Minutes of General Body Meeting of AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit held on 14.04.2015

                 A meeting of General body of All India Central Excise & Service Tax Ministerial Officers’ Association Ahmedabad unit held at 11:00 A. M. on 14.04.2015 at Custom House, Ahmedabad to consider the agenda already circulated.

            At the outset, the President welcomed all members. Further during the meeting, the following agenda have been considered :-

I.          General Election of Ahmedabad Unit-

            It has been unanimously decided that a General Election will be carried out to rectify the adhoc committee constituted vide Unit’s General body meeting held on 06.12.2014. In this regard, following decision have been taken during the meeting :-

            Date of Election will be 10.05.2015.

Election officer- Shri C. P. Singh, Tax Assistant, Service Tax, Ahmedabad.

The Election will be held for the following posts:-

	Name of the Post	Number of Post
1.	President-	01
2.	Vice-President	02
3.	General Secretary	01
4.	Asst. General Secretary	02
5.	Organizing Secretary	01

            Necessary formalities will be done by Shri c. P. Singh, TA, Service Tax, as he has been nominated as Election Officer.

II.         National Convention of Association to be held on 16.05.2015 at Hyderabad.

            It has been unanimously decided that Shri Vikas Kumar Gupta, General Secretary of Ahmedabad unit will represent the Ahmedabad Unit at National Convention to be held on 16.05.2015 at Hyderabad.

III.        Opening of Bank Account:-

            It has been observed that no Bank Account has been opened for Ahmedabad Unit till date. Hence, it has been decided to open Bank Account by 16.04.2015.

IV.        Welcome of new incumbents to the Association:-

            Many Havaldars have been promoted to the grade of Lowe Division Clerks and they all are interested to join the Association. Presence of such LDCs was seen during the meeting.

            The Association welcomed all the newly promoted Lower Division Clerks and requested all to work to strengthen the Association in order to fulfill the welfare requirements of the members.

            Membership forms and subscription forms were distributed among all the new LDCs.

V.         Farewell to the office bearers who have been promoted to executive post:-

            The following office bearers have been promoted to executive post i.e. Inspector-

                        a)  Shri Suresh Kumar Sing, ,STA- Vice President

                        b)  Shri Kamlesh Kumar Pandey, STA- Vice President

                        c)  Shri Rajeev Ranjan Shashi, STA- Organizing Secretary

                        d)  Shri Mukul Kumar, STA- Executive Member cum Committee        

                                                                            Representative for Customs,  Ahmedabad.

            The Association greeted all the above said officers and thanked them for their overwhelming support to the Unit of association.

            Further, the promoted officers have tendered their resignation from the posts of Association which has been accepted by the Association unanimously.

            The said officers were also congratulated by the Association by presenting flower bokehs.

VI.        The meeting concluded with thanks to the chair.

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(Vikas Kumar Gupta)

General Secretary,

AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit.

Meeting of Ahmedabad Unit on 14.04.2015 (Tuesday)

Dear comrades,

           In view of All India Convention of the Association to be held in Hyderabad on 16.05.2015, a meeting of AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit is hereby convened on 14.04.2015 at Custom House, Ahmedabad for the following agenda :-

(i) Authorization for attending the National Convention of the Association in Hyderabad on 16.05.2015.

(ii) To farewell the leaders and members who have been promoted to the executive post.

(iii) To welcome the new incumbents i.e. newly promoted LDCs.

(iv) General Election of the Ahmedabad Unit as per constitution of the Association.

(v) All other issues related to welfare of members.

             Please do come in order to strengthen the Association.

Yours sincerely,

(Vikas Kumar Gupta)

General Secretary,

AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad.

Submission to the Chief Commissioner, Central Excise & Service Tax, Vadodara (CCA) in r/o Relaxation for Promotion to the Grade of Inspector.

The Ahmedabad Unit of AICESTMOA has submitted a letter to the Chief Commissioner, Central Excise & Service Tax, Vadodara (CCA) vide which the matter regarding promotion to the grade of Inspector has been raised. The copy of letter is placed below :-

Yours sincerely,

Vikas Kumar Gupta,

General Secretary,

AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit

Minutes of AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit's meeting held on 10.01.2015

                A meeting of All India Central Excise & Service Tax Ministerial Officers' Association, Ahmedabad Unit held under Chairmanship of Shri I. U. Desai, President  at 11:30 AM at Custom House, Ahmedabad to consider the agenda circulated vide Associations' Facebook Post dated 09.01. 2015.

          At the outset, the President, AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit greeted all the members & allowed to discuss various issues.

             

             At first, the minutes of meeting held on 06.12.2014 was put up before the Committee & the Committee, individually & jointly approved the minutes dated 06.12.2014.

              Further, the following agenda has been discussed :-

1. Opening of Bank Account of AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit

            It has been proposed to open a bank account of AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit in Ashram Road Branch of State Bank of India. Further, it has been proposed that the said account will be operated by signature of any two of the following members :

(i) Shri I. U. Desai, President

(ii) Shri Vikas Kumar Gupta, General Secretary

(iii) Shri Mantu Kumar, Treasurer 

           The President approved the above proposal with consent of all members. Further, he requested that the account should be opened by 23.01.2015.

2. Submission of membership form & yearly subscription

           Although most of the members have submitted form to deduct annual subscription of Rs 480/-, however, it has been proposed that a membership form shall be filled by the members by which Rs 20/- will be collected from each member.

        The President approved the proposal & further directed that it should be ensured that Annual Subscription form should be filled & submitted by all members on 100% basis.

