RBE No. 80/2005: Posting of Husband and Wife

No.E(NG)I-2005/TR/7, dated 10.05.2005

Sub: Posting of husband and wife at the same place – Instruction in respect of Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ Railway employees.

1. The extant instructions regarding posting of husband and wife at the same station are contained in the Ministry of Railway’s letter No.E(NG)II/71/TR/14, dated 01.10.1971 as reiterated in their letters No.E(NG)I-86/TR/14, dated 06.01.1988 (RBE No. 08/1988) and as part of the consolidated instructions vide letter No. E(NG)I-96/TR/28, dated 06.12.1996 (RBE No. 122/1996). Further detailed instructions on the subject have been issued pursuant to recommendation of the Fifth Central Pay Commission under this Ministry’s letter No.E(NG)I-97/TR/28, dated 05.11.1997 (RBE No. 147/1997). One of the guidelines incorporated in the last letter, viz. 05.11.1997 (RBE No. 147/1997) is to the effect that posting of husband and wife may be ensured at one place even by considering sympathetically the request for change of category.
2. All India Railwaymen’s Federation have brought it to the notice of this Ministry that Government’s above directives to keep husband and wife at the same station are not being followed in the Railways. Ministry of Railways desire that extant instructions on the subject as referred to in the preceding para may be followed scrupulously and a suitable mechanism to ensure the same put in place.

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