IREC Rule No.1335: (FR-48) Premium and Reward
- (FR-48) Premium and Reward:-
Any railway servant is eligible to receive and except as otherwise provided by a general or special order of the President, to retain without special permission;
(a) The premium awarded for any essay or plan in public competition;
(b) Any reward offered for the arrest of a criminal or, for information or special service in connection with the administration of justice;
(c) Any reward payable in accordance with the provisions of any Act or Regulation or rules framed there under;
(d) Any reward sanctioned for services in connection with the administration of the customs and excise law; and
(e) Any fees payable to a railway servant for duties which he is required to perform in his official capacity under any special or local law or by order of Government.
President’s Decision:
Approval of the Railway Board: The acceptance of fees by railway servants in cases covered by FR-48 (1335), does not require the approval of the Railway Board.
[Authority: No.E-38-FE/126(2), 18.11.1938]
Government Of India’s Decision:
A fee payable to a railway servant under Rule 1335(c) can be retained by him without special permission. In other words, Supplementing Rule 12 which requires that one-third of all fees received by railway servants from private sources should be credited to Government, does not apply to such remuneration. It is not considered desirable that a railway servant, who in his official capacity is nominated as a Chairman or member of a Government, should be made eligible for any fee or other remuneration, except traveling allowance, which is admissible to non-Government servants for attending a meeting of the institution concerned or for performing other work thereof. This object can be secured by making suitable provisions in the Articles of Association or other Regulations of the body concerned or any Act relating to its institution without having recourse to an amendment of Rule.
[Authority: File No.F(E)-51/FR-1/1]