A New Central Excise Commissionerate in Guwahati
It seems a new Central Excise Commissionerate is being formally launched in Guwahati today. Why? As such there are nearly seventy five posts of Commissioners lying vacant and where are they going to find a Commissioner to head Guwahati Commissionerate? Is it because the Shillong Chief Commissioner does not have enough Commissioners under him? As such there are many Commissionerates in the Kolkatta and North East Zone with revenue less than 50 Crores and God alone knows why a new Commissionerate had to be suddenly foisted in the North Eastern region?
With so many Commissioners posts lying vacant, the Board should think of closing down some Commissionerates and at least as an economy measure when the whole world is suffering, this new Commissionerate is a classic case of wasteful expenditure. Now they will start looking for buildings, cars, computers, carpets, curtains and what not to decorate a Commissionerate which most probably will not have a Commissioner.
Or is that the Board wants one more posting to dump unwanted Commissioners as a punishment? What happened to austerity measures? One wonders whether the new Finance Minister is aware or are they doing it to please him in his constituency?
Notification NO. Dated: October 16, 2008