IREC Rule No.1424: National Holiday Allowance

1424. National Holiday Allowance:-

(1)   The non-gazetted staff booked on duty on National Holidays may be compensated as under;

*    The rates of this allowance will further increase by 25% each time DA rises by 50%.

*    The revised rates of allowance shall be admissible w.e.f. 01.07.2017.

*    The other terms and conditions as contained in Board’s letter RBE No.39/1998, No.E(P&A)I-97/HL/2, 18.02.1998 for grant of this allowance shall remain unchanged.

(2)   (i)    The Rule / provisions are not applicable to gazetted officers.

(ii)    The cash compensation is payable even when an employee is on rest. It is not necessary that his rest should be abrogated to be eligible for the cash compensation.

(iii)   The shift duty staff who work round-the-clock and might have performed part duty on the holiday in question can be paid the National holiday Allowance at the full prescribed rates.

(iv)   The cash compensation is meant only for those who do not enjoy public holiday and are also required to work on the National Holidays.

(v)   The monetary compensation will also be payable in the following circumstances;

(a)   When the day of rest and the National Holiday fall on the same day, and

(b)   When the running staff are on waiting duty on a National Holiday.

(c)   The monetary compensation will also be applicable when the running staff are on Light Duties on a National Holiday.

(d)  The running staff who have completed their rest including periodic rest on a National Holiday and who are waiting to be booked for duty on that day will also be entitled to the National Holiday Allowance.

(vi)   The monetary compensation will be applicable when the relieving staff travel as passengers on the National Holidays to their Headquarters after performing duties at out-stations. The compensation will also be applicable when the relieving staff travels as Passengers from their Headquarters to take up duty at another station.

(vii) As the members of the Railway Protection Force work round the clock and are not entitled to public holidays, they will be eligible for compensation for working on National Holidays.

(viii) Office staff who are eligible for public holiday would not be entitled to additional payment merely because of their attendance on a National Holiday.

(ix)   The Monetary compensation in lieu of National Holiday may be paid to such of those Railway Territorial Army Personnel, who have opted for Railway pay and allowances even during embodiment on T.A. duty as provided for in Board’s letter No.PC-60/HL-2/1, 10.08.1961 read with letter No.PC-66/HL-2/2, 03.09.1968.

Note:

(1)   (i)    Pay for this purpose will refer to pay fixed in the revised scales of pay under the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1997.

(ii)    The employees drawing basic pay exceeding Rs.7848 but not exceeding Rs.10500 shall also be entitled to national Holiday Allowance at the rates applicable to the pay slab of Rs.4205-7874 i.e. @ Rs.140.00.

(iii)    These rates came into effect from 01.01.1998.

[RBE No.39/1998, No.E(P&A)I/98/HL/2, 18.02.1998 & RBE No.151/1998, No.E(P&A)I-97/HL/2, 14.07.1998]

(2)   There should be a stricter control and supervision with regard to earmarking the staff for duty on National Holidays. There should be rigorous and strict scrutiny of the list of staff required to be booked for duty on National Holidays which should be finalized by the concerned Head of the Department in consultation with the Chief Personnel Officer and the FA&CAO and the list should have the personnel approval of the General Manager. In respect of Divisional staff there should be a similar scrutiny at the level of the DRM in consultation with the Associate Finance. While operational services are required to be manned on National Holidays on a scaled down basis and minimum maintenance services will also have to be provided, without compromising the requirements of the safety of the Railway Assets and the traveling public as well as the operational considerations, it should be possible to ensure that regular work including normal maintenance work is attended to either on the previous day or postponed to the day following National Holiday. Only such of those staff as are indispensable for maintaining the required scale of operation on a National Holiday, without compromising the requirements of security or the safety of the travelling public are generally to be deployed on National Holiday. For instance, Inspectorial / Line staff need not be booked on a National holiday if their duties are of such a nature that they can be attended to either on the previous day or on the following day. The strictest possible control should be maintained over the list of staff eligible for National Holiday Allowance as well as the over-all incidence of expenditure on the allowance.

(3)   (i)    The National Holiday Allowance shall be made applicable for 50% of the gangs in turn rather than giving compensatory rest in lieu of National Holiday Allowance.

(ii)    The open line staff booked on line duty on national Holidays irrespective of the fact whether such staff draws TA / DA or not are also eligible for national Holiday Allowance.

[Authority: RBE No.287/1998, No.E(P &A)I-98/HL/1, 22.12.1998, ACS No.36]