IREC Rule No.404: Declaration of sum received in earlier employment

404.  Declaration of sum received in earlier employment:-

(1)   When a person who was formerly in civil, railway or military employment obtains re-employment, whether temporarily or permanently in railway service, it shall be incumbent on him to declare to the appointing authority the amount of any gratuity, provident fund or pension received by him in respect of his previous employment.

(2)   The attention of every railway servant who is re-employed shall be specially called to the provisions of this rule by the authority re-employing him, but the failure of such authority will not be admitted as a ground for condoning any breach of this rule. The Accounts Officer, whenever he becomes aware of such an appointment, shall also take steps to see that the provisions of this rule are complied with.

 (3)  The appointing authority should ensure that the application for re-employment is received through the existing Head of Department or Heads of Corporate Bodies owned or controlled by Government where necessary and that applications would not be entertained if a clearance certificate from the said employer is not produced by the applicant within the specified period of time; say 4-6 months.

Note: The detailed terms and conditions of re-employment regarding fixation of pay allowances, leave, increments, etc. are given in the Indian Railway Establishment Manual.