General Pass Rules
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RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS)
RULES,1986 (1993 EDITION)
In exercise of the powers
conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution, the President
hereby makes the following Rules, regulating the issue of passes and privilege
Ticket Orders to Railway servants, for travel by trains namely:-
Pass Rules
- Short Title, Commencement and
Application:
- These Rules may be called
the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986.
- They shall come into force
on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- Except where
specifically provided to the contrary they shall apply to all railway
servants under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board) but shall not apply to :-
- an apprentice engaged under
the Apprentices Act ;
- a person in the casual
employment or employed on daily wages
- any person under the
administrative control of the Ministry of Railways who by a general or
special order is, excluded from the facilities of Pass or a Privilege
Ticket Order under these rules.
- Definitions : In these Rules,
unless the context otherwise requires:-
a. 'adopted
child' means a child for whom there is satisfactory proof of adoption
irrespective of the fact whether such adoption is permissible or not under the
personal law governing the railway servant concerned.
b. 'attendant'
means a person exclusively employed on salary in the personal service of a
railway servant.
c. 'dependent
relative' in relation to a railway servant, whose father is not alive, means:-
- mother including a divorced
mother;
- unmarried or widowed
sister;
- brother/step-brother under
twenty one years of age provided he resides with and is wholly dependent
on the railway servant;
- invalid brother of any age,
and
- brother who has attained
the age of twenty one years and is a bonafide student of a recognised
educational institution:
- legally divorced sister.**
- Widow mother-in-law in case
of widows appointed on compassionate grounds, whether her father is
alive or not. ***
** Added vide Railway Board's letter No. E(W)98PS5-1/51
dated
***
Added vide Railway Board's letter No. Board's letter No. E(W)2001 PS5-1/3
dated
Provided that a person shall not be considered to be a dependent
relative if his/her income from all sources including pension, dearness relief,
etc. exceeds 15% of pay per month of the Railway servant or the amount arrived
at by adding Rs. 500 to the dearness relief admissible to the pensioners/family
pensioners on pension of Rs. 500 and rounded off to the nearest ten rupee
figure, whichever is more.
Provided further that a Pass or Privilege Ticket Order may be
issued in favour of dependent relatives mentioned at (iv) and (v) only on
production of a certificate from a Railway medical officer or the head of the
recognised institution, as the case may be.
{ Revised
limit for dependency w.e.f 01.01.2002 vide Railway Board's letter No. E(W)97PS5-1/71
dated
Provided further that dependent relatives may be included in the
Privilege Passes/PT0s given to the railway servants in cases where father is
missing for a period of at least 7 years Passes/PT0s can also be given to the
sisters in similar circumstances. However, an affidavit as to the period since
when the person is missing, duly attested by a Magistrate is necessary.
d.
'family' includes:-
i.
spouse of a railway servant whether earning or not;
ii.
son or sons who have not attained the age of 21 years and are
wholly dependent on the railway servant;
iii.
son or sons of the age of 21 and above who are;
a.
bonafide students of any recognised educational institution;
b.
engaged in any research work and do not get any
scholarship/stipend;
c.
working as an articled clerk under the Chartered Accountant;
d.
invalid, on appropriate certificate from Railway Doctor;
iv.
unmarried daughters of any age whether earning or not;
v.
widowed daughters provided they are dependent on the railway
servant;
vi.
legally divorced daughter who is dependent on the railway
servant;
e.
the term "Guardian' need not necessarily be interpreted in
its legal sense. It may mean an adult dependant relative or an adult member of
the family; a paid nurse Governess or an attendant. When none of these are
available a pass in favour of a Guardian, as admissible under these Rules, may
be given to another person at General Manager's discretion.
f.
'Pass' means an authority given by the Ministry of Railways or
any railway administration to a person, authorising him to travel by rail
gratuitously;
g.
'privilege ticket order' (hereinafter referred to as P.T.O.) is
an authority issued in favour of a railway servant which may be exchanged for a
passenger rail ticket on payment of one third of the normal fare;
h.
'railway servant' means a person who is a member of a service or
who holds a post under the administrative control of Railway Board and includes
a person who holds a post in the Railway Board. Persons lent from a service or
post which is not under the administrative control of the Railway Board to a
service or post which is under such administrative control do not come within
the scope of this definition. This term excludes casual labour for whom special
orders have been issued.
i.
'recognised educational institution' for the purpose of these
Rules means any school, college, university or institution recognised by the
Government for imparting education or training in any discipline - general,
technical, professional or military.
j.
'pay' means the amount drawn monthly by a railway servant as
i.
basic pay;
ii.
in the case of Running Staff, basic pay plus 30% thereof or any
other percentage of basic pay declared as pay from time to time;
iii.
any other pay which may be specially classified as pay by the
President.
k.
i.
"Set" means one Pass or P.T.0 for outward and return
journeys ;
ii.
"Half-set" means a Pass or P.T.0 issued from one station
to another.
l.
'schedule' means the Schedule appended to these Rules.
m.
'year' means a Calendar Year.
