RBE No. 175/2006: Railway Quarter – Retention
No.E(G)2006 QR1-14(B), dated 20.11.2006
Sub: Retention of Railway quarter in the event of post-retirement engagement in RCT/CAT and allotment of accommodation on out of turn basis to compassionate appointees.
Railway Board in their Meeting held on 11.10.2006 have reviewed the instructions contained in Board’s letter No.E(G)2002 QR1-5, dated 19.10.2004 regarding retention/ allotment of Railway accommodation to railway employees who are re-engaged in RCT on their retirement/ voluntary retirement from Railway service and also letter No.E(G)85 QR1-9, dated 15.01.1990 (RBE No. 08/1990) regarding allotment of Railway accommodation on out of turn basis in favour of dependents of deceased Railway employee who are appointed on compassionate grounds. The following decisions have been taken:
1. (a) Railway officers on retirement/ voluntary retirement and subsequent re-engagement in RCT as Vice- Chairmen/ Members shall be entitled to retention of Railway quarter for a total period of four months on payment of normal rent and further period of four months on payment of special licence fee, as permissible in the case of normal retirement. The Vice-Chairmen/ Members of RCT can, however, avail the above benefit of retention of accommodation admissible on retirement in broken spells, if they so desire, either at the time of their retirement/ voluntary retirement from Railway service or final retirement from RCT or part of it at the time of retirement/ voluntary retirement from Railway service and the remaining part at the time of retirement from RCT. Thus, the benefit can be availed in one or more spells subject to the condition that the total period of retention does not exceed eight months.
(b) Railway officers on retirement/ voluntary retirement and subsequent re-engagement in CAT as Members shall also be entitled to retention of Railway quarter for a period of four months on payment of normal rent and a further period of four months on payment of special licence fee, as permissible in the case of normal retirement.
(c) Railway officers re-engaged in RCT, who do not avail retention of Railway accommodation on retirement/ voluntary retirement from Railway service as at (a) above shall be entitled to retention of quarter at the time of retirement from RCT for a period of 4 + 4 months or the remaining portion of the retention (i.e. 4 + 4 months minus the retention already availed at the time of retirement from Railway service).
(d) The Railway officers re-engaged in RCT after their retirement/ voluntary retirement and posted at the same station from where they retired, shall be allowed to retain the same accommodation so long as they continue in RCT at the same station provided the occupied house is not an earmarked house.
(e) Vice Chairmen of RCT not having Railway Accommodation shall be eligible for allotment of Type-IV Spl., Type-V or Type-VI category of Railway accommodation and Members/RCT not having Railway accommodation shall be eligible for allotment of Type-IV Spl. or Type-V category of accommodation on their turn at their place of posting.
(f) Prior to authorizing retention of Railway accommodation in favour of retired Members/ Vice-Chairmen of RCT, the rental payable for the period of retention should be remitted in advance prior to retirement. Further, two serving Railway officers with at least 2 years’ remaining service should act as sureties on behalf of the Member/ Vice-Chairman for clearing any outstanding dues that may accrue.
(g) Officers working as Vice-Chairmen/ Members of the RCT as on 13.11.2003 [i.e. the date of first decision of full Board on the subject) shall be covered by these rules. To that extent orders as above are to be made applicable retrospectively.
(h) In the case of occupation of earmarked/ non-pooled accommodation at the time of retirement, retention thereof should be permitted for a period of two months only and within this period an alternative accommodation of entitled category may be allotted and retention for the balance period permitted as provided above.
2. Taking into consideration the fact that after the death of a Railway employee, there is tremendous amount of financial, emotional and social upset in the life of family members of the deceased Railway employee and there is need to secure the environment in which the family was living before the death of Railway employee, it has been decided in partial modification of the instructions contained in letter No.E(G)85 QR1-9, dated 15.01.1990 (RBE No. 08/1990) that the requests for out of turn allotment of Railway quarters from the eligible dependents/ specified relations of deceased Railway employees who are appointed on compassionate grounds, may be considered for allotment of Railway quarter of one type below the entitlement of the deceased Railway employee, minimum being Type-I and restricting the allotment upto Type-IV failing which Type-IV Spl. or the entitled category of accommodation of the compassionate appointee, whichever is higher subject to fulfilling the laid down conditions. This will be applicable to all Group ‘A, B, C & D Railway employees.
This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
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