CENTRAL EXCISE & CUSTOMS FRATERNITY WILL NOT FORGET SHRI LOKANATH MISHRA FOR HIS COMMENDABLE SERVICES..

In the recent general body meeting of IRS(Indirect Taxes) Officers' Association  held  at Bangalore on 31.10.15 and 01.11.15, Shri Lokanath Mishra was felicitated by the Chief Guest and  all delegates for his commendable service for the benefits of cadres . Shri Lokanth Mishrastarted his Association activities as General Secretary of  Inspectors Association of Bhubaneswar  during 94-95. He was General Secretary of Bhubaneswar  Unit of AIACEGEO for 6th times during 1998 to 2011(except 2003 to 2005). He is having the longest experiences in AIB of AIACEGEO.  He was continuously holding the post of either Vice President or Joint Secretary  of AIACEGEO since 2002 to 2012. He was President of AIACEGEO  during  2012 to 2014. He was the  Secretary General of Indian Revenue Service( Indirect Taxes )  Officers' Association w.e.f 01.11.2014 to 31.10.15. At present he is Secretary General of CBEC Employees' Welfare Association & Convener of JAC of CBEC.  No office bearer, present or past, reached his ability/calibre to deliver results to the cadres. He worked in all the three Associations. He was instrumental in preparing the memorandum of Association for V to VII CPC. For preparation of Memorandum for submission before VII CPC, he personally visited London School of Economics and collected several data and prepared the memorandum on the basis of such data.  He was instrumental in the hike of pay w.e.f 21.04.2004, creation of more numbers of Gr-A posts during 2006 and Cadre Restructuring of 2013 and conducting of DPC during October,2014 for en mass promotions to the post of Asst. Commissioner.  He is the founder of Cengo India. He filed first intervener petition before Apex Court for revision of ratio. He always fought for the cadres and its officers, sacrificing his personal comforts, family life and career.  For the senior officers, he was an eye-sore, but for the cadres, he was always a saviour. His sense and style of representation was so methodical, effective & marvellous, that the Administration was always on the back foot. He brought dignity to the cadre and gave strength to raise the voice against injustice without compromising dignity & interests of Revenue. Wherever he was posted, he left his footprints and his presence was felt.

Shri Lokanath Mishra had created the IRS(Indirect Taxes) Officers Association on 01.11.2014 at Daman and he was the first Secretary General of such Association. He was also  instrumental for revival of JAC of all Associations/ Federations of CBEC and  due to his initiation a meeting of all Associations was held at Kolkata during June 2015 and he was elected at Convener. Shri Lokanath Mishra will  retire from service  on 30-November-2015 as Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise , after putting in around 38 years of service. The entire Central Excise and Customs fraternity will miss him and the entire fraternity, salute the pioneer of  Association movement and  for his selfless services, support and the capacity to lead from the front.