Re-Organisation of Customs Formations

	ALL  INDIA CENTRAL EXCISE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION GUNTUR BRANCH, GUNTUR (COMPRISING OF GUNTUR CGST COMMISSIONERATE AND CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE COMMISSIONERATE, VIJAYAWADA) VISIT US @ CEIAGUNTUR.BLOGSPOT.IN e-mail:ceiaguntur@gmail.com
OFFICE BEARERS President : 9849657752       K.Ravi Kumar General  Secretary: 9866498228/7306577222       R.P.P.Kumar Treasurer:9490170271       Mikkilineni Srinivas Vice Presidents:       V.Sriram       A.Suresh       B.Sukumar Joint Secretaries:       V.V.Krishna Prasad      K.Pradeep Kumar Panda       Sk.Shabbir Ahmed JCM Members:       B.Srilakshmi       G.Hema Venunadh       Kavikondala Srinivas	Date:15.12.2017 To The Secretary General, All India Central Excise Inspectors Association Ground Floor, C.R.Building (Annex), Bir Chand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar -800 001.          Sub:- Re-organisation of Customs Formations - Reg.                                                                                                                        ***** Respected Secretary General,                 We have some serious apprehensions with respect to bifurcation of Customs and manning the same by Customs.                  As you are aware there is proposal to transfer all the customs functions hitherto dealt by Central Excise formations to Customs formations.                 In this connection, please refer to the DO letter F.NO:450/109/2017-CusIV dated 27/10/2017 where in it was mentioned that proposal to IFU for reorganization of customs formations was stuck up at IFU as IFU is treating diversion of posts from Customs to GST and vice versa as abolition and creation of posts.                 Further, in another letter from Board, the list of functions being performed by Central Excise officers was given and in that deputation to SEZ, manning of minor ports etc were also mentioned as customs functions presently handled by Central Excise officers.                 In view of the above, there are lot of apprehensions expressed by the members of this association that about the actual proposal of Board for reorganization of Customs formations. The following doubts were expressed by our members Whether the sanctioned strength of Customs preventive formations will be treated as sanctioned strength of formation under Central Excise / Central Tax or sanctioned strength of customs formations? Whether the central excise officers working in these customs formations will be treated as officers on deputation posts or regular posts of central excise / central tax? Whether deputations to SEZ or other customs functions like airports will be restricted to only customs officers or extended to all central tax officers? Whether the reduction in strength of central tax posts to customs will affect the promotional chances of Inspectors to the cadre of Superintendents or not? Whether Board is also being bifurcated as Central Tax and Customs? It is also learnt that Kerala Superintendents Association is agitating the issue as the Customs Preventive Commissionerate at Kerala was merged with major customs formations. Whether present customs preventive formations will also be merged with major custom houses in future? Whether there would be any role at all for central tax officers in customs functions in future?                 With regard to Re-organization Customs Formations by transferring the Customs Work presently being attending by Central Excise formations w.e.f. 01.01.2018, the representation given by the AIACEGEO to the Board, which is self explanatory, may be looked into.  It is requested that our Association may also take up the issue with the Board as the issue is likely to have effect on the promotional aspects of Inspectors Cadre.  I am also enclosing the Order given by  CAT, Madras Bench for your information please.                                                                                     Comradely yours                                                                                        (R.P.P.KUMAR)                                                                          GENERAL SECRETARY
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