RBE No.175/2017: Grant of Overtime Allowance

No.PC-V/2017/A/OTA/1, dated 28.11.2017

Sub: Grant of Overtime Allowance (OTA) to Railway employees consequent upon revision of pay scales and allowances.
Ref: Board’s letter No.PC-V/2008/O/3(OTA), dated 17.02.2010 (RBE No.29/2010) and dated 20.05.2011 (RBE No.72/2011).

1. Pursuance to the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission the issue of provision of OTA has been under consideration and in partial modification of the Board’s earlier orders on the subject, it has been decided by the Board that the Railway employees who are governed by the Statutory Acts / Rules viz. the Factories Act, 1948 and Railway Servants (Hours of Work and Period of Rest) Rules, 2005 and who have opted for the revised Pay Matrix in terms of Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, may be granted OTA, on the basis of their emoluments in the revised scales of pay.

2. The emoluments, for the purpose of computation of rates of OTA will comprise the following:

(a)   Railway employees governed by the Factories Act, 1948:

Revised rates of pay,
DA,
HRA,
Transport Allowance
Cash equivalent to the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to workers of food grains and other articles as the workers, for the time being may be entitled to (excluding wages for Overtime work or Bonus).

(b)   Railway employee is governed by the Railway Servants (Hours of Work and Period of Rest) Rules, 2005:
All the items as shown in (a) above except House Rent Allowance
(c)    Railway employees governed by the Rules under Departmental Overtime:
(i) Employees working in Loco sheds and C&W Depot
All the items as shown in (a) above except House Rent Allowance
(ii) Other Railway employees covered under Department Orders:
Revised rates of pay
Dearness Allowance

3. The revised rates of Overtime Allowance shall be effective from 01.07.2017

4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.175/2017