Decisions Taken at Khajuraho M.C.M of ITGOA Held on 28Th / 29Th January, 2011

Decisions taken at Khajuraho M.C.M of ITGOA held on 28th / 29th January, 2011

The following decisions were taken in the above M.C. Meeting :

1. On the issue of amendment to Section 153 for extending the TB date for scrutiny assessment from 31st December to 31st March, it was decided that all the 18 Units of ITGOA will write separate letter to the Finance Minister and Revenue Secretary. Besides, the Units will also liaise with regional IRS Association, Chamber of Commerce and regional council of Chartered Accountants and request them to send similar requests to the Government. The letters should be distinct and not on a common format, for being more effective.
2. On the matter relating to promotion from DCIT to JCIT, it was decided that as the matter was sub-judice, no organizational action was possible at this stage. Hence, for the time-being, CHQ will pursue the ongoing litigation in the best possible manner, such as to safeguard the interest of our members. Secretary General was authorized to engage the best possible lawyer/counsel and take this case to its logical end, as the entire career of all promotee officers and all future promotions to the grade of ACIT and all the grades below, will be affected by the decision in the said case. All Units were asked to contribute liberally to the litigation fund, over and above the minimum fixed.
3. On the draft Civil List of IRS-2011 issue, it was decided to authorize S/Shri Timir Haran Chakraborthy, Vice President and Sitarama Rao, Ex-GS of AP Unit to analyse the said draft civil list and to prepare a draft petition on behalf of all members and send it by E-mail to all Units. Here, it was clarified that the letter dated 17-01-2011 from JS (Admn) forwarding the said draft civil list, the last date of 11-02-2011 was not for the members to submit their representations, as the said letter was addressed to all CCsIT (CCA), calling for information such as to fill up the blanks in the draft civil list.
4. On the matter concerning Out-sourcing, It was decided not to oppose outsourcing of typing, data entry, housekeeping and security works in the department, as the primary responsibility for these works was not on our members and that it was becoming impossible by the day, for the Government to employ these categories of staff, either due to their non-availability (like stenos) or abolishing of Group ‘D’ by 6th CPC. Here, efforts must be made to take the local ITEF in to confidence.
5. On the work-load matter, CBDT has already empowered CCsIT(CCA) to reduce the number of CASS, but very rarely this discretion is being used. Hence, all the Units must follow-up with their CCIT and ensure that Work-load be maintained at optimum level. Besides, on the suggestion with regard to refusal to hold additional charge, the decision was deferred, considering the practical difficulties in implementing the same.
6. On the litigation against the All India Seniority List of ITOs, S/Shri Diwakar Singh, Asst. Secretary and Shri Arvind Trivedi, GS of UP(W) were authorized to hold talks with Shri JB Singh, who is the initiator of the said litigation and convince him to withdraw the case from the CAT. Besides, GS/President of all the Units were asked to advise their members against any litigation, as that will only result in avoidable delay in promotions.
7. On the matter with respect to resolution of TDS defaults and excessive work-load because of TB date on 31-03-2011 for 2 years i.e. 2007-08 and 2008-09, CHQ will follow-up with the Board for clarificatory Circular or Instruction and Units will follow-up with CCIT(CCA) for posting additional staff in the TDS Wing.
8. On the matter relating to updating of website, Shri V.M. Jayadevan, Joint Secretary, was asked to update the website after talking with Secretary General or President. Further, the members should note that in the official website of ITGOA , there were constraints against uploading individual opinions or requests/suggestions. With respect to the suspected hacking, the matter was under investigation by the Cyber Crime Dept. But, after preliminary investigation, it was evident that the attempt was not a full fledged hacking, but it was a sort of renaming, which also is not acceptable, as it was playing with our Association’s name. But, as the control of domain was not tampered with and contents of the website was not meddled, there was no need to press the panic button.

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