Final Gradation List Dt.01.01.2024 of Noting Assistant / Senior Clerk / Accountant Group C

Gazette Reference: Office of the Commissioner, State Excise, Maharashtra, Mumbai — Circular No. GRD-1120221/01/2, Date: (as published) Type: Administrative — Final Gradation/Seniority List as on 01.01.2024 Authority: Government Notification No. SRV-2016/PR.KR.281/BARA, dated 21 June 2021 (Appendix-4 thereof)

Note: This gazette notification is NOT a fee revision gazette and does not contain any amendment to the Maharashtra Prohibition Act / Bombay Prohibition Act rules or fee schedules. It is a purely administrative/personnel document issued by the Commissioner of State Excise, Maharashtra.

What This Document Is:

Amended Rule/Section: Not applicable — this is an administrative seniority list, not a statutory amendment.

Type of Change: Publication of Final (Antim) Gradation/Seniority List — Group C Cadre

What It Contains:

A provisional (temporary) seniority list for the cadre of Noting Assistant / Senior Clerk / Accountant (Group-C) as on 01.01.2024 was published on 20.03.2024, incorporating employees who were not in the final seniority list as on 01.01.2023 but were given regular promotions during the period 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2023. After inviting objections/representations within 15 days and processing them, the final (Antim) seniority list as on 01.01.2024 is now being published through this circular.

Key Details:

• Cadre covered: Senior Clerk / Noting Assistant / Accountant, State Excise (Group-C), State Level
• Pay Scale: ₹25,500 – ₹81,100 (S-8)
• Sanctioned posts: Senior Clerk/Noting Assistant — 90; Accountant — 19; Total — 109
• Period covered by the list: Employees appointed/promoted during 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2023
• Total employees listed: Approximately 129 entries across multiple promotion batches (2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• All entries are by way of promotion (पदोन्नतीने)
• The list records for each employee: name, mode of appointment, date of birth, caste category, date of joining the cadre, seniority date, date of superannuation, educational qualification, departmental exam status, Marathi/Hindi language exam status, service verification status, and remarks (including promotions to higher posts, retirements, criminal cases, etc.)
• Notable remarks: Several employees have since been further promoted to Karyalay Adhikshak (Office Superintendent) posts; some have retired; one employee (Sr. No. 27 — Sh. Santosh A. Kamble) has a criminal case registered (FIR No. 182/2017, Lakshmipuri, Kolhapur) and the matter is sub-judice
• Promotions indicated for open-category posts are purely provisional/temporary and subject to the outcome of Special Leave Petition No. 28306/2017 pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India; accordingly, no right of confirmed promotion, seniority, or any other right shall accrue to the concerned employees on account of such provisional promotion

Instructions to Divisional Deputy Commissioners / Superintendents:

• Show this seniority list to all Noting Assistant / Senior Clerk / Accountant cadre employees under their jurisdiction
• Record that each employee has seen the list
• Verify the accuracy of entries against service records
• Report any discrepancies
• Send acknowledgement (receipt) of this circular by return post

Effective Date: From date of publication of this circular

Authority: Commissioner of State Excise, Maharashtra (approved by the Commissioner); issued by Joint Commissioner (Administration), State Excise, Maharashtra State, Mumbai

Relevance to BPA/Prohibition Act: This document has no direct relevance to the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949 or its subordinate rules and fee schedules. It is an internal HR/personnel document of the State Excise Department published in the gazette for official record purposes.