Tenure Allowance: RBE No.181/2017 – To Officers of Organised Group ‘A’ Railway Services
No.PC-VII/2017/I/7/5/6, dated 04.12.2017
PC-VII No.80
Sub: Implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission – Revision of the rates of Tenure Allowance to officers of organised Group ‘A’ Railway Services posted as Deputy Directors, Joint Directors, Directors and Group ‘B’ officers when posted against senior scale post in RDSO.
1. Kindly refer to Board’s letter No.PC-VI/2008/I/7/5/3, dated 27.03.2009 (RBE No.58/2009) on the above mentioned subject.
2. Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission, it is decided that on their posting as Deputy Directors, Joint Directors, and Directors in the office of RDSO, the officers of the Organized Group ‘A’ Railway Services will be entitled to draw their basic pay plus Tenure Allowance on the terms and conditions as stipulated below subject to review/ modifications, if any, based on DoP&T’s guidelines on Deputation (Duty) Aliowances.
(i) The Officers of Organized Group ‘A’ Railway Service posted in the RDSO as Deputy Directors, Joint Directors and Directors will be subjected to a prescribed tenure, on the expiry of which they will be reverted to field posts in Zonal Railways/ Production Units and Construction Organizations.
(ii) Officers belonging to Organized Group ‘A’ Railway Services posted in RDSO as Deputy Directors/ Joint Directors/ Directors will be paid Tenure Allowance at the rate of 10% of their basic pay subject to a ceiling of Rs.9000 p.m.
(iii) The allowance will not be paid beyond the normal tenure of three years for Deputy Directors, four years for Joint Directors and five years of Directors.
(iv) No Tenure Allowance will be admissible to the officers of the Services posted as Executive Directors and above in RDSO.
(v) This allowance shall not be admissible to those Deputy Directors/ Joint Directors/ Directors who are given extension or re-employment after superannuation.
(vi) In cases where the tenure posting is a post with a lower Level of pay, the pay of the Officer going to such a post will be filled in the tenure post as per extant rules.
‘Basic Pay’ in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed Level in the Pay Matrix but does not include any other type of pay like Special Pay, etc.
3. The existing conditions contained in para 4 of Board’s letter No.PC-V/98/I/7/3, dated 12.02.2004 would continue to be operative. TADK will not be admissible.
4. These orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017.
5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.
6. Hindi version is placed below.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.181/2017
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.109/2022, 15.07.2024,