RBE No. 58/2009: Tenure Allowance – RDSO
No.PC-VI/2008/I/7/5/3, dated 27.03.2009
S.No.PC-VI/94
Sub: Tenure Allowance to Officers of Organized Group-A Railway services posted as Deputy Directors, Joint Directors, Directors and Group-B Officers when posted against senior scale post in RDSO.
1. Kindly refer to Board’s letter No.PC-V/98/I/7/3, dated 12.02.2004 on the above mentioned subject.
2. Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to decide that on their posting as Deputy Directors, Joint Directors and Directors in the office of RDSO, the officers of the organized Group ‘A’ Railway Services will be entitled to drawn their basic pay plus Tenure Allowance subject to the terms and conditions as stipulated below:-
(i) The officers of Organized Group ‘A’ Railway Services posted in RDSO as Deputy Directors Joint Directors and Directors will be subject to a prescribed tenure, on the expiry of which they will be reverted to field posts in Zonal Railways/ Production Units and Construction Organizations.
(ii) Officers belonging to Organized Group ‘A’ Railway Services posted in RDSO as Deputy Directors Joint Directors and Directors will be paid tenure allowance @ 10% of their basic pay, subject to a ceiling of Rs.4000.
(iii) The allowance will not be paid beyond the normal tenure of three years for Deputy Directors, four years for Joint Directors and five years for Directors.
(iv) No Tenure Allowance will be admissible to the officers of the Services posted as Executive Directors and above in RDSO.
(v) This allowance shall not be admissible to those Deputy Directors Joint Directors and Directors who are given extension or re-employment after superannuation.
(vi) In cases where the tenure posting is to a post with lower grade pay, the officer going to such a post will draw grade pay attached to the tenure post without any change in the band pay that was being drawn in the post being held before such tenure posting.
“Basic Pay” in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed pay band plus the applicable grade pay but does not include any other type of pay like special pay etc.
3. The existing conditions contained in para 4 of Board’s letter No.PC-V/98/I/7/3, dated 12.02.2004 would continue to be operative.
4. Group ‘B’ officers of Zonal Railways officiating in senior scale on ad-hoc basis when posted to RDSO in senior scale would continue to be paid Tenure Allowance @ Rs.600 per month till further orders.
5. These orders shall take effect from 1st September, 2008.
6. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 58/2009
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.181/2017,