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Continuation of issuance of Manual Pass to Railway Employees may be extended up to 31-12-2020 – RAILWAYS – Railway Board

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)

No. PC-VII/2020 /HRMS/6(Part)

New Delhi, Dated: 16.11.2020

The General Managers
All Indian Railways and PUs/ Training Institutes
(As per standard mailing list)

Sub: Continuation of issuance of Manual Pass to Railway Employees

Ref: Board’s Letter No. PC-VII/2020/ HRMS/6 dated 14.08.2020

Sir/Madam

Please refer to Board’s letter dated 14.08.2020 (RBE.66/2020) containing the guidelines for e-Privilege Pass/PTO Modules of Human Resource Management System (HRMS) in Indian Railways which was launched on 10.08.2020. The following crucial aspects were mentioned in the said letter:

(i) E-Pass/ PTO module shall be available to serving employee of India Railways w.e.f. 24-08-2020.

(ii) Provision of physical pass shall also be there up to 31.10.2020 and employees who want to avail privilege Pass/ PTO in the physical form can avail the same during the period i.e. up to 31.10.2020. However, from 01.11.2020, privilege Pass/ PTO will be available only in Digital Form.

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2. However, while carrying out the implementation of the e-Privilege Pass/ PTO Module, certain practical issues regarding certain categories of employees have been communicated to Board’s Office from various quarters. Further, the e-Privilege Pass/ PTO Module for Pensioners has not yet been launched due to certain logistical issues and that the same would be commissioned very shortly.

3. Taking into view the concerns raised by various stakeholders, the matter has been thoroughly and comprehensively examined in Board’s Office and following decisions have been made for implementation across whole Indian Railways:

(i) Issuance of physical passes may be extended up to 31-12-2020 with the corresponding extension of time for booking across PRS counters for serving employees as per the validity of Passes.
(ii) From 1st January,2020 onwards the system may be invariably shifted to e-Pass module in respect of serving Railway Employees.
(iii) For Pensioners, considering the logistical issues and considering the age factors of the end users, physical passes may continue to be issued to pensioners till 31.03.2021 with the corresponding extension of time for booking across PRS counters for Pensioners as per the validity of Passes.
(iv) As far as the Audit staff is concerned, the issue has already been referred to CRIS and till such time improvisation may be made to continue the issuance of physical passess to them.

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4. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority

5. This letter has been uploaded on the website of India Railways at the following location:

Indian railways -> about Indian Railway -> Corporate Overview -> Directorates -> Pay Commission -> Pay Commission – VII

(Jaya Kumar G)
Deputy Director, Pay Commission-VII & HRMS
Railway Board
(Telephone No: 011- 4784 5123
(e-mail id: jaya.kumarg@gov.in)

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Recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission – Encashment of Leave on Average Pay (LAP) while availing Privilege Pass / PTO – relaxation of Rule

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Encashment of Leave on Average Pay (LAP) while availing Privilege Pass / PTO – relaxation of Rule

Recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission

RBE No. 48 / 2017

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.F(E)III/2008/LE-1/1

New Delhi, dated: 16.05.2017.

The GMs/FA&CAOs
All Zonal Rallways/PUs, etc
(As per mailing list) .

Subject: Recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission – Encashment of Leave on Average Pay (LAP) while availing Privilege Pass / PTO – relaxation of Rule – reg.
Attention is Invited to Board’s letters of even number dated 29.10.2008 & 02.02.2011 on the above mentioned subject.

2. The provisions of encashment of leave while availing Pass/PTO were. relaxed vide Board’s letter dated 15.12.2014 on receipt of representations from Railway employees who failed to avail of the benefit during the previous, block period despite availing Pass/PTO and leave during that block period.

3. In terms of Rule 10 of the CCS(LTC) Rules, 1988, a Government servant who is unable to avail of the leave travel concession within a particular block of two years or four years may avail of the same within the first year of the next block of two years or four years. This means, a government servant, governed by CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988. can all encashment of leave twice – one while availing LTC for the current Block and another for the carry forwarded LTC of the preceding Block. Similar provision is not available in the Railway Services (Liberalized Leave) Rules, 1949 contained in IREC Vol. I / 1985 – Edition.

4. Despite giving one time relaxation mentioned in pars 2 above, representations are all being received for relaxation of the provisions of the encashment of leave for the previous Block periods. .

5. The Competent Authority after. examining the matter has decided that railway employees, who failed to avail of the benefit of encashment of leave in the preceding block period of two years, which. ended on 31.08.2016 and onwards, can avail of the same within the first year of the succeeding block period of two years by fulfilling all conditions stipulated in this regard.

(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Joint Director Finance(Estt.),
Railway Board.

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Imposition of un-warranted quantum of minor penalty – Railway Board to NFIR

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Imposition of un-warranted quantum of minor penalty – Railway Board to NFIR

Railway Board replied to NFIR regarding the subject of “Imposition of un-warranted quantum of minor penalty”

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.E(D&A) 2012 RG6-17

New Delhi, 5.11.2012

The General Secretary

National Federation of Indian Railwaymen,

3, Chelmsford Road,

New Delhi – 110 055.

