SOUTH EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY Headquarters Office Personnel Department Bilaspur (CG),495 004 Dated 31.05.

2007 Estt Rule No 117/2007 To All concerned Sub: Qualifying service for issue of Post Retirement Complimentary Passes. A copy of Railway Boards letter No. E(W) 2006 PS 5-1/28 dated 18 -04-2007 (RBE No. 61/2007) is published for information, guidance and necessary action. Encls.- As above (Hindi version will follow). (T Lakra) Sr. Personnel Officer (RRT) For Chief Personnel Officer Copy of Railway Boards letter No. No. E(W) 2006 PS 5-1/28 dated 18 -04-2007 (RBE No. 61/2007) addressed to the General Manager/SECR. Sub: Qualifying service for issue of Post Retirement Complimentary Passes. In terms of 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 Complimentary Pass to any category of Railway employees. 2. Hon'ble Minister of Railways, during the presentation of Railway Budget 2007-08, has announced that in case of Ex-Servicemen and Central Government employees recruited in the Railways, a weightage equivalent to half of their previous non-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 provision contained in Item (xi) below column 3 in Schedule IV (Post-Retirement Complimentary Pass) of Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second Edition, 1993) be amended as in the enclosed Advance Correction Slip No. 53. 4 This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways. Sd/- (Parvez), Joint Director, Estt. (Welfare), RB Advance Correction Slip No. 53 to the Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (2nd Edition, 1993) Item No. (xi) below Column No. 3 in Schedule-IV (Post-Retirement Complimentary Pass) of Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second Edition, 1993) may be substituted as under: (xiI) 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's No. E(W) 2006 PS 5-1/28 dated 18 -04-2007).

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