As is known to all, the CBEC & its organizations have moved ahead on

the path of Cadre Restructuring without taking into considerations the

submissions made by this Association time & again. This unilateral
move of CBEC has failed to deliver justice not only to Cadre but is
against the aims & objectives of CR, causing a lot of litigations in
the Honble CAT Benches at New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai etc. This is a
serious situation where either way the interest of the Cadre is at
stake.

The Office-Bearers of the National Body of this Association discussed
the ongoing scenario and brought the matter to the competent authority
at New Delhi which in turn invited us for a discussion. It was decided
that the Association would be represented by a delegation consisting
of Abhishek Kamal, Secretary General, Shri Devender Kumar, Liason
Secretary and Shri Rananjay Pratap Singh, Vice-President representing
West Zone.
The delegation called on DG (HRD) on 25.09.2014 and requested her to
adopt a formula which may pave the way for smooth implementation of CR
as the same is beneficial to the Cadre as well as to the Department.
The delegation was of the view that the promotion should immediately
be given to the Inspectors, who joined department before All India
Merit List but Promotion should not be effected to the batch which
joined due All India Examination, without implementation of All India
Seniority. The delegation apprised her regarding the stagnation
continuing in Zones like Shillong, Lucknow/Meerut, Kolkata, Cochin,
Jaipur, Bhopal, Patna etc. even after the implementation of Cadre
Restructuring and requested her to take appropriate measures to remove
the stagnation in these Zones and regional disparities in promotion.
The DG (HRD) seemed convinced that in principle All India Seniority is
the only way to address regional disparities in promotion to the grade
of Superintendent & to remove stagnation of poor Zones, but expressed
her inability in giving effect to it since SSC-1996. On the basis of
facts and figures, the delegation suggested many ways to implement All
India Seniority from SSC-1996. The DG (HRD) expressed hope that All
India Seniority may be implemented from 2014, on this, the delegation
asserted that the same should be from SSC-1996 itself i.e. from the
time when the first batch of Inspectors was recruited on All India
Basis. This was countered by DG (HRD) citing the huge inconvenience
but the argument was nullified by the delegation citing the recent
judgment of the Honble Supreme Court in the case of N R Parmar v/s.
Union of India where the Honble Court has clarified that
inconvenience can never be cited as a cause to subvert justice. The
delegation also suggested a workable formulae to fill the remaining
vacant posts of Superintendents in well off Zones by way of giving
promotions to the Inspectors of stagnated Zones and posting them
against the vacant posts of well off Zones, but, the DG (HRD) seemed
to be non-committal on this. Discussions were also held regarding the
implementation of judgment of the Honble Supreme Court in the case of
N R Parmar v/s. Union of India.
The delegation also called on other officials at North Block on
26.09.2014 and discussed the impact of Cadre Restructuring on our
Cadre. Regarding our query about uneven and unjustified posts
allocations in Cadre Restructuring, nobody was able to respond. The
delegation suggested ways to address genuine grievances of the Cadre
and showed its apprehensions and displeasure on poor functioning of
the Study Group. It was also brought to the knowledge of the
delegation that a Meeting with the Study Group may be fixed with
recognized Staff Associations in the second week of October, 2014,
which may be the last meeting of the study group before it submit its
report.

Apart from the above, the delegation also called on other important
dignitaries, who have very crucial role to play in weeks to come in
achieving the goals of the AICEIA for which the Association is
committed.

Yours fraternally,


AbhishekKamal
Secretary General