Circular in the face of COVID 19

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (Representing the Superintendents of C. Ex & CGST) [Recognised vide CBEC Letter F. No. B 12017/10/2006-Ad IV A dated 21/01/2008] Address for Correspondence and Communications: R. Manimohan, Secretary General, AIACEGEO, G.S.T Bhavan, 6/7 A.T.D. Street, Race Course, Coimbatore – 641018. Email id: aisacbitc@gmail.com  [Mob.No: 09443063989]

President: Shishir Agnihotri 09820924001 Working President: H.S. Bajaj 08527880241 Asst Secy General: A.S. Kundu 09426746721 Liaison Secretary: Abhishek Kamal 09852743525 Chairman, CR Comt: Tirthankar Pyne         09433375001 Vice Presidents: M. A. Jithendra Kousik Roy T. Chakrapani Rao S.K. Bundela P.T. Gaidhani Vinod Sharma R.R. Thripathy Ashish Pathak R. Soundari D.K. Sharma Joint Secretaries: Malkit Singh Hemant Ghosal S.K. Yadav D. Samantaray Anil Bhokare A.G. Dhoble C. J. Thomas T. Elanchezhiyan Samir Kumar Sinha Chandra Prakash Core Committee: Ajit Kumar K.G. G. Srinath Office Secretary: K.R.Dinesh Kumar

Ref. No: 02/Int/2020                          Date: 24.03.2020 CIRCULAR 02/2020 Dear friends and comrades, Kindly find reproduced below the resolution of the All India Executive Committee of this Association, decided through on-line consultations on 23.03.2020: “This AIEC takes note of the grim situation facing the country in the form of the COVID 19 and commits to appeal to the members of this Association to re dedicate their services to the nation at this crucial juncture.  Considering the various instructions of the Government of India on this issue, the following resolutions are passed:    (1) That the CBIC should be requested to maintain skeletal strength only and that too only in the most essential fields in the Customs and GST, to ensure that most of the personnel are kept at their homes for safety and allowed to work from home in keeping with the DOPT instructions dated 22.03.2020 and to urge upon the CBIC to issue instructions to all Zonal Chiefs to provide vehicles to all such staff who are required essentially to attend office as part of the said skeletal staff due to the impending lock down and stoppage of public transport, curfew etc in almost all parts of the Country;    (2) Due to the concept of work from home instructions and in order to be available over phone in emergencies, to suspend the call of this AIEC to its members to withdraw use of personal mobile phones for office work, undertaken earlier to demand office phones for office work; The call to be reviewed for revival at an appropriate time later;     (3) To take up with the CBIC the necessity to get timelines for payments of taxes, duties and dues extended in the face of the lock down, whether in the case of SVLDRS or normal cases to enable the trade to face the present crisis and similarly to issue circular to the effect that any act not performed during this period of lock down and where any time lines for issue of show cause notices, demands, etc, could not be met, be protected and no action shall be taken against any one for the same;     (4) To make a proposal to the CBIC to give a call to the staff of the CBIC to make generous contributions to relief fund (of the PM or CM as the donors may indicate), for enabling payment of incentives to those personnel who are working on the field at the risk of their own lives and to those whose lively hood has been displaced due to the lock down; and to permit the deductions in installments in succeeding months if the contribution is more than a day’s salary;     (5) To give a call to members of the AIACEGEO to contribute generously to the relief fund whenever the CBIC gives a call for the same, considering the hardship of the personnel on the field who are putting their lives at risk to enable safely of ourselves and that of our kith and kin and that while we have the convenience of work from home, most of the unorganized labourers in the country are going to find it difficult to sustain due to the lock down.” Out of the above points in the resolution, the Chairman has already acted upon Point No. 1 by issue of suitable instructions to the Zonal Chiefs and Directorate Heads. The Chairman has also gone an extra mile by advising all Zonal Chiefs and Directorate Heads to form teams at each level in consultation with the local associations, to help the staff (including the contingent and contract employees) in case of medical emergencies.  We request all units to cooperate in this salutary effort. Regarding Point No. 2 all unit Office bearers may intimate accordingly to their respective CCs/ Commissioners regarding the suspension of our call. Regarding Point No. 3 and 4 we are requesting the CBIC for necessary circulars. In respect of Point No. 5, the AIEC appeals to all our members to kindly come together and generously contribute taking into consideration the world war like situation and appreciating the fact that we are among the very few who are economically at an advantage compared to the masses whose very lives and lively hoods are at stake. All members are requested to keep the selves and their family safe and be alert to any changing situations.  When the going becomes tough, the tough alone gets going. With fraternal greetings, R. Manimohan Secretary General