Issue of CHA Licences - Disobedient Commissioners and Gussa Board
KENDRIYA Utpad Evam Seema Shulk Board (that is CBEC for you) is again angry and is taking a serious view.
What causes the Board to take a serious view is often the blatant disobedience by the Commissioners and this time it is about granting Custom House Agent licences.
Board had earlier directed the Commissioners to grant licences to all eligible candidates and in Circular No. 9/2010 dated 8.4.2010 clearly stipulated that the requirement of number of licences will be determined by market forces and no numerical criterion can be fixed.
Board has come to know that in spite of the instructions and Circular, “individual Commissioners are still continuing to regulate the number of CHA. Despite qualifying in the examinations and passing additional subjects, licences are still not being granted under Regulation 9 of CHALR, 2004 by concerned Commissioner on the ground that the Commissionerate have to issue a separate public notice inviting fresh applications in this regard.”
Board has taken a serious note of non-compliance of its instructions by the Commissioners who are not issuing licence to eligible applicants.
Board reiterates that Commissioners should not restrict the number of CHAs and shall grant licences to all eligible applicants. A compliance report indicating number of eligible applicants who have been granted licence may be sent by 15.07.2011.
How many times will the Board view this indiscipline seriously? And what happens when the Board is taking a serious view? Absolutely nothing. Board instructions continue to be blatantly disobeyed and with boring regularity Board continues to take a serious view. Either the Board should stop taking a serious view or they should ensure that Commissioners also take them seriously.
CBEC Circular No. 25/2011-Cus.,Dated: June 22, 2011