HOER Rule No.3: Prescribed Authority To Classify The Employment Of Railway Servant

3.   Prescribed Authority To Classify The Employment Of Railway Servant:-

(1)   The power to declare the employment of railway servants as ‘Intensive’ or Essentially Intermittent’ within the meaning of Section 130 shall vest in the Head of the Railway Administration;

Provided that the Head of the Railway Administration may, in his discretion, delegate the power vested in him under this sub-rule to the Chief Personnel Officer:

Provided further that during the period of emergency such as flood, accident, the power vested in the competent authority can be exercised by an officer not below the rank of senior scale.

(2)   A copy of every declaration made by the prescribed authority under sub-rule (1) shall, as soon as may be, sent to the Regional Labour Commissioner concerned and, in case the declaration is made by an officer other than the Head of the Railway Administration, to the Head of the Railway Administration or the Chief Personnel Officer, as the case may be.

[Authority: RBE No.131/2005, No.E(LL)2001/HER/9, 09.08.2005]