IREC Rule No.1427: Daily Officiating Allowance

1427. Daily Officiating Allowance:-

(1) When a non-gazetted railway servant belonging to the categories, as indicated in the attached Appendix, or the categories, if any, included in the list from time to time is put to officiate:

(a)   In posts in continuous shift duties;

(b)   From a lower grade to a higher grade; and

(c)   In vacancies where a change of category is involved (but not for a change of grade only within the same category), he will be entitled to an allowance at daily rates revised from time to time termed as ‘Daily Officiating Allowance’.

(2)   Where a period initially 21 days or less extends subsequently to more than 21 days the officiating allowance at the daily rates drawn upto 21 days should be allowed to stand, but if the period exceeds 21 days payment should be in accordance with the rules applicable for normal fixation of pay.

(3)   The Daily Officiating Allowance will not be taken into account for any purpose, other than for reckoning Overtime under the terms of Hours of Employment Regulations and the Factories Act and recovery towards Income Tax.

[Authority: RBE No.293/1999, No.E(P&A)I-98/CPC/PA/2, 19.11.1999, ACS No.47]

Appendix to Rule-1427

CATEGORIES EXEMPTED FROM THE MINIMUM PERIOD OF OFFICATING AND ELIGIBLE FOR DAILY OFFICIATING ALLOWANCE

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.120/2017. Allowance discontinued w.e.f. 01.07.2017