Flash news
FLASH NEWS !!!
DPC FOR PROMOTION OF ITOs TO AC WILL BE HELD ON 5th & 6th MARCH 2012 FOR 203 POSTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL I.T.G.O.A MEMBERS
ITGOA, KARNATAKA & GOA UNIT,
BANGALORE.
List of newly promoted Chief Commissioners & Commissioners
NEWLY PROMOTED CHIEF COMMISSIONERS
(ORDER No.33 OF 2012 DT.16-2-2012)
1. Archana Ranjan (79024)
2. T. JAYASHANKAR (79025)
3. K. SARKAR (79026)
4. SURBHI SINHA (79028)
5. VIVEK VARUNPRASAD (79029)
6. I. SURESH BABU (79030)
7. A.K. SINGH (79031
8. RAVI MATIIUR (79032)
9. R.N. PRASAD (79033)
10.A.K.SINHA (79033)w.e.f 01-03-2012
NEWLY PROMOTED COMMISSIONERS
(ORDER No.34 OF 2012 DT.16-2-2012)
1.VISMITA Tej (90094)
2. REEMA HOTA SiNGH (90095)
3. KAMLESH CHANDRA VARSHNEY (90096)
4. MANOJ PAL SINGH (90097)
5. DEVINDER S. KALAYAN (90098)
6. VUDIGA MADHU VANI (90099)
7. LAXMAN SINGH (90100)
8. MDHEN NATHABHA MAURYA (90101)
9. RAMESH CHANDER (90102)
10. ABHIJEET KR. NABKHADH (90103 )
11. NIVEDITA BISWAS (90104)
12. RAJPAL SINGH (90570) - pramotee officer
13. DIRISAM SUDHAKAR RAO 90105
P.S
The above officers have been promoted on 'in-situ' basis and posted at their present place of posting, havig the same jurisdiction.
P.S
The above officers have been promoted on 'in-situ' basis and posted at their present place of posting, havig the same jurisdiction.
Meeting & felicitation function on 15-02-2012
FELICITATION
TO
Com. B.SHANTIKUMAR,
Ex. ALL INDIA PRESIDENT OF I.T.G.O.A.
ON
15-02-2012 FROM 4.00PM, AT 4TH FLOOR, C.R.BLDG., QUEEN’S ROAD, BANGALORE.
SHRI A.SITARAMA RAO, PRESIDENT,
AND
SHRI RAJESH D.MENON, SECRETARY GENERAL,
I.T.G.O.A., WILL ADDRESS THE MEMBERS.
JOIN ENMASSE
Protest at Bangalore on visit of CBDT, Member(P&V)
| Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association, KARNATAKA & GOA Unit, Ist Floor, C.R.Bldg. Annex, Queen’s Road, Bangalore 560 001 |
| President : Shashidhar S.Shet - 9448660614 : Vice President : K.A.Jamadar - 9241342225 General Secretary : K.R.Narayana - 9844241937 : Addl. Secretary : P.V.Narayana Sharma - 9449490677 Joint. Secretary : K.Selvaraj - 9886075520 : Joint. Secretary : A.Rajkumar - 8762300778 Asst Secretary : M.Devaki - 8762300944 : Treasurer : H.K.Rajkumar - 8762300553 Zonal Secretary(C.Hq.)(South) - K.E.Rajan - 9448444481 |
No. ITGOA/Agitation/2011-12 Date:10th Feb. 2012
Protest at Bangalore on visit of CBDT, Member(P&V)
Comrades,
We mobilized members from all building of Bangalore to hold black flag protest on the visit of Member (P&V) Smt. Manjari Kackar. Apparently, on getting news of our protest, and to avoid meeting the agitated comrades, the venue of the official function was suddenly shifted to a private hotel. This shows how open the authorities are for the peaceful, democratic protests. The persons who have done nothing wrong will have nothing to hide and will be ready to face peaceful, democratic protests.
Nevertheless we held the black flag protest and its pictures are for the information of members.
