CESA SALUTES MARTYR HEROES OF 26/11
& CONDEMN CRIMINAL FAVOURITISM
Ref: CESA/86/2014
Date: 26.11.2014
Ms. MALA SRIVASTAVA,
Hon’ble Member, Customs, CBEC,
Incharge of Mumbai Zone,
New Delhi.
Respected Madam,
Sub:
- Functioning and concern of senior officers in most sensitive Customs
Preventive Commissionerate, Mumbai – reg.
Today,
the country and Mumbai is in the mourning mood to commemorate the 26/11 tragedy
in Mumbai, wherein several innocent people were killed and top cops of Mumbai
police lost their lives because their weapons were inappropriate and they were
in short of equipments. Yesterday the High Court of Bombay severely came
out on the weapon policy of the State Government. But we have not
learnt any lesson from the tragic incident and have not geared up to tackle
similar situation.
2. Madam,
CESA Mumbai, vide its letter dated 22.09.2014 requested the Commissioner
(Customs) Preventive, not to keep the post of divisional Assistant Commissioner
in the field vacant or give any additional charge to those officers and post
them in Mumbai. On 31st October 2014, adequate
number of Assistant Commissioners was posted in each
formation. However, the position of both the divisions’ viz.,
Bassein and Alibaug, remains, as it is. CESA was compelled to take
up the issue with the CC Customs vide its letter dated
13.11.2014. But in vain. Therefore CESA is constrained to
take up your valuable time to appraise the situation. Both the
divisions are known for their notoriety and several landings have been reported
and several seizures have taken in the past. But it is unfortunate
for the sake of penutary benefits both the divisional ACs were given additional
charge and have been kept in Headquarters. In the field JSP, NRP, DRP
are carried out regularly and for any petty work officers from the Divisions
are coming to Mumbai for Orders. Being a preventive organization
such type of arrangement is dangerous to the formation. CESA can
say, this is a criminal favour with a malafide intention and defeating the very
purpose of the post sanctioned for the division office.
3. Madam, Mumbai
people are going to observe 26/11 anniversary but if these things come to the
knowledge of the public and that nothing has been learnt from 1993 and 26/11
incidents, the pointing finger will be towards the department and for that ‘who
is responsible’, is the question which is to be introspected. With deep regret
and anguish we bring it to your kind notice and request to make the formation and
authority responsive to such things such lapses will not be ignored by public
again and again so not to play with national security for the comfort of some
senior officers.
Thanking
you,
Yours
sincerely,
A.K.
Sasmal
General
Secretary
Encl: As above.
DEDICATED FORCE REDUCED
LIKE A FARCE.
Ref: CESA/85/2014
Date: 26.11.2014
Ms. MALA
SRIVASTAVA,
Hon’ble
Member, Customs, CBEC,
Incharge of
Mumbai Zone,
New Delhi.
Respected
Madam,
Sub:
- Creation of Infrastructure Cell in Mumbai to implement CR smoothly and
office of own for CC Service Tax’s office, Service Tax
commissionerate
I to VII, Service Tax Audit Commissionerate - Reg.
Kindly
find enclosed herewith our letter Ref. No. CESA/82/2014 dated 20.11.2014
addressed to the Chief Commissioner Central Excise Mumbai Zone –I & II on
the above subject matter. CR was projected and got approved and
rolled out with an intention to yield more revenue as well as to improve the
career progression of the staff. Mumbai Service Tax zone, which
fetches 30% of the total revenue, has strategically failed in all front, to
provide even basic facilities to the staff who are supposed to strive their
best for more revenue to the exchequer.
2. In
paper, two Commissionerates of Service tax has been split to seven
Commissionerates and three Audit Commissionerates and two more Audit
Commissionerates for central Excise and one Audit Commissionerate for LTU
Mumbai. Orders have been issued, lower staff has been posted and
relieved and additional charges of the Commissionerates is given to the current
Commissionerates to run the affairs. The intention of the Board is
not to humiliate the staff rather to motivate the staff so that their services
can be properly utilized to the optimum.
3. Service
Tax needs around 4 lakhs sq. ft for its office premises. Around 1
lakh sq. ft is in the pipeline. And there is no proposal for the remaining 3
lakh sq. ft. Space cannot be shaped, cannot be created can only be
acquired through rent or on lease basis. Can your goodself, being
an incharge of the zone, allow to run the sorry state of affairs, like this.
4. The
third quarter of the financial year is going on and the last quarter is fast
approaching, but the officers of the Service Tax do not have an office of their
own, computers, and other infrastructure, forget about offering hospitality to
the trade as well as housing facility for the staff. The position of
the officers, is worse than a chicken in a poultry farm, even they have some
space in the baskets. But the officers having put in 20 to 30 years
of service are at the mercy of others. On the other hand austerity
on any count is not visible as far as the seniors are concerned, which
aggravates the agony and frustrations, further.
5. Madam,
being incharge of Mumbai Zone we request that our suggestion of creating an
infrastructure cell at Mumbai directly reporting to DGHRD and to expedite the
matters of hiring of building for newly created offices and providing the basic
infrastructure in that for smooth functioning is extremely
necessary. Targets are fixed to achieve revenue from Mumbai but not
for improving the working conditions, needs immediate attention.
6. CESA,
Mumbai requests your goodself to bestow some time for this very basic and
genuine problem which directly leaves an impact and tarnish the image of the
Department and also effect the tax collection, substantially.
Thanking
you,
Yours
sincerely,
A.K.
Sasmal
General Secretary
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