Circular No. 49/12-15 of CHq

INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION

MANISHINATH BHAWAN

A2/95 RAJOURI GARDEN

NEW DELHI-110027

Cir. No. 49/12-15     

                                                                                                                                                                                      Dated: 01.09.2014

Dear Comrades

Meeting with Chairman by JCA Leaders.

               The JCA leaders today had a brief informal meeting with the Chairman, CBDT Shri K.V. Chowdary.   We, in a 9 point bullet presentation of our demands, requested for an urgent formal meeting with the Chairman and Officials of the CBDT.  In response, the Chairman agreed to convene the meeting at the earliest convenient date, but also informed us the steps taken by the Chairman’s office in the following matters.

1. DPC meeting for ITO to AC promotion: We were informed that the efforts taken by the Board and JCA have yielded result and the DPC meeting will be held very soon for the regular vacancies of RY 2013-14.
2. Efforts are on to fast track the finalisation of the jurisdiction proposals.
3. All efforts are being taken to get the approval of the DOPT for the Recruitment Rules of various cadres.
4. On all other pending issues also, we were informed that necessary steps are being taken to resolve them at the earliest.

The following points which are pending at various stages and already discussed, have been presented in a bullet form for urgent consideration of the Chairman.

• Immediate steps to finalise the All India seniority list of ITO by issuing guidelines and deadline to resolve inter-se seniority issue.                                                          
• Speedy approval of Jurisdiction proposals pending with CBDT for immediate initiation of departmental functions for FY 2014-15.  
• Immediate steps for approval of RRs of Group B & C and filling up of posts of RY 2014-15 and discussion on the ‘amendment of IRS Recruitment Rule’.
• Steps to get the approval of the long pending following schemes from IFU/DoE.              (6 Air Conditioners per Ranges; Laptop to AO/PS and new ITOs; Laptop to Inspectors; Replacement of old laptops; Mobile handsets to all etc.)
• Constitution of a committee to consider amendments to the Transfer & Posting Policy for Group “A” officers considering unique problems of promotee officers.                                                                                  
• Discussion on the effective date of DCIT promotion for 2009/2010 Batch DcsIT and retrospective effect of promotion from 1st January for 2006/2007 Batch DCsIT. Also, discuss the issue of regularization of Ad-hoc JCsIT for 2001 Batch retrospectively.                                                                                          
• Resolution of issue of Promotion orders in Directorates (Delhi charge) and Diversion of 1633 posts out of West Bengal Charge.                            
• Proposal for increasing local travel reimbursement to Inspectors and Notice Servers pending with Directorate of Infrastructure for more than one year
• Advance increments to Sr. Tax Assistant & Stgrs on passing Deptl. Examination.      

Confederation Programme.        As decided in the National secretariat meeting of the Confederation held at New Delhi on 11.08.2014, taking note of the negative attitude of the Government on issues of Interim Relief and Merger of DA,  has decided to embark upon agitation and called upon all the affiliates to carry out the programme chalked out in coordination with the State Units of Confederation.  The Confederation HQ Circular dated 17.08.2014 is enclosed which is self explanatory and contain the Charter of Demands also.  All the ITEF Circles are requested to carry out the programmes on 11th September, 2014 and 19th September, 2014 at all places as decided by the Confederation State Units.  Wherever it is not possible to hold such programmes jointly, ITEF units/branches may be required to organise the programme independently in front of IT Offices.

Revision of Bonus Ceiling:  On the demand of the revision/removal or ceiling for payment of Bonus in the Bonus Act, in tune with the demand of the Central Trade Unions and staff side of the Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government Employees, the Secretary Staff Side has written to the Prime Minister of India to consider the removal/revision of the ceiling of the upper limit of Bonus payment.  The copy of the letter of the Secretary Staff Side is enclosed.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

 Sd/

(KP Rajagopal)

Secretary General.