Yours comradely
Sd/-
K.R.Narayana
General Secretary
Executive Committee Members:
Sri P.Suresh Rao, Smt.V.Umarani, Sri S.Sundara Raghavan, Sri Alex Mathew, Sri S. Gururaj, Sri Shivarudraiah Swamy,
Smt. B.V.Latha, Sri Christopher Manohar, and Sri M.Rudrappa. - Hon Auditor Sri KVN Gupta
PHOTOS
ITGOA agitation news in Economic Times dt: 4th Feb. 2012
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: For some time, well-heeled individuals and corporate may not lose sleep over fears of tax sleuths knocking on their doors.
Close to 8,500 gazetted income tax employees in the rank of I-T officers (ITOs), assistant commissioners and administrative officers have gone on a nationwide agitation. The outcome, said tax circles, will be fewer tax surveys and raids.
"Their priority is now processing refunds rather than quickening recovery," said a senior official with the tax office. While it's unclear how long the agitation will continue, high net worth individuals and companies with unreported income will enjoy the breather as long as it lasts.
The raids at liquor baron Ponty Chaddha's premises in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi were the last such exercise carried out by tax officials.
"There will be no searches and surveys. We will not send any reports to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)," said Rajesh Menon, secretary general, Income-Tax Gazetted Officers Association. The gazetted officers, upset over the delay in filling up vacancies and promotions, have said there will be no TDS surveys, inspections, verifications or any recovery surveys.
The government has pegged direct tax collection target at Rs 5.33 lakh crore for 2011-12, about 20% higher than the actual collections in FY11. But due to fears of missing the selloff target, it is nudging the department to collect 10% more than the target.
The government has recently empowered tax officials to visit residences of high net worth individuals ( HNIs) to verify unaccounted high-value transactions. But the agitation, said Menon, could impact collections.
According to a recent presentation made to the CBDT, as of September 2011, there were 710 vacant posts of assistant and deputy commissioners. In November, around 140 gazetted officers were promoted to the rank of joint commissioners, taking the total vacancies to 850, or 40% of the total sanctioned strength of 2,100 at that level.
ITOs assess the books of those with annual income below Rs 10 lakh while assistant commissioners and deputy commissioners assess taxpayers with income over Rs 10 lakh. Those in the ranks of joint or additional commissioners, commissioners and chief commissioners have supervisory role.
"More than 40% of assessees with annual income over Rs 10 lakh are not monitored at present," said an income-tax officer on condition of anonymity. The staff crunch has resulted in increased workload on serving officers, affecting their ability to scrutinise returns.
The officials are also protesting against the recent cadre restructuring wherein the increase in the number of supervisory officers was much higher than field officers. The high number of vacancies in the department could undermine the government's effort to check generation and circulation of black money.
Income-Tax Gazetted Officers Association had launched the agitation in October, but called it off on December 31 following assurances from the then CBDT chairman that promotions will be fast-tracked. But with their demands unfulfilled, the officials have resumed the agitation.
Some within the department think the agitation is unlikely to have a serious impact on revenue collections. The number of searches and surveys has dipped this year. Between April and October, 2,190 search warrants were executed as against 2,548 in the year-ago period. The income detected too plunged to Rs 3,887 crore from Rs 18,750 crore in April-October 2010.
Close to 8,500 gazetted income tax employees in the rank of I-T officers (ITOs), assistant commissioners and administrative officers have gone on a nationwide agitation. The outcome, said tax circles, will be fewer tax surveys and raids.
"Their priority is now processing refunds rather than quickening recovery," said a senior official with the tax office. While it's unclear how long the agitation will continue, high net worth individuals and companies with unreported income will enjoy the breather as long as it lasts.
The raids at liquor baron Ponty Chaddha's premises in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi were the last such exercise carried out by tax officials.
"There will be no searches and surveys. We will not send any reports to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)," said Rajesh Menon, secretary general, Income-Tax Gazetted Officers Association. The gazetted officers, upset over the delay in filling up vacancies and promotions, have said there will be no TDS surveys, inspections, verifications or any recovery surveys.
