Interim Relief – with effect from 01.04.1995

No.PC-V/95/IR, dated 19.07.1995

Sub: Grant of interim relief to the Railway Employees.

1. The Fifth Central Pay Commission has recommended a further installment of Interim Relief at the rate of 10% of the basic pay of the employees subject to a minimum of Rs.100 per month to be paid with effect from 1st April, 1995.
2. The Government have accepted the above accommodation of the Pay Commission. Accordingly, the President is pleased to sanction another installment of interim relief at the rate of 10% of the basic pay (Pay as defined under Rule 103(35)(i) of Indian Railway Establishment Code, Vol-I, Fifth Edition, 1985) subject to a minimum of Rs.100 per month to all Railway Employees with effect from 1st April, 1995.
3. The amount of Interim Relief will be sui generis viz. it will neither be termed as ‘Pay’ nor ‘Allowance’ nor ‘Wages’. Accordingly, this amount will not count for any service benefit i.e. computation of House Rent Allowance, Compensatory Allowances, Overtime Allowance, Cash Compensation, Encashment of Leave, Pay Fixation, Pension or Gratuity, etc. etc.

Download Railway Board Circular Dated 19.07.1995

Forward reference⇒RBE No. 41/2019