RBE No. 90/2015: Retention of Railway Accommodation

No.E(G)2014 QR1-2, dated 12.08.2015

Sub: retention of railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway Officers / Staff posted to Railway training institutions as faculty members and Railway Officers posted a chairman/RRBs.

1. Board vide letter No.E(G)98 QR1-10, dated 03.09.2013 (RBE No. 87/2013) had permitted retention of accommodation at the previous place of posting for full tenure of posting in the training institutes to the officers/ staff posted to Railway Training Institutions as Faculty members. Board also vide letter No.E(G)2009 RN-5 mISC.3, dated 23.11.2009 had permitted Railway Officers/ Staff posted as Chairman/RRBs to retain Railway quarter at their previous place of posting for a period not exceeding three years on payment of normal rent.
2. In exercise of powers vested with the full Board for making reasonable relaxations in public interest in all or any of the existing provisions regarding allotment/ retention of railway accommodation and charging of rent therefor, for a class/ group class group of employees, the Board have decided as under:

(i) The Chairman and Faculties presently posted to RRBs and CTIs be allowed retention for their entire tenure.
(ii) All the new Officers to be posted as Faculty or Director to CTIs, should be allowed retention as normally available on transfer i.e. two months on normal rent and another six months on double the normal rent (special license fee).
(iii) All new Chairman/RRB to be posted, shall be allowed retention as normally available on transfer as per para (ii) above. There shall be one exception in respect of Chairman/RRB/Guwahati, who will be allowed full retention for entire tenure on normal rent as he is treated at par with officers posted to NF Railway also headquartered at Guwahati.

3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 90/2015

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