Excise, Customs employees protest anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission

Excise, Customs employees protest anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission

By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,

New Delhi, Sept 14, 2008: After armed forces and Indian revenue services it is the turn of Excise, Customs employees to protest against anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission. They say that they have been discriminated against when it came to pay scale and pay band.

Indian armed forces have been up in arms against the Sixth Pay Commission ever since it made its recommendations known.

The three arms of defence forces say that they have been discriminated against when compared to their civilian counterparts.

The armed forces have refused to implement the pay panel recommendations till the time anomalies are taken care of.

Later Indian revenue services officials too raised the issue of anomalies and now it is the turn of the Excise and Customs department.

In a statement Delhi branch of All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers said, “The reason behind it (the protest) is the apathetic and indifferent attitude of the authorities concerned in matters of promotion, pay scale, working condition, staff position etc”.

The Delhi chapter of All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers has alleged that compared to employees in other cadres, the promotional opportunities are far less for inspectors and superintendents engaged in collection of indirect taxes like Central Excise, Customs, Service Tax, Inland Air Travel Tax and Foreign Travel Tax.

It said that the income tax inspectors, officers, examiners and appraisers have better promotional opportunities, while the Central Excise superintendents retires as superintendents, despite being recruited through the same competitive examinations, the statement said.


Source: Khabrein.Info