RBE No. 39/2016: Retention of Railway accommodation

No.E(G)2012 QR1-7, dated 25.04.2016

Sub: Retention of Railway accommodation post retirement by Railway employees retired on grounds of total medical incapacitation.

1. The demand raised by AIRF in the PNM Forum (item No.29/2011) to allow post retirement retention of Railway accommodation for a period of 2 years, to those Railway employees who are retired on ground of total medical incapacitation and in whose cases compassionate appointment of any of their family member is in process, had been under consideration of the Railway Board.
2. In this regard, Railway Board, in exercise of its powers to make reasonable relaxations in public interest in all or any of the existing provisions regarding allotment/ retention of Railway accommodation and charging of rent therefor for a class/ group of employees, in partial modification of provisions contained in para 5 of Board’s letter No.E(G)2000 QR1-23, dated 01.06.2001 (RBE No. 100/2001) have now decided that Railway employees who are retired on grounds of total medical incapacitation and in whose cases compassionate appointment of any of their family members is in process, may be allowed retention of Railway Accommodation for the maximum period upto 2 years on normal rent from the date of retirement.
3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 39/2016

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