IREC Rule No.234: Headquarters Of A Railway Servant

234.  Headquarters Of A Railway Servant:-

(a)   As a general rule, and subject to any special orders to the contrary in particular cases, the headquarters of a railway servant on the staff of the Railway Ministry are the headquarters, for the time being, of the Government of India.

(b)   The headquarters of any other railway servant are either the station which has been declared to be his headquarters by the authority competent to prescribe his headquarters for the purpose of traveling allowance, or in the absence of such declaration, the station where the records of his office are kept.

Note: An officer under suspensions regarded as subject to all other conditions or service applicable generally to railway servants and cannot leave the station without prior permission.  As such, the headquarters of a Railway servant should normally be assumed to be his last place of duty. However, where an individual under suspension requests for a change of headquarters, there is no objection to a competent authority changing the headquarters if, it is satisfied that such a course will not put the Railway Administration to any extra expenditure like grant of traveling allowance or other complications.