharuch Rajeev Kumar (Ph.-8000078533)
Liaison Secretary, Manohar Kumar
Treasurer, Siddharth Tiwari
Office Secretary, Nishant Neeraj

Letter for Transfer Policy

	ALL INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTOR’S ASSOCIATION, Surat Cluster Ground Floor, Room No. G-6, New Central Excise Building. (Affiliated to the Confederation of Central Government Employees &Workers) Recognized by Ministry of Finance [vide F.No.B.12017/1/2004-Ad.IV A dated 31.12.07 & 14.1.08] Email Id:-aiceiasuratbranch@gmail.com Blog : www.aiceiasuratcluster.blogspot.in/ FB ID – Aiceia surat branch Phone No. 0261-2461808 / Fax No. 0261-2461808
President  - Kishore K.Upadhyay (Ph.-9328911006)	F.No. AICEIA/2/Surat/2012                                      Dated : 26.02.2015 To, Shri Ajay Saxena, Hon’ble Commissioner, Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax, Surat-II. Respected Sir,             Subject : Suggestions for Transfer Policy - regarding.             With due regards, kindly refer to the directions issued by the Hon’ble Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax, Vadodara Zone and our meeting with your honour, wherein we have been required to submit our suggestions for finalising the ‘Transfer Policy’ in view of the Cadre Restructuring. 2.         In this regard, an informal general meeting of our cadre officers was held, wherein a number of suggestions were received to the Executive Committee. On screening of suggestions received from our members, and after properly going through the suggestions received, and the existing “Policy for Transfer/Posting/Rotation for Group ‘B’ Executive Officers of Vadodara Zone”, issued under letter No. II/3-5/CCO/2011 dated 02.05.2012, from O/o the Hon’ble Chief Commissioner, Vadodara Zone, our Association, puts forth the following suggestions, for kind perusal and incorporation in the Transfer/Rotation/Posting Policy in the larger interest of the department. 3.         Some points of the existing policy is acceptable to our association, even in the changed circumstances i.e. after implementation of Cadre Restructuring. However, the following suggestions may kindly be accepted and existing provisions in this regard, may kindly be rescinded accordingly. 3.         SUGGESTIONS : (i)         For the purpose of the transfer policy, Surat may be treated as one Station for Surat-I, Surat-II, Bharuch, Audit-II and Appeals-II Commissionerates. (ii)        The normal tenure of Surat station may be extended from existing eight years to twelve years. The normal tenure in a Commissionerate may be reduced from existing four years to three years. For counting one year of posting at a station, the margin of 3 months would be considered as earlier existing. (iii)       In cases of promotion, the general rule of transfer out of station on promotion may be continued, as existed earlier. (iv)       Posting in a different Commissionerate, at the same station may be made in a fixed cycle, and in a fixed pattern i.e. clockwise and without skipping the cycle, as a general rule, so that the officers, may properly plan their future set up, with regard to education of their children, medical supports, accommodation facilities, family establishment etc. A cycle for example is as under :                                     Surat-I             →        Bharuch                                         ↑                                  ↓                                     Audit-II          ←        Surat-II             It may kindly be ensured that between two existing Commissionerates, one tenure of newly created Commissionerate may be allotted. (v)        During the tenure of three years in one Commissionerate, one year of Non-sensitive and two years of Sensitive postings may be made. (vi)       All the own cost transfer applications may be considered only on the concrete grounds and the officers requesting for own cost Commissionerate changes may be required to serve two years non-sensitive posting, immediately on their own cost posting, compulsorily, without exception. (vii)      All ICT and deputation requests, in deserving cases, may be forwarded and considered positively. (viii)     All the newly appointed Inspectors may be given their first postings in the field formations i.e. Range/Division offices, as far as possible. (ix)       No officer may be posted in Service Tax Range/Division for more than one year at a stretch. (x)        Sourcing of staff for the Customs zone may be done giving preference to the senior most and never worked and only, as per Draft Seniority list of the year 2014. (xi)       Annual General Transfer and Inter Commissionerate may be issued timely, so that Children’s education and admission at the new place of postings should not suffer.             We earnestly request for positive consideration of our above genuine suggestions and to kindly incorporate the same in the new policy.
General Secretary – Maya Shanker Prabhat                        (Ph.-9925260545)
Vice President, Surat Waseem Ahmad (Ph-9978575997)
Vice President, Bharuch Prashant K. Mishra (Ph.-8000659375)
Joint Secretary, Surat Badram Meena (Ph.-9537565566)
Joint Secretary, Bharuch Rajeev Kumar (Ph.-8000078533)
Liaison Secretary, Manohar Kumar
Treasurer, Siddharth Tiwari
Office Secretary, Nishant Neeraj

Letter to Hon'ble CC

F.No. AICEIA/2/Surat/2012                                        Dated : 03.02.2015

To,

Shri Jayant Misra,

Hon’ble Chief Commissioner,

Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax,

Vadodara Zone, Vadodara.

Respected Sir,

            Subject : Farewell Salutation Letter – reg.

            With due respect, on behalf of our cadre, we offer our farewell salutation to your kind honour on your transfer to DG(Systems), Delhi as ordered vide Board’s Office Order No. 16/2015 dated 02.02.2015.

2.         Sir, your tenure in Vadodara Zone has witnessed the best period in the history of Central Excise, Vadodara Zone since during this period Cadre Restructuring was implemented, mass-scale promotions were made, Stagnation problem was largely redressed, New Building of Surat-II Commissionerate was constructed etc. Your kind guidance and apt supervision could only make all these things, possible in a super smooth manner.

3.         Sir, however, we would at the same time request that before getting relieved from the Zone, your honour may kindly be pleased to issue necessary orders/directions, at least, on the following long pending issues :

(a) Kindly forward all ICT and Deputation requests,

(b) Kindly issue revised seniority list of Inspectors as on 01.01.2015, in view of the law settled by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

4.         For such act of kindness, our cadre shall remain obliged to your honour.

                        Thanking you. With due regards.

                                                                        Yours most faithfully,

 -sd-

                                                                                    (M. S. Prabhat)

                                                                     General Secretary, AICEIA, Surat