Assessees beware - world is going to be full of Excise, Customs and Service Tax officers. CBEC announces cadre review posts
125 Deputy Commissioners for NACEN
CAN you believe it - the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) will have 125 Deputy Commissioners. What on earth will these 125 officers do in NACEN - they wouldn't be able to provide chairs for all these officers and they have less number of probationers?
The Department has got more number of posts than it can ever handle?
The Board has announced the allocation of revised cadre strength. There will be an army of officers out there to finish you.
The field formations of the Department will be like this:
Formations
No. of Central Excise Zones | 23 |
|---|---|
No. of Central Excise Commissionerates | 119 |
No. of Service Tax Zones | 04 |
No. of Service Tax Commissionerates | 22 |
No. of Customs Zones | 11 |
No. of Customs/ Customs(P) Commissionerates | 60 |
No. of Appeal Commissionerates | 60 |
No. of Audit Commissionerates | 45 |
No. of Large Tax Payer Units | 08 |
No. of Directorates General/ Directorates | 20 |
The Staff Strength of the Department will be like this:
Central Excise | Customs | Service Tax | Directorates | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Principal Chief Commissioner | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
Chief Commissioner | 16 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 |
Principal Commissioner | 26 | 19 | 12 | 43 | 100 |
Commissioner | 175 | 51 | 27 | 87 | 340 |
Additional Commissioner/JC | 442 | 184 | 88 | 218 | 932 |
Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner | 2119 | 876 | 423 | 750 | 4168 |
Superintendent/appraiser | 10486 | 6147 | 2024 | 408 | 19065 |
Inspector/PO/Examiner | 14006 | 7986 | 2572 | 639 | 25203 |
Total | 49860 | ||||
Other Staff | 35015 | ||||
TOTAL | 84875 |
An army of nearly 85,000 personnel. Is the Board capable of handling so many employees - their transfers, promotions and many other issues connected with employment? There is going to be utter chaos in the field with officers and files going helter-skelter.
Do we really need so many employees? And why were the Commissioners transferred if these new posts are going to be created soon? This means the Board knows that the cadre review cannot take place in the near future.
In a message, the CBEC Chairman Shanti Sundharam said, "I am happy that the order specifying the staff allocation for the new formations has been issued today. This is the first step for the implementation of the cadre restructuring….. It is expected that there shall be some disruptions to normal working during this process, but with your cooperation and assistance we shall be able to reach successful completion.”
CBEC Order on Staff allocation Dated: August 01, 2014