The government has pegged direct tax collection target at Rs 5.33 lakh crore for 2011-12, about 20% higher than the actual collections in FY11. But due to fears of missing the selloff target, it is nudging the department to collect 10% more than the target.
The government has recently empowered tax officials to visit residences of high net worth individuals ( HNIs) to verify unaccounted high-value transactions. But the agitation, said Menon, could impact collections.
According to a recent presentation made to the CBDT, as of September 2011, there were 710 vacant posts of assistant and deputy commissioners. In November, around 140 gazetted officers were promoted to the rank of joint commissioners, taking the total vacancies to 850, or 40% of the total sanctioned strength of 2,100 at that level.
ITOs assess the books of those with annual income below Rs 10 lakh while assistant commissioners and deputy commissioners assess taxpayers with income over Rs 10 lakh. Those in the ranks of joint or additional commissioners, commissioners and chief commissioners have supervisory role.
"More than 40% of assessees with annual income over Rs 10 lakh are not monitored at present," said an income-tax officer on condition of anonymity. The staff crunch has resulted in increased workload on serving officers, affecting their ability to scrutinise returns.
The officials are also protesting against the recent cadre restructuring wherein the increase in the number of supervisory officers was much higher than field officers. The high number of vacancies in the department could undermine the government's effort to check generation and circulation of black money.
Income-Tax Gazetted Officers Association had launched the agitation in October, but called it off on December 31 following assurances from the then CBDT chairman that promotions will be fast-tracked. But with their demands unfulfilled, the officials have resumed the agitation.
Some within the department think the agitation is unlikely to have a serious impact on revenue collections. The number of searches and surveys has dipped this year. Between April and October, 2,190 search warrants were executed as against 2,548 in the year-ago period. The income detected too plunged to Rs 3,887 crore from Rs 18,750 crore in April-October 2010.
Minutes of the Executive Commitee meeting held on 30-01-2012
Minutes of the EC meeting held on 30-01-2012
Members present
Sl no | Name | Post | Attended/Not Attended |
1 | Sri Shashidhar Shet, ITO | President | Attended |
2 | Sri K.A.Jamadar, DCIT | Vice President | Attended |
3 | Sri K.R.Narayana, ACIT | General Secretary | Attended |
4 | Sri K.Selvaraj, ITO | Joint Secretary | Not Attended |
5 | Sri H.K.Rajkumar, ITO | Treasurer | Attended |
6 | Smt. M.Devaki, ITO | Assistant Secretary | Attended |
7 | Sri P.Suresh Rao, ACIT | EC Member | Attended |
8 | Smt V. Umarani , ITO | EC Member | Attended |
9 | Sri Subbarao Gururaj, ITO | EC Member | Attended |
10 | Sri Alex Mathew, ITO | EC Member | Attended |
11 | Sri K.E.Rajan ITO | Zonal Secretary (South) | Attended |
12 | Sri Narayana Sharma ITO | Special invitee | Attended |
13 | Sri A.Rajkumar ITO | Special invitee | Attended |
14 | Sri Sundara Raghavan ITO | Special invitee | Attended |
15 | Sri Rudrappa ITO | Special invitee | Attended |
16 | Sri Shivarudraiah Swamy ITO | Special invitee | Attended |
17 | Sri Christopher Manohar AO | Special invitee | Attended |
18 | Smt B.V.Latha PS | Special invitee | Not Attended |
The meeting commenced at 5.00 PM with Sri Shashidhar Shet, President in the chair.
