CBEC Promotes 19 as Chief Commissioners - They are already working as Chief Commissioners - Cadre Review Confusion.
IN the Central Excise and Customs Department, the confusion of Commissioners is really mind-boggling. The other day I was talking to the PA of a Chief Commissioner. (Actually the PA is now called Principal Chief PS or something like that). She told me that her boss has been recently promoted as Principal Commissioner. I explained to her that her boss is already a Chief Commissioner. "Yes sir, I know", she said, "From Chief Commissioner he has been promoted as Principal Commissioner". I had a tough time explaining to her that Chief Commissioner is above the Principal Commissioner and one does not get promoted from Chief Commissioner to PC. What is the mystery?
Let us take a sample case:
Kameswari Subramanyam was promoted as Chief Commissioner in the pay scale of Rs.67,000-79,000/- by an order dated 17.12.2012.
By an Order dated 02.04.2013, her promotion was regularised.
In June 2014 she was given a non-functional up-gradation as Principal Commissioner with effect from 07.08.2012. The Principal Commissioner is in the same scale as Rs.67,000-79,000/.
Yesterday the CBEC promoted her as Chief Commissioner in the pay scale of Rs.75500 - 80000/-. (Her example is taken, as hers is the last name in the latest promotion order). But was she not functioning as a Chief Commissioner all these days?
The fact seems to be that as part of the cadre review, all the Chief Commissioners were re-designated as Principal Commissioners in the same scale they were drawing. That means till yesterday there were no Chief Commissioners - they were all PCs. Yesterday19 of them became Chief Commissioners. And soon most of them will become Principal Chief Commissioners and even Members.
But then PCs are not equal to CCs - How are they heading the zones?
With so many verities of Commissioners around, confusion is unavoidable - even for the departmental officers.
CBEC F. No. A-32012/13/2014-Ad.II; Dated:December 23, 2014