WIDOW PASS (SCHEDULE - V)
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RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS)
RULES,1986 (1993 EDITION)
SCHEDULE - V
WIDOW PASS
1.
Category.
1.
Widows of those Railway servants who
were in service on 12.3.87 and opted for the scheme of Widow Pass or widows of
those Railway servants who joined service on or after 12.3.87 and are
compulsorily governed under the scheme of Widow Pass are eligible for Widow
Passes. In such cases of Railway employees who have opted for the scheme of
2.
Widows of Railway Servants who were in
service prior to 12.3.1987 will be eligible to be admitted to the scheme
of '
3.
The Railway Servants who get permanently absorbed in public sector
undertakings, autonomous bodies prior to 12.3.1987 and were in receipt of
post-retirement complimentary passes, their widow will also be admitted
to the scheme of '
4.
Widows of Railway servants who had
opted out of the scheme of
2.
No. of Passes Admissible in a year, -
Half the number of Post retirement Complimentary Passes that the Railway
servant was either receiving at the time of his demise after retirement or in
case of death in service would be notionally eligible to receive by reckoning
the date of death as the date of retirement provided that:
a. The
widow(s) of a Group 'D' Railway employee entitled (or notionally entitled) to
one set of Post-retirement Complimentary pass every alternate year, shall be
entitled to one set of Complimentary Pass every alternate year.
b. The
widow(s) of any Railway employee, who dies while in service, shall be entitled
to a minimum of one set of Pass every alternate year. Thus, she will be
eligible to one set of Pass in two years, even if the service of the employee
before death falls short of the requisite service prescribed for entitlement
for Post-retirement Complimentary Passes
Note:
3.
Widows/their dependents who are eligible
for such Passes should be issued Family Identity Card by the Railway
Administration and the same should be carried by them during their journey.
4. In
case there is more than one widow the passes for widows shall be given by
rotation in a specified year
3.
Other Facilities
.
The class of Pass would be same as is
admissible to the Railway employees on retirement or what would be admissible
notionally if the date of death is reckoned as the date of retirement.
i.
other terms and conditions would be
the same as are applicable to Privilege Passes except that:
a.
{Dependent relatives are not entitled
to be included in such Passes. However, dependant widow mother of the deceased
Railway employee may be included in the
b.
Widow will not be entitled to this
facility if she becomes otherwise entitled to the Pass facility due to her
son's employment in Railways or on her own employment on the Railways or on her
re-marriage **{However the widow may exercise an option either to avail
of pass facility as a dependant widow mother by getting her name included in
the privilege pass drawn by her son/daughter or she may draw pass(es ) as per
her entitlement under the 'widow pass' scheme. Option once exercised shall be
final and irreversible. }
**
Inserted vide Railway Board's letter No. E(W)95 PS5-1/29 dated
{Widows
who are appointed on compassionate grounds may be given an option to be
exercised at the time of appointment Whether they would like to avail of the
pass facilities as a Railway servant or would like to continue the entitlement
under the Widow Pass scheme Option once exercised shall be final.
At
the time of retirement/ quitting Railway service, a similar option may be given
to such Widows either to be governed by the Widow Pass Scheme or to be governed
by the
###Inserted
vide Advance Correction Slip No. 40 issued under Railway Board's letter No. E(W)95PS5-1/29
dated 13.06.2003 (RBE 98/2003).
c.
"Senior Citizen 1st/1st 'A' Widow
Pass holders can carry a Companion in lieu of an Attendant subject to the
following conditions -
i.
The facility of a Companion will be
provided only on the 1st Class /1st 'A' Widow Passes in which there is already
a provision to carry an Attendant as per the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules,
1986.
ii.
The facility of a Companion will be
allowed only to
iii.
The facility of a Companion in lieu of
attendant will be permitted only when the pass holder and/or eligible members
of family above the age of 65 years will be travelling along with the Companion
in Sleeper / 2nd Class. In other words, if any other eligible members of the
family below the age of 65 years is included in the pass, then the facility of
travel in Sleeper /2nd Class with a Companion will not be permitted.
Accordingly,
Senior Citizen 1st Class/ 1st Class 'A' Widow Pass holders will have the option
either to carry an "Attendant" in Sleeper/2nd Class while they
themselves are travelling in 1st Class/ AC 2-tier or carry a
"Companion" in Sleeper/2nd Class in lieu of an "Attendant"
if the pass holder themselves travel in Sleeper/ 2nd Class. In case a Companion
is preferred to an attendant, the pass issuing authorities shall obtain a
specific request for the same from the Widow Pass holder and mention the ages
of the persons not less than 65 years to be included in the pass and the
following endorsement shall be made on the pass:
"
Companion in lieu of Attendant permitted when the Pass Holder travel in Sleeper
Class/2nd Class."
{The
above facility inserted vide Railway board's letter No. E(W)96 PS5-8/2 dated
24.7.2000 (RBE 142/2000) ACS No. 26}
"Companion
in lieu of Attendant is permitted only when the pass holder and/or other family
member of more than 65 years of age is/are travelling in Sleeper Class/II
Class."
{Endorsement
replaced vide Railway Board's letter No. E(W)96PS5-8/2, dated 19.1.2001 (RBE
No. 14/2001) ACS No. 30]
4.
Condition for issue of Widow Passes
.
This scheme will not apply to Railway
servants who have retired or expired before 12.3.1987
**
Cut off date removed vide Railway Board's letter No. E(W)95PS 5-1/29
dated
i.
This scheme will also not apply to
Casual Labour unless they are absorbed against regular posts. Till the Casual
Labour are so absorbed, they will continue to get 6 sets of PTOs in a year
otherwise admissible to them instead of 4 sets of PTOs admissible to others who
opt for the scheme of Widow Passes.
ii.
