Contempt Petition in Supreme Court - IRS (Customs and Central Excise) Group' A' Rules, 2012 - Notified
THE promotion from the cadre of Superintendent of Central Excise, Customs and Appraisers, is a complicated issue running for years and the Supreme Court had directed the CBEC to finalise a new list by 31.12.2011. In the meantime, a contempt petition had been filed against the Revenue Secretary. The case was posted for hearing yesterday, when the petitioners (Central Excise Inspectors) requested for some time to file rejoinder affidavit to the reply filed on behalf of the Secretary(Revenue). The matter is to be posted after two weeks.
While this was going on, the Government superseded the IRS (Customs and Central Excise) Group' A' Rules, 1987 and brought in the IRS (Customs and Central Excise) Group 'A' Rules, 2012.
Now, Central Excise Superintendents, Customs Superintendents and Customs Appraisers will be promoted in the ratio of 13:2:1. Earlier this ratio was 6:2:1. Is this retrospective?