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Q.3 What are different kinds of privilege passes and who are entitled for the same?

Ans. 3: There are four kinds of passes :

Ist Class ‘A’, Ist Class, II nd Class ‘A’ & II nd sleeper class.

Apprentices and trainees in Group ’C’ post/Grade may be given the class of pass (for self only) on the basis of minimum of pay of the post or grade to which they are to be appointed on completion of their apprenticeship in accordance with the pay limits

II. Non Gazetted Group ‘B’ + Group ‘C’ employees.

a). Those who were appointed prior to 1.8.69.

(i) Drawing pay of Rs. 5000/- or above provided the employees are in scale the maximum of which is Rs.6000/- or above.

(ii) Employees other than those covered under (i) above.

b). Staff appointed during the period from 1.8.69 to 31.3.87.

(i) Staff drawing pay of Rs. 5375/- or above provided they are in a scale the maximum of which is Rs. 7000/- or above.

(ii) Staff other than those covered in item (i) above.

c). Employees appointed during the period from 1.4.87 to 1.2.99:

(i) Staff drawing pay of Rs. 7250/- or above or those who are in the scale the minimum of which is Rs.

6500/-.

(ii) Staff other than those covered in item (i) above.

d). Employees appointed after 1.2.99.

(i) Staff in pay scale minimum of which is Rs. 6500/- or above.

(ii) Staff drawing pay Rs. 7600/- or above.

(iii) Staff in pay scale of Rs. 5000-8000 and 5500-9000 + drawing pay of Rs. 7250/- or above but less than Rs. 7600/-.

(iv) Staff other than those covered under (i) (ii) and (iii) above.

III. Group ‘D’ II nd sleeper class

Q.4. What are the numbers of passes + PTOs admissible for Railway servant?

Ans.4. a). Gazetted Officers: 6 sets of passes and 6 sets of PTOs in a year. Special class Apprentices are entitled to two sets or passes (for self only) + 6 sets of PTOs (for self only) in a year.

b) Non Gazetted staff including apprentices: One set of passes during the Ist five years of service and 3 sets of passes from the 6^th year of service. The number of recorded PTOs will be limited to 6 sets per annum.

Those of employees covered under (a) & (b) recruited after 30.6.87 will be eligible for 4 sets of PTOs in view of their being governed automatically under the scheme of entitlement of passes for widow/widower after their death while in service or after retirement. In case of pre 30.7.87 existing employees, they will be entitled for 6 sets of passes if they have already opted out of this scheme within the time limit for the same (i.e. 30.6.87).

Q.5. Which are the persons that may be included in a Pass/PTO?

Ans.5. Members of the family and dependent relatives of a railway servant that may be included in a pass or a PTO are as below:

Family (a) wife/husband (b) sons under 21 years of age provided they are wholly dependent on the employee (c0 unmarried daughter of any age irrespective of whether she is earning or not (d) married daughter under 18 years of age or widowed daughters provided they are wholly dependent on the employee, (e) step sons/unmarried step daughter/married step daughters and one adopted child subject to age limit prescribed in (b) & (d) above provided. They are wholly dependent. The age restriction laid down in (b) above will not apply if the sons are bonafide students of recognized educations institutions. Passes/PTOs may not be issued to adopted children if the employee has children of his own prior to adoption.

Dependent relatives mother and stepmother of widow unmarried or widow sister, provided the father is not alive.

Brothers or step brothers under 21 years of age provided father is not alive, married daughter/step daughter and whose husband is missing for a period of at least seven years (on production of an affidavit provided they reside with and age wholly dependent on the employee. (Passes/PTOs may also be issued to dependent relatives when living with the family of the Railway servant but away from the Railway servant himself.

Attendants-each first class ‘A’ Pass/Metal Pass or First class pass covers one attendant in II class. The term attendant means a person employed on a salary

in the personal service of the employee on a whole time basis and not part time servant.

Note: Passes & PTOs are admissible to families & dependent relatives whether accompanied by the employees or not but such passes and PTOs may not include more than two dependent relatives + the total number of persons allowable on such a pass or a PTO is limited to five individuals exclusive of attendants.

Periodically declaratives of family composition and dependent relatives be invariably obtained from each employee..

Q.6. What are the rules for service of Post Retirement Complementary passes?

Ans. 6 Gazetted officers + self and family:

a. With service of 20 years and more-2 sets per annum b. With service of 25 years and over –3 sets per annum

Group ‘C’ staff for self and family:

a. With service of 20 years but less than 25 years one set per annum b. With service of 25 years and over 2 sets per annum.

Group ‘D’ staff for self and family:

a. With 25 years of service and over 1 set per annum irrespective of the date of retirement for self and family. Unmarried daughter even if earning is eligible for inclusion in post retirement complimentary passes issued to retired employees. (Widowed mother of retired railway employee may also be included in the post retirement complimentary passes as any other family member of the retired railway employee.