1. Briefing on 41st BGM held at Mumbai :
The President, Vice-president and General Secretary briefed the EC about the all India BGM held in Mumbai from 18th to 20th January 2012. The report of the Secretary General on the action taken in last 2 years was highlighted. The Adhoc promotions to JC cadre and recent CAT, Mumbai order on notional pay fixation to ITOs from 1-1-96 were specially mentioned. The long pending demand of special pay for officers working in Audit/Central/Investigation and recent Lokaayukta action against IT dept employee were specially taken up by our unit in BGM. The address of CBDT chairman to concluding session of BGM wherein he mentioned that presently there are no hurdles to ITO to AC promotion and all efforts will be made to clear them by 30-01-2012 was informed to EC. His assurance on clearing the grievances of recently transferred JCs and postponing their relieving by 15 days was also informed.
2. Felicitation to K.E.Rajan Zonal Secretary (South) :
The President congratulated Sri K.E. Rajan on his nomination as Zonal Secretary (South) and presented the bouquet. He was specially urged to protect the interests of our charge in the forthcoming allotment of posts in cadre re-structuring.
3. Motivating members for participation in revived agitation:
It was informed that the CHQ has not yet taken any final decision on reviving the agitation which was suspended on account of written assurance of CBDT chairman on AC promotions. The secretariat meeting of CHQ has been called in Hyderabad on 31st in this regard. After detailed discussions, following views of our unit on reviving of agitation were formulated.
a. We must maintain pressure on CBDT till promotion orders are released.
b. CHQ may take a considered decision keeping mind that, the revival of agitation should not in any way hinder or delay regular DPC for 204 posts, for which proposal has already reached UPSC
c. Once regular DPC orders are released for 204 posts, we should immediately ensure that adhoc DPC is done by CBDT for the remaining 200 posts for RY 2011-12. We must also insist on adhoc DPC for RY 2012-13 which is already due.
d. In view of recent DOPT clearance of our cadre restructuring proposal, enough care should be taken to ensure that our stiff stand on agitation should not spoil the mood of FM, who has to eventually get cabinet’s clearance to the cadre restructuring proposal.
e. Our leaders should meet FM directly to appraise him about the delay in promotions in various cadres and frustration among the members and also inform him the constraints under which we have to revive agitation despite its adverse impact on budget collection.
f. Enough time should be provided to units to mobilize members for agitation.
As regards mobilizing members for agitation it was decided to conduct lunch hour meetings in various buildings in Bangalore and to conduct tour of out stations after discussions with representatives of those stations.
4. Filling up of vacancies in office bearers and EC member posts.
To strengthen the association, the EC unanimously has co-opted following members for the posts mentioned against their names:
Sl No | Name | Post |
1 | Sri Narayana Sharma ITO | Additional Secretary |
2 | Sri A.Rajkumar ITO | Joint Secretary |
3 | Sri K.E.Rajan ITO | EC Member |
3 | Sri Sundara Raghavan ITO | EC Member |
4 | Sri Rudrappa ITO | EC Member |
5 | Sri Shivarudraiah Swamy ITO | EC Member |
6 | Sri Christopher Manohar AO | EC Member |
7 | Smt B.V.Latha PS | EC Member |
5. Improving communication with members
a. Allocation of group members to each EC member
To ensure that communications reach the members promptly it was decided that each EC member will act as contact point for a group of members allotted to him. The allotment is made keeping in view his convenience to interact with those members. The EC member shall collect operating mobile number and email id of each the member allotted to him and communicate the same to the General Secretary at the earliest so that GS can update his records. This will also ensure faster communication in case of emergencies. EC member wise allotment is enclosed as Annexure to this minutes of the meeting in an Excel sheet and mailed to each EC member.
b. Monthly newsletter
The GS emphasized the importance of regular communication with members and for that purpose release of monthly newsletter in an attractive way as was done earlier. He also expressed that it provides opportunity to EC members to meet members at least once in a month for handing newsletter and this strengthens members commitment to the association. While the idea was generally welcomed, following views were expressed:
i. Bringing out multi colour newsletter involves huge expenditure, better we release it plain paper in single colour- Sri Shashidhar shet- President and Narayana Sharma- Addl Secretary
ii. It is the contents which is important and not the colour or the way of presentation-Sri K.E.Rajan ECM
iii. We need to have it multicolor only- it was very popular-cost should NOT be a factor- Sri Shivarudraiah swamy. ECM
iv. If cost is the factor members may be requested to donate and I think they will oblige- Sri K.R.Narayana GS
v. We are yet to collect contribution towards litigation fund. We have to contribute Rs 2 lakhs to CHQ- this needs to be kept in mind before asking members for any other contribution- members should not be burdened-Sri K.A.Jamadar Vice-President.
