Loco Inspectors – Retirement – Pensionary Benefits – Reckoning of Pay Element

No.E(P&A)II-2015/RS-25, dated 13.11.2017

Sub: Pay element relating to Running Staff/ Loco Inspectors after the recommendations of Seventh CPC.

1. Please refer to your letter No.MRTS/E.345/0/12/Pt-IV/Misc, dated 05.05.2017 requesting a clarification about the percentage of pay element to be reckoned for the purpose of computation of pensionary benefits in respect of Loco Inspectors. This issue has also been raised by GS/NFIR in their letter No.IV/RSAC/Conf/Pt-VIII, dated 15.09.2017.
2. Loco Inspectors are entitled to 30% add-on pay element for retirement benefits as per paragraph no.5.5 of Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II/83/RS-10(iv), dated 25.11.1992 (RBE No. 198/1992) which has not been amended as yet. It is clarified that the pay element (presently 30% until further orders) has to be reckoned in the revised pay structure of Seventh CPC for calculation of pensionary benefits of Loco Inspectors.
3. In this connection it is noticed that many retired Loco Inspectors, even after getting the benefit of 30% add-on pay element at the time of pay fixation as Loco Inspectors, have gone to Courts of Law claiming 55% pay element for pensionary benefits equating themselves to the running staff. It is reiterated that Loco Inspector are not classified as running staff and therefore are not entitled to 55% pay element for pensioners benefits. This fact may be conveyed to such Loco Inspectors while calculating their pensionary benefits.
4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Download Railway Board Circular dated 13.11.2017

Forward reference⇒RBE No. 41/2019