IREC Rule No.1646: Free Passes To Family Of Railway Servants

1646.  Free Passes To Family Of Railway Servants:-

(1)   If a member of a Railway servant’s family follows him within six months or precedes him by not more than one month, free passes to family of railway servants under Rule 1643 and / or traveling allowance under Rule 1643 may be granted in respect of such member.

Note: These time limits may be extended by the Railway Board in individual cases attendant with special circumstances. The powers in respect of extending the time limit of six months stipulated herein may also be exercised by:

(a)   General Manager or an Officer exercising the powers of General Managers.

(b)   Any officer to whom these powers are re-delegated with the specific approval of the Railway Board; and

(c)   An Officer enjoying the powers of the Head of Department but is not under the control of either General Manager or an Officer enjoying the powers of a General Manager.

(2)   If a member of a railway servant’s family travels to the new station from a place other than the railway servant’s old station within the time specified in sub-rule (1), free passes for the rail journey and actual fare for the journey made or the fare admissible from the old to the new station, whichever is less, for the journey by steamer, may be granted in respect of such member.

(3)   If the family of a railway servant, in consequence of his transfer, travels to a station other than his new headquarters within the time specified in respect of sub-rule (1), a free pass for the rail journey and traveling allowance for other journeys, not exceeding the traveling allowance admissible between the old station and the new station, may be granted in respect of such family.

Note:

(1)   The grade of a railway servant, for the purpose of the above rule, may be determined with reference to the facts on the date of transfer, while the number of passes or number of persons to be included in a free pass with reference to the facts on the date of the journey.

(2)      The period of the one month or six months should be reckoned under sub-rule (3) from the date of the railway servant handing over charge at his old station and under sub-rule (1) & (2) from the date of his taking over charge at the new station.