3. Preparation of Contact Details of all Ministerial Staff 

           It has been proposed that contact details of all ministerial officers may be compiled.

        The President requested Shri Shailesh Kumar Sharma, Stenographer, CCE-II, Ahmedabad to complete the said work by 16.01.2015. Further, the President requested all Commissionerate representatives to assist Shri Shailesh for the said purpose.

4. Intimation regarding formation of Ahmedabad Unit to Cadre Control Unit, Vadodara

         It has been decided that intimation regarding formation of Ahmedabad Unit of All India Central Excise & Service Tax Ministerial Officers' Association may be given to Cadre Control Unit, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Vadodara.

It has also been decided that a delegation of Ahmedabad Unit will meet the officers of CCU, Vadodara personally in due course.

5. Promotion to the grade of Inspector

       It has beend decided that the Ahmedabad Unit will write a letter to CC, Vadodara (CCU) to organize DPCs for promotion to the grade of Inspector in light of huge vacancies arised due to cadre restructuring. The CC will be requested that  DPC may be held soon on the basis of existing Recruitment Rules & by granting some relaxation in existing Recruitment Rules.

6. Promotion of Stenographers to next higher grade

        It has been reported that promotion for stenographers to next higher grade is not being granted due to unavailability of Recruitment Rules.

    The Committee decided to request the CC, Vadodara to organize DPC for promotion of Stenographers on the basis of existing Recruitment Rules as existing Recruitment Rules are functional till new Recruitment Rules are notified.

        The President directed to issue a letter immediately, in this regard, to the Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax, Vadodara for early necessary action.

7. To initiate formation of similar Committee all over Gujarat

       On getting overwhelming support from Ministerial Officers of the Zone, the Committee has decided to sensitize Ministerial officers of other Zone/City of Gujarat.

        In this regard, the President has requested all members to contact their counterparts in Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot etc. for formation of similar Committee with consultation of All India Unit.

8. Courtesy Visit to all Chief Commissioners & Commissioners

    It has been decided that some of the office bearers of Association will meet the Chief Commissioners & Commissioners of Central Excise & Customs, Vadodara & Ahmedabad Zone as courtesy visit.

9. Regular meeeing of Ahmedabad Unit will be held on second Saturday of each month

         It has been decided that a monthly meeting of Ahmedabad Unit will be held regularly. Hence, the Committee decided that the monthly meeting of the Unit will be held on Second Saturday of each & every month in Custom House Compound. However, if required, the President may call meeting any day in addition to the monthly meeting.

          The next monthly meeting will be held on 14.02.2015 (2nd Saturday of February'2015).

10. Representation received from Shri Shashi Bhushan Lal, Tax Assistant

         During the meeting, the Association received a representation from Shri Shashi Bhushan Lal, Tax Assistant. Vide his representation, he has informed that despite repeated reminders, promotion order for his promotion to the grade of Senior Tax Assistant is not being issued by the CCU, Vadodara.

        The President has assured Shri Shashi Bhushan Lal that the Association will make sincere & immediate efforts in this regard. Further he directed to issue a letter to CC, Vadodara for early disposal of the matter.

11. Reimbursement of expenditure made in last meeting dated 06.12.2014

         An amount of Rs 600/- (Rupees Six Hundred Only) had been expended for light refreshment of members in Association's General Meeting held on 06.12.2014. The amount was paid by Shri Vikas Kumar Gupta Senior Tax Assistant on Loan Basis.

     The Committee individually & jointly approved the said expenditure. The amount will be reimbursed just after the Account of Unit is opened & subscription fees are collected from the members.

         The meeting concluded with vote of thanks to the President.

Yours sincerely,

sd/-

(Vikas Kumar Gupta)

General Secretary,

AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit

Submissions to the Chief Commissioner, Central Excise & Service Tax, Ahmedabad Zone and the Chief Commissioner, Customs Gujarat Zone.

Ahmedabad, the 02nd January, 2015.

Dear Members,

            The Ahmedabad Unit of All India Central Excise and Service Tax Ministerial Officers' Association has submitted letters to the Chief Commissioner, Central Excise Ahmedabad Zone and the Chief Commissioner, Customs Gujarat Zone. Copy of the letters are placed in this post. Vide the said letters the President, AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit, has requested the Chief Commissioners that we may be called for the JCMs. 

                Henceforth, if we are called to attend the JCMs, the office bearers of the Unit will attend the JCMs without fail & will raise the various issues of the members related to their career advancement & other miscellaneous issues. It is sincerely hoped that all the members of this Association from the rank of Lower Division Clerk, Tax Assistant, Senior Tax Assistant and more particularly the Officers in the rank of DOS and AO remain united and support the Association wholeheartedly. 

Yours sincerely,

Vikas Kumar Gupta

General Secretary, AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad Unit of Ministerial Officers' Association is now authorized to conduct the Association activities

        The Ahmedabad Unit of AICESTMOA is pleased to inform all the members of Ahmedabad Zone that Shri Ashim Pramanick, Hon'ble President, All India Central Excise And Service Tax Ministerial Association has authorized the Ad-hoc Executive Committee for Ahmedabad Zone to conduct the Association activities vide his letter Ref:AICESTMOA/2014 Dated 30.12.2014. The letter addressed to the General Secretary (Ad-hoc), AICESTMOA, Ahmedabad Unit with a copy endorsed to Hon'ble Chief Commissioner, Central Excise & Service Tax, Ahmedabad Zone, Ahmedabad are placed below :-