New transfer policy for IRS
The CBEC has issued latest guidelines for transfer of IRS officers in the Customs and Central Excise department. And the order is prefaced with profound bureaucratese.
++ The successful implementation of tax reforms depends on the efficiency of the delivery system. A significant contributor to the effectiveness of the administrative machinery is a credible human resource development policy, which offers opportunities for excellence and career advancement through a proper placement strategy.
What do we say? WahWah! But then what do we do when people consistently manage to walk over the policy and park themselves in lucrative posts?
The salient features:
1. Three categories of stations
2. ‘A’ category stations
(a) Mumbai (including Thane, Belapur, Raigarh & Nhavasheva)
(b) Delhi (including Faridabad, Gurgaon, NOIDA andGhaziabad),
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata
(e) Bangalore
(f) Hyderabad
(g) All posts in the Customs Overseas Intelligence Network (COIN)
3. posts have been categorized as field and non-field posts.
4. All annual transfer orders shall be normally issued by 30th April and, in any case, notlater than 31st May of the year. (and after that may be every week)
5. CBEC shall ensure that the database containing the profiles of all Group 'A' officers is regularly updated.
6. First obey and then complain. All grievances shall be addressed only after the officer has joined his new assignment.
7. Minutes of the placement committee to be approved in 34 hours.
8. The normal practice is transfer on promotion.
9. Directly recruited/ newly promoted Group 'A' officers shall be given intensive training in accountancy for a period of 2-3 months.
10. directly recruited officers shall be normally posted to a class 'A' station, whereas the officers promoted from Group 'B' to Group 'A' shall, on promotion, be transferred out of the station in which they were previously working, unless the balance-service is less than three years.
11. All posts in the Commissionerates of Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax and the Directorates of Revenue Intelligence and Central Excise Intelligence have been categorized as field posts.
12. As far as possible, an officer shall spend the first nine years of his service on field posts.
13. As far as possible, the senior most officer may be posted as the Executive Commissioner.
14. All postings in the Board and deputation to technical posts in the Department of Revenue, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), Enforcement Directorate, Authority for Advance Ridings (AAR), Competent Authorities (CAs), Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property (ATFP), Customs, Excise and Service Tax Tribunal (CESTAT), Dte. of Systems and Dte. of Vigilance and Settlement Commission shall not count towards calculation of stay at a particular station/area but may be so counted at the option of the officer.
The sensitive and non sensitive posts. What do they mean?
All posts have been categorized as sensitive and non sensitive. What does the government mean by this? Are sensitive posts lucrative ones where one can make a lot of money?
While the post of jurisdictional commissioners is sensitive, the post of Commissioner (Appeals) is non sensitive. Why? God and Board knows.
Directorates of Revenue Intelligence, Central Excise Intelligence, Vigilance, Narcotics are sensitive while all other directorates are non sensitive.
Whatever be the policy, what is required is its proper implementation. If there is equity and a level playing field, may be the high moral aims of the Board can be achieved.
CBEC F.No.C-50/ 17/2006-Ad.IIDated : January 11, 2007