Sub: Imposition of un-warranted quantum of minor penalty – reg.

Sir,

I am directed to refer to your Federation’s letter No. II/5 dated 2/7/2012 on the above subject and to stae that as per Western Railway’s report no instance of withholding of 100 sets of Passes and 100 sets of PTOs have come to notice on Bhavnagar Division. In so far as withholding of 30 sets of Passes and 40 sets of PTOs of a PWI on Vadodara Division is concerned, the application authority has already reduced the penalty to ‘withholding of three sets of pass’ on 1.3.2012.

The federation will appreciate that existing rules already have provisions to look into orders of Disciplinary authority withholding a large number of Pass/PTOs. Guidelines (extracts enclosed) laying down that withholding of a large number a Passes/PTOs is not in keeping with the spirit of rules have also been issued under Master Circular No. 66 on “Penalties and Disciplinary Authorities” (Item No. 12 (iii)- Withholding of Passes/PTOs). (Pages 7&8). Any amendment in the rules is neither considered feasible of acceptance nor appears to be necessary.

DA: Extracts of Master

Cirucular No.66

(Pages 7&8)

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

For Secretary, Railway Board

9. Censure :

If at the end of the proceedings, it is found that some blame attaches to a Railway Servant, warning/Govt. Displeasure/Counselling which are not recognised penalties, should not be imposed, In such cases, at leastr the penalty of Censure should be imposed. (Board’s letter No.E(D&A)92 RG 6-149(A)/(B) dt 21.1.93.)

10. Withholding of promotion :

Even though withholding of promotion is a specified penalty under Rules 6, non promotion during the currency of the penalty of withholding of increment etc., will not amount to imposition of two penalties. A denial of Promotion in such circumstances is not a further penalty but a necessary consequence of his conduct.

(Board’s letter No.E(D&A)91 RG 6-68 dt. 22/29.10.91)

11. Recovery of Loss :

(i) In cases of loss caused to the Government by negligence, breach of orders, etc., on the part of an employee, it would be open to the competent authority to inflict, in addition to the penalty of recovery from pay of the loss caused, any one of the penalties specified in clauses 1 (i), (ii) and (iv) and clauses 2 (i) and (ii) of Rules 1707-RI (1959 Edition) (equivalent to the penalties specified in Rule 6 (i), (ii), iii(a), iii(b), (iv) and (vi) of RS(D&A) Rules, 1968), by way of one and the same order and in pursuance of one and the same proceddings, It would not amount to double punishment.

(Board’s letter No.E(D&A)62 RG 6-26 dt. 17.5.62).

(ii) In the case of large sums of recovery of losses, the instalments can be so fixed as not to cause undue hardship to the Railway Servant and his family.

(Board’s letter No.E(D&A) 2000 RG6-64 dt. 30.1.2001)

12. Withholding of Passes/PTOs

(i) The penalty of withholding of Passes/PTOs for a period of less than one year should be restricted to very minor offences as it may not prove to be an effective punishment, except for the slight inconvenience that may be caused during the period of the punishment since the employee can avail of all the Passes/PTOs due in the calendar year as soon as the period of punishment expires.

(Rly. Board’s letter No. E(D&A)61 RG 6-34 dt. 27.7.61).

(ii) In order to make the penalty of withholding of Passes/PTOs effective, the penalty should be imposed in terms of sets instead of for a specified period. In cases where the employee has already taken all the Passes/PTOs due in the calendar year, the withholding may be against the next year’s account

(Rly. Board’s letter No. E(D&A)66 RG 6-57 dated 14.12.1966).

iii) Though no ceiling has been laid down in RS(D&A) Rules with regard to number of sets of Passes/PTOs which can be withheld, withholding of a large number of Passes/PTOs is not in keeping with the spirit of Rules as also the fact that this is a minor penalty which can be imposed without regular inquiry.

(D.O letter No.E(D&A)97 RG 6-6 dt. 19/25.3.97 to N.E. Rly.)

(iv) Post-retirement complimentary Passes cannot be withheld as a penalty under the RS(D&A) Rules for offences committed during the service. The only penalty in such cases is a cut in the pensionary benefits under Rule 2308-RII (now incorporated as Rule 9 of Railway Servants (Pension) Rules, 1993).

(Rly. Board’s letter No.E(D&A)89 RG-56 dt. 29.5.89)

However, post-retirement complimentary passes can be disallowed in accordance with the provisions and procedure laid down in the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules for unauthorised retention of Railway quarter. For this purpose, provisions of RS(D&A) Rules need not be invoked.

(Rly. Board’s letter No.E(W)99 PS-5I/41 dt. 3.11.99)

13. Withholding of Increment :

(i) If a Railway Servant becomes due for promotion after the penalty of withholding of increment is imposed, he should be promoted only after expiry of the penalty. However, where the penalty of withholding of increment is to become operative from a future date, the employee should be promoted in his turn and the penalty imposed in the promotional grade for a period which would not result in a grater monetary loss.

(Rly. Board’s letter No.E(D&A)92 RG6-149(A) dt. 21.1.93 in respect of non-gazetted staff and No.E(D&A)92 RG-185 dt. 12.2.93 in respect of officers).

Source : NFIR

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