Ex-gratia: RBE No.194/1997 – Payment in Respect of SRPF(C) Retirees
No.F(E)III/97/PN1/Ex. Gratia/3, dated 31.12.1997
Sub: Grant of ex-gratia payment in respect of SRPF(C) retirees and their family members.
1. In terms of Board’s letter No.PC.IV/87/Imp/1, dt. 30.06.1988 (RBE No.147/1988) and F(E)III/86/PN-1/4, dt. 26.10.1988 (RBE No.245/1988) payments of ex-gratia have been sanctioned/ revised w.e.f. 01.01.1986 or from the date following the date of death of the deceased employee, whichever is later in respect of widows and dependent children of the deceased SRPF(C) beneficiaries who had retired from service prior to 01.01.1986 and the widows and dependent children of the SRPF(C) beneficiaries who died while in service prior to 01.01.1986 and the Railway employees who had retired under SRPF (Contributory) Scheme prior to 01.04.1957 having rendered at least 20 years of continuous service prior to their superannuation and drawing pay upto Rs.500 p.m. at the following rates:
| Categories of beneficiaries | Pay drawn at the time of retirement | Consolidated ex-gratia pension upto average 608 points |
| Families of pre-1986 SRPF(C) retirees/ deceased employees | Not applicable | Rs.150 |
| Retirees of pre-01.04.1957 period | Rs.80 or less | Rs.168 |
| Above Rs.80 and upto Rs.130 | Rs.170 | |
| Above Rs.130 and upto Rs.200 | Rs.186 | |
| Above Rs.200- and upto Rs.500 | Rs.283 |
2. The President is now pleased to decide that the ex-gratia payment sanctioned as above shall be consolidated w.e.f. 01.11.1997 by taking into account the basic exgratia plus dearness relief as on 01.01.1997 plus Interim Reliefs I, II & III. The existing amount of ex-gratia, the revised amount of ex-gratia w.e.f. 01.11.1997 and the rates of dearness relief w.e.f. 01.11.1997 would be as under:
| The amount of basic ex-gratia prior to 01.11.1997 | Revised/ consolidated basic amount of ex-gratia w.e.f. 01.11.1997 | Rates of DR p.m. w.e.f. 01.11.1997 & until further orders |
| Rs.150 | Rs.605 | Rs.31 |
| Rs.168 | Rs.654 | Rs.33 |
| Rs.170 | Rs.659 | Rs.33 |
| Rs.186 | Rs.703 | Rs.36 |
| Rs.283 | Rs.965 | Rs.49 |
3. Dearness Relief as may be notified from time to time in future shall also be admissible to them.
4. The recipients of ex-gratia payment who are employed/ re-employed under the Central or a State Government or under a body corporate/ autonomous organisation belonging to the Central or State government were eligible only for pre-consolidated basic exgratia and were not eligible for increase in dearness relief on ex-gratia payment allowed from time to time in the past during the period of their employment/ re-employment. With this consolidation, such SRPF(C) retirees/ family members of the deceased SRPF(C) retirees will be eligible for ex-gratia payment as indicated in column 2 of para 2 above w.e.f. 01.11.1997 during the course of their employment/ re-employment. These persons will not be entitled to dearness relief indicated in column 3 above and which may be sanctioned in future so long as they remain employed/ re-employed.
5. The SRPF(C) beneficiaries/ family members who are already in receipt of ex-gratia payment will get dearness relief on the pre-consolidated amount of ex-gratia at old rate w.e.f. 01.07.1997 to 31.10.1997 i.e. at the rate of 182%. Their dearness relief will be Rs.273, 306, 310, 339 & 516 respectively from 01.07.1997 to 31.10.1997.
6. As laid down in the Board’s letter No.F(P)59 PN-1/15, Pt. dt. 23.01.1967 the ex-gratia payment is not admissible to (a) those who were dismissed/ removed from service and (b) those who resigned from service.
7. Arrears of ex-gratia payment will be payable w.e.f. 01.11.1997. Life-time arrears of ex-gratia payment will also be admissible in respect of SRPF (C) beneficiaries who were alive on 01.11.1997 and died subsequent to that date, for the period from 01.11.1997 to the date of death.
8. The periodical certificates such as life certificate, non-employment certificate etc. prescribed for drawal of pension will also be required to the produced by the recipient of the ex-gratia payment to the appropriate disbursing authorities.
9. The expenditure on account of grant of ex-gratia payment shall be debitable to “Sub-Head 690 under Minor Head 600 – Abstract ‘L’ Demand No.13.”
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.194/1997
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.16/2017, RBE No.57/2017,