##Note : For the purpose of issue of
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Note added vide Railway Board's letter No. Board's letter No. letter No. E(W)2000
PS5-1/33 dated
3.
Officer or authority competent to issue and sign a Pass or PTO. -
A pass or PTO may be issued by such officer or authority and may be signed by
such officer as the Central Government (Ministry, of Railways) may from time to
time specify:
Provided that until such authorities or officers are specified,
the Pass or PTO shall be signed and issued in accordance with the
instructions/orders issued by the Central Government in the Ministry of
Railways and in force at the commencement of these Rules.
4.
Kinds of Passes :
0.
A railway servant or the entitled members of his/her family and
dependent relatives as defined in these Rules may be issued the following kind
of passes, namely:
i.
duty pass;
ii.
privilege pass including passes while on deputation;
iii.
school pass;
iv.
post-retirement Complimentary pass;
v.
widow pass
vi.
residential card pass; and
vii.
special pass.
1.
The Passes specified in clause (i) of sub-rule (1) may be issued
in the form of metal pass, a card pass or a cheque pass.
5.
0.
A railway servant may be issued a duty pass for performing
journey on duty; and
1.
The category of railway servants, the circumstances and the conditions
subject to which a duty pass may be issued under sub rule (1) shall be
specified in Schedule 1.
6.
0.
A railway servant may be issued on his/her request a privilege
pass or a privilege ticket order in the prescribed format (Annexure A) from one
station to another as requested by him/her. Privilege Passes/P.T.Os are
admissible for self, family, dependent relatives and adopted child, as defined
in these Rules; and
1.
The category of railway servants, the circumstances and the conditions
under which a pass under sub-rule(1) may be issued shall be as specified in Schedule
II.
7.
0.
A school pass may be issued to the son or daughter of a railway
servant who is a bona-fide student of any recognised educational institution;
and
1.
The category of railway servants whose son or daughter may he
issued a pass under sub-rule (1), the circumstances and the conditions subject
to which such passes may be issued shall be as specified in Schedule III.
8.
0.
a post-retirement complimentary pass may be issued to a railway
servant after retirement or after he ceases to be a railway servant; and
1.
The category of railway servants, the circumstances and the
conditions subject to which a pass under sub-rule (1) may be issued shall be as
specified in Schedule IV.
9.
Passes to widows of Railway Employees:
0.
Passes may be issued to the widows of railway employees, who were
in Railway service on or after 12.3.1987 and expired on or after that date
whether after their retirement or during service and had opted for the scheme
or were automatically governed under the scheme; and
{widows of
Railway employees who were in service before 12.3.87 as well as widows of
railway servants who have opted out of the scheme of widow pass have also been
made eligible for widow pass, on one time payment of Rs. 250 towards the cost
of 2 sets of PTO vide Railway Board's letter No. E(W)95PS5-1/29 dated
24.04.1998 & Board's letter No. E(W)98 PS5-1/55 dated 12.03.2001 (RBE
52/2001)}
1.
The circumstances and the conditions subject to which a pass
under sub-rule (1) may be issued shall be as specified in Schedule V.
10. Residential
0.
A residential card pass may be issued to a railway servant for
performing rail journey from the place of residence to the place of his work;
and
1.
The category of railway servants, the circumstances and the
conditions subject to which a pass under sub-rule(1) may be issued shall be as
specified in Schedule VI.
11.
0.
A special pass may be issued to Railway servants, family members
or dependent relatives as the case may be, on -
a.
medical grounds;
b.
sports account;
c.
for attending children camp or scouts camp;
d.
cultural functions; and
e.
on any other occasion which the Ministry of Railways or a Railway
Administration deems fit.
1.
The circumstances and the conditions subject to which a pass
under sub-rule(1) may be issued shall be as specified in Schedule VII.
12. Pass or P.T.0 for
non-railway servants. - Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing
rules, a pass or P.T.O. may be issued to a person who is not under the
administrative control of the Ministry of Railways or the Railway
Administration for such purpose and subject to such terms and conditions as may
be specified in the instructions issued by the Central Government (Ministry of
Railways) from time to time in this behalf.
13. Loss/ Misuse/ Fraudulent
use of Passes & Privilege Ticket Orders. - Instructions given in Annexure
'B' may be followed for dealing with Loss/ Misuse/ Fraudulent use of Passes and
P.T.0s.
14. Powers of General
Managers to Condon irregularities. - G. Ms. are authorised to consider on
merits and condone the irregularities in the cases enumerated in Annexure 'C'.
These powers shall not be re-delegated to any lower authority.
15. Income tax/ Monetary
value of Passes and Privilege Ticket Orders. - Monetary value of passes and
privilege ticket orders is not subject to income tax.
16. Status of Pass Manuals
etc.,. - The provisions contained in Pass Manuals issued by the respective
Railway or any other provisions on Passes contained in any other Manual/Rules
etc. shall be valid provided it is not in contravention with the provisions
laid down in these Rules.
17. Powers to Modify etc.,.
- Powers to include, modify, amend or delete or relax any of the provisions
contained in these Rules shall vest with the Ministry of Railways.
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