From
Staff and Officers,
Office of the Deputy Commissioner
(Commercial Taxes)(Appeal)
Pollachi.
To
The Honourable Minister,
Commercial Taxes,
Secretariat,
Fort Saint George,
Chennai 600 009.
“Through Proper Channel”
***
Respected Sir,
We, the staff and officers of the Commercial
Taxes Department, submit the following
representations to the Honourable Minister for Commercial Taxes about
the betterment of the Commercial Taxes Department of Tamil Nadu.
We humbly request the Honourable Minister to kindly
consider our following representation.
We came to know through the press release no 589 dt 8-10-2012 issued by the DIPR about the discussions between the HONOURABLE
MINISTER for Commercial Taxes Department and the higher officials of the Commercial
Taxes Department. In this discussion the HONOURABLE MINISTER has praised the Commercial
Taxes Department for achieving 26% of growth. We are very much happy on hearing
the news and proud to be the officers of this department.
We believe that the Govt. knows the 26%
of growth is achieved by the sincere, dedicated and spirited discharge of the duties
by the present staff and officers of
this dept.
We are also happy to know that the HONOURABLE
MINISTER has requested the TNPSC for the DIRECT RECRUITMENT of 1325 vacancies
of various categories of officers and staff of this department namely ACs,
DCTOs, Assistants and Jas. While expressing our sincere thanks to the HONOURABLE
MINISTER for his concern towards this department for the recruitment move, we
make a request to the HONOURABLE MINISTER for the consideration of promotion
proposals of the right people of this department.
As everyone is aware that the CTD has a large number
of vacancies in various categories right from the Jas to ACs. These vacancies
need to be filled immediately. There are lot of qualified staff and officers in
this department waiting to be promoted. Many
of the officers have rendered decades of glorious services to the department.
Now it is the high time for the department to show its gratitude to the staff
and officers of this department by giving due promotions. It is the most
appropriate time for the staff and officers of this department to expect such
gratitude from the administration of this department as they have toiled so
much to achieve such a growth rate, in spite of various hardships faced by them
in last several years.
It is not uncommon for a staff or an officer to expect a better living and progress in his
career. After all we are humans, we do expect such progress in our career.
Instead of giving promotions to the existing
employees, hiring higher officers from direct recruitment may spoil the
morality, spirit and integrity of the existing employees. The ‘would be new recruitment officers’ have nothing to do
with the past performances of this department, the existing employees’ sincere
and hard work yielded such fruitful results.
The new Indian Express has reported on 11-10-2012
that the Standard & Poor has advised the Union Govt of India to implement
the GST in its report titled “ Asia Pacific Sovereigns : A Bit of Stability In
the Sea of Uncertainty.” If the Govt of
India accepts the advice, GST will be implemented soon, so as Tamil Nadu. If it
is implemented the CTD needs more and more officers. If the officers are experienced
and talented the functioning of the dept. would be more smooth and productive.
We strongly believe that our capabilities were not correctly presented before the executives and the law makers. If our capabilities were correctly presented,
the present situation would be much more different than now.
We put here our strong representation for the
benefits of the department as well as ours.
The DIRECT RECRUITMENT alone can not solve the
CTD’s complicated growing workloads, it needs several long years of in depth
study of the department to master it. The officers’ have to study and
understand the department and its functioning for quiet some time. This alone will
enrich the practical knowledge of the officers.
We admit that it is inevitable to recruit the
officers through the DIRECT RECRUITMENT. This will infuse the fresh blood to
the department. The newly appointed officers will enthusiastically work and
discharge their duties.
At the same time the system of DIRECT RECRUITMENT
has its disadvantages also. Mr. S K Das has rightly pointed out them in
his book ‘The Encyclopedic
Dictionary of Public Administration’ as follows:
We know that every administrator in the Civil
Services knows these merits and demerits of the DIRECT RECRUITMENT. The
advantages of the DIRECT RECRUITMENT may look more attractive than the
disadvantages. But the ground reality is much different as far as this
department is concerned.
What we want to point out here are the followings:
If the officers are experienced , talented,
dedicative and industrious then the
migration from VAT to GST would be more smooth. Many of the present officers
have worked in TNGST and VAT regimes. So migration from VAT to GST would be
practically easier. If the GST is not
implemented the officers who have valuable experiences with VAT are enough for
the department.
