ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has forwarded a list of the vacant posts of customs inspectors in the Customs Collectorate, Quetta, and other formations to Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) for direct recruitment.
The vacant posts have been deeply affecting the performance of the department in terms of revenue collection over the years and undermining efforts of the FBR to meet the revenue collection targets.
“At least 61 posts of inspectors were vacant at MCC Quetta in the last five years against direct appointment quota out of which eight were filled in through FPSC in 2017, ” sources at the FBR told Customs Today.
The sources said that MCC, Quetta conducted departmental examination for its employees in January 2012 for consideration to fill up the vacancies of inspector (Customs) meant for departmental promotion quota.
“Only 67 employees passed the examination; out of which eleven candidates on top of merit list were promoted by the Collectorate. The remaining persons could not be promoted due to non-availability of more vacancies in the promotion quota” the sources maintained
In this connection, the source said that the seniority of customs inspectors (BS-16) was maintained on all Pakistan basis. According to recruitment rules, the quota reserved for promotion and direct recruitment to the post of Inspector Customs is 50%: 50%.
The sources said that the over-all sanctioned posts of Customs Inspector are 1672; therefore maximum 836 posts at the ratio of 50% fall in promotion quota. However, at present, 1068 posts are held / occupied by the promoted inspectors against 836 permissible posts.
Hence, the sources said that promotion quota was heavily over-burdened for the present; as such no further promotions could be made till rationalization of the quota to the ratio of 50:50.