The facility of passes to available to
the widow to the widow of a male Railway employee shall be available to
the widower of a female railway employee. {Inserted vide ACS 6.}
Entitlement to travel in
Rajdhani/Shatabdi on widow pass vide Railway Board's letter No. E(W)95 PS5-1/33
dated 6.1.2000 (RBE 4/2000).
Children born on void marriage
marriage are not eligible in the widow pass E(W)99PS5-1/29 dated 13.9.2002 (RBE
162/2002)
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 6
RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986
(2nd Edition, 1993)
"Item No. iii - The
facility of passes to available to the widow to the widow of a male
Railway employee shall be available to the widower of a female railway
employee."
[Authority Railway
Board's letter No. E(W)97PS 5-8/3 dated 31.3.1998 ]
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 7
RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986
(2nd Edition, 1993)
Add the following as
Paragraph No. 2 in col. 1 of Schedule V :-
" Widows of Railway
servants who were in service prior to 12.3.1987 will be eligible to be admitted
to the scheme of
Note :- The payment may be
accepted in cash by the Divisional Cashier or by way of a Demand Draft in
favour of the F.A.&C.A.O. of the Railway from where the widow wishes to
draw the pass."
[Authority Railway
Board's letter No. E(W)95PS 5-1/29 dated
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 16
RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986
(2nd Edition, 1993)
Add the following as
paragraph No. 3 in column 1 of Schedule V :-
" The Railway Servants
who get permanently absorbed in public sector undertakings, autonomous bodies
prior to 12.3.1987 and were in receipt of post-retirement complimentary passes,
their widow will also be admitted to the scheme of '
[Authority Railway
Board's letter No. E(W)95PS 5-1/29 dated
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 20
RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986
(2nd Edition, 1993)
Add the following under item
(ii) (b), Column (3) of Schedule V, after the word 're-marriage' :-
" However the widow may
exercise an option either to avail of pass facility as a dependant widow mother
by getting her name included in the privilege pass drawn by her son/daughter or
she may draw pass(es ) as per her entitlement under the 'widow pass' scheme.
Option once exercised shall be final and irreversible."
[Authority Railway
Board's letter No. E(W)95 PS5-1/29 dated
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 26
RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986
(2nd Edition, 1993)
I.
Replace item (ii) (a) under Column 3
of Schedule -V (
(ii) (a) Dependent relatives are not entitled to be included in
such Passes. However, dependant widow mother of the deceased Railway employee
may be included in the
II.
Add the following under Column (3)
below item (b) in Schedule V (
(c) "Senior Citizen 1st/1st 'A' Widow Pass holders can carry
a Companion in lieu of an Attendant subject to the following conditions -
i.
The facility of a Companion will be
provided only on the 1st Class /1st 'A' Widow Passes in which there is already
a provision to carry an Attendant as per the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules,
1986.
ii.
The facility of a Companion will be
allowed only to
iii.
The facility of a Companion in lieu of
attendant will be permitted only when the pass holder and/or eligible members
of family above the age of 65 years will be travelling along with the Companion
in Sleeper / 2nd Class. In other words, if any other eligible members of the
family below the age of 65 years is included in the pass, then the facility of
travel in Sleeper /2nd Class with a Companion will not be permitted.
Accordingly, Senior Citizen 1st Class/ 1st Class 'A' Widow Pass
holders will have the option either to carry an "Attendant" in
Sleeper/2nd Class while they themselves are travelling in 1st Class/ AC 2-tier
or carry a "Companion" in Sleeper/2nd Class in lieu of an
"Attendant" if the pass holder themselves travel in Sleeper/ 2nd
Class. In case a Companion is preferred to an attendant, the pass issuing
authorities shall obtain a specific request for the same from the Widow Pass
holder and mention the ages of the persons not less than 65 years to be
included in the pass and the following endorsement shall be made on the pass:
" Companion in lieu of Attendant permitted when the Pass
Holder travel in Sleeper Class/2nd Class."
[Authority: Board's
letter No. E(W)96PS5-8/2 dated 24.7.2000 (RBE 142/2000)]
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 30
THE RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986
(2nd Edition 1993)
The endorsement to be made on
the post retirement complimentary pass issued to those senior citizen retired
Railway employees (ACS No. 11) and to those widows who are above 65 years of
age (ACS No. 26) who are desirous of taking a Companion in SL/ II Class, while
the pass holder travels in SL/II Class may be replaced as under:
"Companion in lieu of
Attendant is permitted only when the pass holder and/or other family member of
more than 65 years of age is/are travelling in Sleeper Class/II Class."
[Authority: Board's
letter No. E(W)96PS5-8/2, dated 19.1.2001 (RBE No. 14/2001)]
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 33
RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986
(2nd Edition, 1993)
Add the following as
paragraph No. 3 in column 1 of Schedule V:
"Widows of Railway
servants who had opted out of the scheme of
[Authority: Board's
letter No. E(W)98PS5-1/55 dated 12.3.2001 (RBE 52/2001)]
ADVANCE
CORRECTION SLIP NO. 40 TO THE RAILWAY SERVANTS (PASS) RULES, 1986 (2nd EDITION,
1993)
Add the following after Item
(ii)(b) under Column 3 of Schedule V.
Widows who are appointed on
compassionate grounds may be given an option to be exercised at the time of
appointment Whether they would like to avail of the pass facilities as a Railway
servant or would like to continue the entitlement under the Widow Pass scheme
Option once exercised shall be final.
At the time of retirement/
quitting Railway service, a similar option may be given to such Widows either
to be governed by the Widow Pass Scheme or to be governed by the
(Authority: Board's
letter No. E(W)95PS5-1/29
dated 13.06.2003)
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