Cadre Restructure in CBDT - Bengal Interests protected?
CBDT in letter no.HRD/CM/102/28/2013-14 dated 4.4.2014 communicated that 1633 posts allocated to West Bengal Region were to be phased out to other CCA Regions over a 4 year period commencing from the year 2014-15.1633 posts going out of West Bengal? No way.
The Joint Council of Action of Income Tax Associations, West Bengal, in a letter dated 16.04.2014 addressed to the President of India submitted:
While 17 out of 18 regions have been allocated with additional posts including newly created ones, not a single permanent post out of 20,751 newly created posts has been allocated to West Bengal region. Moreover, the CBDT has also come out with a plan to phase out 1,633 existing posts (in the cadres of MTS to Chief Commissioner) from West Bengal region in coming four(4) financial years (up to 2017-18).
Earlier we had been categorically assured by successive Members (P&V), CBDT, by successive Chairpersons, CBDT, by the then Revenue Secretary, as well as the Hon'ble Finance Minister that there would be no curtailment of existing strength from West Bengal Region and this region would get its legitimate share of newly created posts. In spite of that, West Bengal Region is deprived of a single newly created post and discriminated against by phasing out even the existing posts.
This move of the CBDT is absolutely detrimental to the interest of the people of West Bengal as well as Departmental Officers/Officials of this region. It also sets a dangerous regional imbalance, causing a threat to the National Integrity.
The threat to National Integrity has been halted - the CBDT has informed that the Board's decision regarding phasing out of the 1633 posts out of West Bengal Region has been deferred till such time the Committee which has been constituted by the Board examines the representations received by the Board in this matter and submits its report and the Board takes a view thereon.
CBDT F.No.HRD/CM/102/28/2013-14/Part-II., Dated: March 23, 2015