The Law of Karma winks at the CBIC
The CBIC is at a very crucial point in determining its own future. It is an issue which will have an effect upon the morale of the staff and moral standing of the CBIC in showing its commitment to its cadres down the lane, on par with their sibling in the same department, the CBDT. It is with regard to the restoration of pay scales for Inspector and Superintendent cadres in the CBIC at least with effect from 1.1.96. On this issue, though it was the cadre of Inspectors of Central Excise who have been agitating the issue in various fora and through various channels right from the early 1990s, got an order from the Jabalpur CAT in 1995 and got favourable recommendations from the V CPC they thereafter forged unity with their colleagues in the CBDT and got a High Power Committee recommendation in their favour and got it implemented from 2004. However, subsequent attempts to get it implemented with effect from 1.1.96, even as their counterparts in various other departments ...