GUIDELINES FOR UNIFORM FOR VARIOUS GRADES OF CBEC.

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE

GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

President:                                          Address for communication:                                            Secretary General:

R. Chandramouli                        240, Razapur, Ghaziabad-201001 (U.P.)                                                   Ravi Malik

Mob. 08939955463     mail Id: ravimalik_sweet@yahoo.com, Site: cengoindia.blogspot.in      Mob. 09868816290

Vice Presidents: P. Parwani, L. L. Singhvi (Central); Anurag Chaudhary, Ravi Joshi (North); N. Raman, G. Srinath (South); B. K. Sinha, Ashwini Majhi (East); Rajesh Chaher, J. D. Patil (West) Joint Secretaries: Anand Kishore, J. S. Aiyer (Central); R. K. Solanki, Ashish Vajpeyi (North); M. Nagaraju, Ajithkumar P. C. (South); P. K. Sen, S. Bhattachariya (East); Jasram Meena, M. K. Mishra (West) Office Secretary: C. S. Sharma

Treasurer: N. R. Manda Liaison Secretary: A. S. Kundu Coordinator on Telangana: P. Shravan Kumar

(Recognised by G.O.I., Min. of Fin. vide letter F.No. B. 12017/10/2006-Ad.IV A Dt.21.01.08)

Ref. No. 219/U/14                                                                          Dt. 01.12.14

To,

Ms. Neerja Shah,

DG, HRD, CBEC,

New Delhi.

Sub: Guidelines for Uniform for various Group ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’ grades-regarding.

Madam,

Kindly refer to your office letter F. No. 8 / B/90/ HRD (HRM) / 2011 (Part-I) /4853 Dt. 21.10.14 on the above subject.

            2. With due regards, the Association is thankful to CBEC including you for its request being considered on the matter. The Association requested to formulate the statuary provisions to wear the uniform, if its wearing is necessary in consonance of the nature of the job. If it happens, it was also requested to make it compulsory for all from top to bottom and also treat it in a graceful & respectful manner granting all the required facilities & amenities to the officers. It is a matter of great concern that our administration is pleased to impose the wearing of uniform on the officers in our organization merely for the pleasure of authorities & protocol duties in sheer disgraceful & disrespectful manner instead of having the due respect for the uniform. If only the said purpose is to be fulfilled by forcing the officers to wear the uniform, it is better to abolish it et al.

            3. In para 2 of the annexed letter No.C.30013/11/2011-Ad.IV.A Dt. 02.08.13, some existing guidelines to wear the uniform have been mentioned. The said guidelines may kindly be provided to the Association to enable it to make the final submissions on the issue. It is believed beyond any doubt that the said guidelines would be statutory in nature. However, the CBEC replied to the Central Information Commission regarding some RTI application that there exist no statutory provisions in the CBEC to wear the uniform.

            4. The Association believes that the new guidelines would be statutory in nature and applicable to all, if uniform is made mandatory to be worn. It is mentioned in the draft that the uniformed officer has to salute in Naval and Military type. No need to submit that all of the officers from top to bottom wear the uniform in Navy and Military. It is also mentioned somewhere in the draft that the officer is not to travel in the public transport when in uniform. In such case, the CBEC will have to provide the official vehicle to all of the officers as per the entitlement as being provided in the Navy and Military. They wear the uniform with complete respect at every level without bringing the uniform in the bag to office and wear it after standing in some corner of the office. Not only it, they are also provided with the best pay packages, career prospects and other various facilities & amenities. The Association expects that the same would also be provided to our officers, if they are forced to wear the uniform.

            5. No doubt that the wearing of uniform is a matter of pride in the above organizations and also police organizations. Uniform is also given tremendous social respect everywhere. But side by side, it is also true that it is worn in the above organizations from top to bottom without any discrimination or exception to perform uniform-related duties and also with complete respect and due facilities. While in our organization, the officers are forced to wear the uniform even at the places where it serves no purpose. The officers are exploited & harassed by being asked to come in uniform to office, if authority is not happy with them. The officers are forced to wear the uniform merely for the personal pleasure of the authorities without fulfilling any purpose in r/o official duties which seems very disgraceful and insulting.

           

6. In view of the above, it is requested to-

            i) Provide the existing statutory guidelines to the Association to make final submissions on the issue.

            ii)  Allow officer not to wear the uniform where it serves no purpose for disposal of the official duties.

            iii) Make the wearing of uniform compulsory from top to bottom for all like in Navy & Military under statutory provisions with all facilities being granted to them including best pay packages and career prospects, if the wearing of uniform is made mandatory.

            Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(RAVI MALIK),

Secretary General.