Superintendents & AOs Miss Gr-A Promotions due to delay in conducting DPCs by CBEC .

 A number of Superintendents & Administrative officers of group B gazetted, slated for a promotion to the post of  group A gazetted, had to retire before being elevated to the higher position as the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) had not conducted DPCs, which had been pending for the last ten months. Officers belonging to the Executive & Ministerial cadres, who joined the Customs and Central Excise department after clearing Staff Selection Commission examinations, were due for a promotion since implementation of the CBEC cadre restructuring, December,2013.  A Superintendent who retired on July 31, 2015, said, “I waited till the last moment to retire as a group A officer. It’s very personal and emotional. I would have been proud of the elevated post for the rest of my life.” He, who is upset with the delay,. He is not the only one who seems to be bearing “the brunt”. Another officer retired in June, missing his promotion. “I had been waiting for the promotion for nine months. After putting so many years in the service, we to retire at least as a group A Officer and consider it as a farewell gift from the government. But it’s unfortunate that no one bothers about us,” he rues. The officers, who did not till get promotion of  Gr-A post, alleging that only Indian Revenue Service  officers ( direct recruit) are well taken care by CBEC. The all cadre of IRS Officers had got promotions after cadre restructuring on new created posts and getting hike pay.  The regret of the missed promotion is palpable in other executive and ministerial cadres  officials as well.  More than 2000 Gr-A posts were vacant but even then, the CBEC could not hold DPCs to grant promotions to sub ordinate officers and delaying the matter for ten months for unknown reasons. This has also caused collection of more revenue.