Details of anomaly committee meeting on 4th Oct reg. upgradation of pay

Recently a whatsapp message has become viral in different groups regarding granting of enhanced Grade Pay to Inspectors and ITOs of the department. The message is reproduced below.
"... the 3rd Meeting of Departmental Anomaly  Committee which held on 4.10.2018 decided to recommend to increase the Grade Pay of Inspectors of Income Tax/Central Excise  from Rs.4600/- to Rs.4800 at par with CBI Inspectors and Head Havildar Grade Pay from Rs.1900/- to Rs.2000/- in Central Exice. It was also decided to revisit the demand of increase of Tax Assistants Grade Pay from Rs.2400/- to Rs.2800/- by both CBDT and CBEC. The Tax Assistants Pay Anamoly will be decided in the next Meeting. Now the Inspectors pay matter will go to department of expenditure for notification. If it is  notified the Grade Pay of ITO will also be revised from Rs Rs.4800/- to Rs.5400/- Our long pending demand of pay at par CBI will be settled. It is a great achievement..."

Simpleincometax inquired into the matter and procured a copy of the minutes of the said anomaly committee meeting held on 4th October 2018. The outcome of the meeting is reproduced below along with the minutes.

Laptop for ITO and above, nothing for others !

CBDT approved and issued order to procure more than 12,000 laptops for the officers starting from ITO and above under the 1% incentive scheme. As earlier, AO and P.S. category of officers are excluded again.
The laptops will be procured by Pr CCIT (CCA)s for the region through GeM.
There will be five varieties of laptops to be chosen by the respective user and each laptop costs nearly 1 Lac.
Though this is being procured and distributed from the fund of 1% incentive scheme, nothing is provided for Group C officials and A.O. and P.S. As the incentive is for achieving revenue target, there is significant role of all employees in the department but once again they are deprived of. The JCA, mostly dominated by ITGOA members will remain silent in this issue as earlier occasion.
Are the ITEF leaders listening ?
Click here for the procurement order.

18 posts diverted from West Bengal to Surat

As many as 18 posts diverted from West Bengal to Surat for the newly created ITAT Bench there. JCA West Bengal Unit staged protest in this regard earlier including observing one day's cease work but the authority did not pay heed to their demand and diverted those posts with immediate effect. It may be mentioned that in the last cadre restructuring West Bengal region did not get adequate number of new posts.

Latest DOE order to benefit promotees

On 28th September 2018, Dept. of Expenditure issued a much waited order regarding fixation of pay for persons in the posts where both DR and Promotees compose the cadre. As per the sixth CPC, the DRs appointed on or after 01.01.2006 were fixed as per the rule and many times it was much higher than promotees in that particular scale. For example, in the case of Direct Recruited Inspectors pay had been fixed as Rs. 17540 as entry pay. If a promotee, senior to him was drawing lesser pay, he had to take the course of anomaly with a particular person in this respect to step up his pay.
As per the recent order, the promotees will get that minimum entry pay as on 01.01.2006 or subsequently from the date of his promotion even if no Direct Recruit has has joined in that post after him.
Click here for the O.M. dated 28.09.2018

Parmar issue is live again, seniority may be refixed afresh !

Once again the Parmar issue has come into focus ! Seniority between DR and Promotees are again in question. This time CBIC (Formerly CBEC) issued a direction regarding fixation of inter-se seniority. In this direction, it is clearly mentioned that Supreme Court judgement in the Parmar case has to be implemented with effect from the date of judgement, i e 27.11.2012.
View the CBIC Order
View the Supreme Court Judgement on N R Parmar
It may be recalled that after the N.R. Parmar judgement, DOPT issued an O.M. dated 4.3.2014 where it clearly instructed to implement the Apex Court decision with effect from 27.11.2012 and already settled seniority prior to that date need not be reopened.
DOPT O.M. dated 4.3.2014
But in Income Tax Department all pending seniority lists where there is a component of Direct Recruit exists, were reopened and refixed, which is contravention to the Supreme Court judgement , as well as DOPT instruction dated 04.03.2014. CBDT has done this in consideration of DOPT clarification issued to Income Tax Department where it was specifically confirmed to revisit the entire issue of seniority in this Dept.
View the DOPT clarification to Income Tax Dept
Anyway the matter is live again after the recent circular from CBIC !