Advance increment for passing ITI Exam : benefit extended to O.S. & Steno Gr-I

CBDT extended the benefit of granting two advance increments to Office Supdt.s and Steno Grade - I for passing dept. exam of Income Tax Inspectors.
Vide the earlier order, Sr. T.A.s and Steno Gr-II have been benefited and a lot of representations have been forwarded to CBDT to grant the same to O.S. etc. 
The order has been issued on 15.12.2015.
Click here for the order

Ernakulam CAT pronounced judgement

Ernaculam CAT has directed to allow promotion on the basis of revised seniority list of Kerala charge. Copy of order could not be procured yet. It means promotion from ITO to ACIT is going to be delayed. All regions have to revise their seniority list and only then all India seniority list can be revised. The leaders could have anticipated it earlier. When revised seniority lists have been prepared as per NRP in all cadres, why it would not be applicable to ITOs ? ITGOA never tried to revise the list as many of them will loose seniority and some may face demotion too. 
The fate of promotion even for the vacancy year 2014-15 remains uncertain.

JCA circular makes it clear : No promotion this year (No agitation too)

In the recent circular of JCA it is now clear that no promotion from ITO to ACIT is going to take place this year.
"The earlier proposal for the DPC of 180 promotions was called back and the fresh proposal of 200 vacancies for RY 2014-15 had been sent to the UPSC by the CBDT on 10-12-2015."
"  It was proposed that 200 promotions may be done in each of the R.Y.s 2014-15 & 2015-16 and the rest in the R.Y. 2016-17, for a total of around 650 vacancies required for the purpose. It was also proposed that all the three DPCs would be held before 31-03-2015. The Hon’ble Finance Minister approved the Proposal on 02-12-2015."
No development in the Ernakulam CAT case, even the promotion of RY 2014-15 is still uncertain.
            "" The order of the Hon’ble CAT, Ernakulam is reserved since 11-11-2015. At the instance of Central JCA, the CBDT is pursuing the Court for disposal of the order early. The ITGOA, Kerala Unit is also putting its best efforts in the matter. The UPSC is not in a position to announce the date of DPC for RY 2014-15 before the stay in promotion is vacated by the CAT, Ernakulam."
Still no agitation till 31.12.2015 ( Probably no more !)
"The Central JCA convened its meeting on 10-12-2015 at New Delhi and took stock of the situation. Taking into consideration the positive developments on the demands from the side of the CBDT, it was decided to take a final call on the suspended agitational programme once the order regarding relaxation of RRs are notified and response of the CBDT is known on other pending issues and accordingly it was decided to suspend the agitation upto 31^st December, 2015"
Click here for the full text of the circular dated 12.12.2015

ITEF broke silence : "NO AGITATION IN NEAR FUTURE"

The Secretariat meeting of the ITEF (CHQ) was held on 11.12.2015 under the President ship of Com. Ashok Kumar Kanojia at 11.30 am at Manishinath Bhavan, Rajouri Garden,  New Delhi.

Agenda No.1: Review of the suspended agitational programme as per call of the Central JCA:  The President and Secretary General informed the latest developments regarding five points charter of demands.

i)                    ITO to ACIT promotions: The proposal to promote all eligible persons promoted as ITOs till April, 2004 to the cadre of ACIT vide DPCs of R.Y.s 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 was made by the CBDT for a total of around 650 vacancies required for the purpose. It was also proposed that 200 promotions to be done in each of the R.Y.s 2014-15 & 2015-16 and the rest in the R.Y. 2016-17. It was also proposed that all the three DPCs would be held before 31-03-2016. The Hon’ble FM approved the proposal on 02-12-2015.

Will the agitation be relaunched ?

After two weeks, nothing seems to be positive regarding charter of demands. JCA (read ITGOA because the other sleeping partner has nothing to say of it's own) could not achieve anything. Rumours in the air that even the 180 promotions for the R.Y. 2014-15 is still uncertain. Better not to discuss about 2015-16 and 2016-17.
As per JCA's letter to the Chairman dated 1.12.2015, the stay order of Ernakulam CAT was still in force on that day. While the case was heard on 11.11.15 and judgement kept reserved, what compelled  JCA to pursue it after 20 days ? Nobody to answer,
ITGOA seems to be busy with preparation of BGM, scheduled in Guwahati later this month. As per sources the promotion process may be stalled citing pendency of NRP implementation all over the country in the case of ITOs. One region in Western India has completed this exercise and wants the promotion on revised all India seniority list which may be beneficial for them. This issue may be a deciding factor in the coming election of ITGOA central committee.
JCA to meet tomorrow (10/12) to decide further course of action.
Click here for notice of the meeting.
Let's see whether JCA decides to relaunch it's agitation (which must loose it's shine after long interval) or keep on dilatory tactics like before.