DIRECT RECRUITMENT alone is not the correct
solution to the department at this juncture, as the economy of the Indian Union
is rapidly going through a sea of uncertainty. There exist some other possible
and correct way of recruitment. The all healthy process of recruitment is Internal
or In- House Recruitment. The Internal or In-House recruitment exist in
many organizations in India
Internal recruitment
Internal recruitment means that a job vacancy is filled from
within the business; an existing employee rather than employing externally. You
may decide that you already have the right people with the right skills to do
the job
Advantages
- uses in-house resources and builds on skills and
expertise of existing staff
- retains valuable employees: avoids recruitment
costs ensures a return on any investment in training and development
- motivation: provides opportunities for
development and promotion for existing staff
- shorter induction period
- generally quicker and cheaper
This extract is taken from the following website:
The
advantages of Internal Recruitment in Commercial Taxes
The officers who have rendered services in this
dept. are well experienced and there is no need for the govt. to provide basic in-service
training. Some of the Officers have already reached the Basic –Pay of the ACs.
Hence there is no financial burden on the govt.
Many have worked in the transitional period when
the Dept. has migrated from the TNGST regime to the VAT regime. This would be more useful in future, for
migrating from VAT to GST.
Many have come up from Jas to CTOs/DCTOs. Present officers know
very well about the administration. No one can get such knowledge of
administration from any educational institutions.
Most of the officers have completed the mandatory
exams prescribed for the future promotional posts.
Every qualified Jas are capable of discharging the
duties of Assistants. Every qualified Assistants are capable of discharging the
duties of DCTOs. Every qualified DCTOs are capable of discharging the duties of
CTOs and ACs. Every qualified CTOs are capable of discharging the duties of
ACs.
We would like to quote here some important
suggestions of world renowned thinkers
as under :
Avoid the precepts of those thinkers whose reasoning is not confirmed by experience.
LEONARDO DA VINCI, Thoughts
on Art and Life
(www.notable-quotes.com)
We are requesting the Hounourable Minister to
consider the experienced existing employees for internal recruitment. Apart
from giving due promotions to the staff and officers , the administration may
be looking for DIRECT RECRUITMENT for
the Permanent Posts. We humbly suggest the following options.
We strongly make a request here to consider us
before opting for the DIRECT RECRUITMENT. We humbly propose the following
systems of Internal as well as DIRECT RECRUITMENT :
1.
Internal
Special Recruitment Drive
If the dept. needs immediate recruitment, we ,the
loyal staff and officers of this dept. propose this method of recruitment
called internal special recruitment Drive.
In this , the Group I Recruitment would be made
within the department as a special Drive by the recruitment agency namely the
TNPSC. In this Drive , the persons who have cleared all the mandatory exams for
the posts of ACs and having other qualifications as prescribed for Group I DIRECT
RECRUITMENT except the upper age limit, are allowed to take up the exams. Here
we request the scrapping of upper age limit.
Weightages
may be given to longer services, higher qualifications, services in various
wings of the Depts and stations, etc., This will fetch the fit persons for the
right posts.
This is a
quick and reliable method as the screening processes have already been done by
the department itself, then the recruiting agency may be relieved of this
burden. In this mode the persons recruited are having real time experiences.
They need no fundamental training. They are economical as they have reached the
Basic Pay of the ACs.
The posts of DCTOs and Assistants may also be
filled up in the same manner.
2.
Reservation
in DIRECT RECRUITMENT for Existing Employees
In this method the TNPSC, the recruiting agency,
may be asked to reserve 50% of posts to the officers in the Subordinate
Services of CTD and 25% of posts to the staff in the TNMS of CTD. Here also we
request the removal of upper age limit for the persons appearing for the Group
I exams from this department.
The same method may be used to recruit the DCTOs
and Assistants.
We, the staff and officers, humbly request the
Honourable Minister to kindly consider our situation and redress our grievances by allowing the
administration to make necessary amendments in appropriate rules to enable such
recruitment Drives. We would be ever thankful to the Honourable Minister,
irrespective of the out come.
Yours truly,
Staff and Officers,
(as per the list enclosed)
Office of the
Deputy Commissioner
(Commercial Taxes)(Appeal)
Pollachi.
Advance Copy Submitted to
the Honourable Minister for Commercial Taxes Department.
Copy Submitted to the
Commissioner of Commercial Taxes.
Copy Submitted to the
Secretary, Commercial Taxes.
