RBE No. 61/2007: Post Retirement Complimentary Passes (PRCP) – Qualifying Service
No.E(W)-2006 PS5-1/28, dated 18.04.2007
Sub: Qualifying Service for issue of Post Retirement Complimentary Passes.
1. In terms of the provisions contained in Schedule-IV of the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second Edition 1993), a minimum of 20 years of Railway service is required for grant of Post Retirement Complementary Pass to any Railway employees.
2. Hon’ble Ministry of Railways, during the presentation of Railway Budget 2007-08, has announced that in case of Ex-Serviceman and Central Government employees recruited in the Railways, a weightage equivalent to half of their previous not railway service rendered in Central Government will be taken into account while determining their eligibility for Post Retirement Complimentary Passes on the basis of length of service in the Railways under the extant rules.
3. It has, therefore, been decided that the provisions contained in item (xi) below Column 3 in Schedule IV (Post Retirement Complementary Pass) of the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second Edition 1993) be amended as in the enclosed Advance Correction Slip No.53.
Advance Correction Slip No.53
Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986
(Second Edition 1993)
Item No. (xi) below Column No.3 in Schedule-IV (Post Retirement Complementary Pass) of the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second Edition 1993) may be substituted as under:-
“(xi) Period of service in non-railway departments or establishments rendered prior to joining railway service will not count except in case of Ex-Servicemen or Central Government employees recruited in the Railways where a weightage equivalent to half of their previous non-railway service rendered in Central Government will be taken into account for determining their eligibility for Post Retirement Complimentary Passes on the basis of length of service in the Railways.”
[Authority: Railway Board letter No.E(W)-2006 PS5-1/28, dated 18.04.2007 (RBE No.61/2007) (ACS No.53)]
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 61/2007
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No. 65/2008