vi. Members who are willing to contribute may be requested-better to have it in multicolor- Sri K.V.N.Gupta, Hon, Internal Auditor
vii. Department has provided 3G data card to officers. Members are used to email facility. It is better to prepare newsletter in multi colour, but instead of giving hard copy let us send it through email. Smt M.Devaki. Asst Secretary
viii. I endorse the view of Smt Devaki –Sri Sundararaghavan –ECM
ix. On trial basis this idea may be implemented for the time being- Other EC members – agreed – President
In order to ensure quality of content, it was suggested to set up Editorial Committee. Accordingly for finalizing contents of monthly newsletter an Editorial Committee comprising of following members was set up.
i. Sri K.A.Jamadar, Vice President
ii. Sri K.R.Narayana, General Secretary
iii. Sri P.V.Narayana Sharma, Addl Secretary
iv. Sri Sundara Raghavan , EC member
6. Work allocation among the Executive body
To ensure association work is carried on smoothly without burdening any one it was deciced to have following work allocation among the officer bearers
Sl No | Name of office bearer | Post | Works allocated |
1 | S. ShashidharShet | President | Presiding over EC meetings, Coordination with Administration and members etc |
2 | K.A.Jamadar | Vice-President | Assisting the president in above functions |
3 | K.R.Narayana | General Secretary | Conducting EC Meetings, Coordination with Administration and members, Sending Congratulatory letters, Newsletteretc |
4 | P.V. Narayana Sharma | Additional Secretary | Assisting theGeneral Secretaryin general functions, Arrangement for Retirement functions and Blogspot maintenance. |
5 | K. Selvaraj | Joint Secretary | Assisting GS in News letter preparation, drafting circulars etc |
6 | A. Rajkumar | Joint Secretary | Assisting GS in general functions and despatch of news letters/circulars to outstations |
7 | M.Devaki | Asst Secretary | Assisting GS in News letter preparation, address label preparation, updating members register, despatch of news letters /circulars to Bangalore members |
8 | H.K.Rajkumar | Treasurer | Collecting mandate form, Subscription/donation/fund contribution collection and maintenance of accounts |
7. Any other matter with the permission of the chair :
a. Sri Shivarudraiah Swamy EC member highlighted the injustice meted out to ITOs by placing them in PB-2 though they are drawing GP of Rs 5400/- . He demanded that the association should demand for placing such ITOs in PB-3. He was informed by GS that said demand has already been made and it is part of our demands at national level.
b. Sri K.A. Jamadar VP suggested that the association should impress upon CBDT for immediate implementation of favorable Mumbai CAT order on notional effect of ITO pay from 1-1-96 and same may be communicated to CHQ leaders as view of our charge.
c. Sri K.A. Jamadar VP who had participated in video conference on 30th, briefed the members about DOPT clearance of cadre re-structuring proposal and also conveyed the anguish our leaders about reduction in suggested number of ACIT posts from 2692 to 2485. It was decided to wait for full details to formulate our views on the matter.
d. Sri K.R.Narayana GS briefed the committee about his efforts regarding review DPC of 2005 adhoc ITOs. He informed that the CCIT, Addl CIT(Hq)(admn) & DCIT (Hq)(admn) have assured to try level best to get the same done by 31st January and we have to wait till that date.
e. Sri Rajan K.E. EC member requested the committee set up ( in BGM held on 16th January 2012) regarding proposed changes in Group B Transfer policy to finalize its recommendations at the earliest.
8. The meeting concluded at 8.30 PM.
Sd/-
K.R.Narayana
General Secretary
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