Problems like delay in promotions, service structure and time scale have made FBR officials suffer mentally as well as financially.
FBR’s CBA employees union and Federal Revenue Employees’ Alliance has demanded of FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa to announce new promotion policy and time scale immediately.
Union’s Central Vice Chairman Chaudhry Muhammad Akram has written a letter to FBR Chairman in which he has complained that despite vacant seats of admin officers, DPC has not been held.
Due to this reason, promotions of lower level staff have been stalled which is injustice. FBR lower cadre officials spend 20 to 25 years of their service in a single cadre. Due to lack of timely promotions their working capabilities are affected negatively.
For the last three and a half years posts of office superintendents have been vacant but no DPC has been held for the promotions. As a result, the promotion system in the whole institution has been blocked for the lower cadre all the way to the top.
Akram regarded it as financial persecution of lower cadre officials. He said that Member Legal of FBR has already said that there is no rule or regulation in way of promotions.
In June 2009, on the directions of FBR Headquarters and under the supervision of DG DOT, an institutional examination was held in Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi regions for promotion to the post of inspectors. Those who passed the exams have been waiting for their due promotions for five years.
The waiting list was prepared on the orders from FBR Headquarters, the vice chairman of the union stated. He said that due to not being promoted even after having passed the examinations, the lower cadre officials are in deep distress.
The vice chairman of the union assured that the employees will continue to strive for achieving FBR’s established goals for the development and well being of the institution and Pakistan.
