Dated: 24.05.2017
No. I/8/Part I
The Secretary (E),
Railway Board,
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
Sub:
Payment of Over Time Allowance to the JEs (AC) performing running/
maintenance duties on Rajdhani/Shatabdi Trains-reg.
Ref: General Manager (Personnel), Eastern Railway's letter No. E.740/0/Migo (Policy)
dated 04/05/2017 to Railway Board.
On
Eastern Railway, the Jr. Engineers (AC) GP 4200/- (6th CPC)/Pay Level 6
(7th CPC) are deployed to man Rajdhani/Shatabdi Trains along with the
team of staff for ensuring safe and efficient maintenance standards.
Unfortunately, these JEs are denied payment of Over Time Allowance since
the last over three months, while the staff work under them on running
maintenance are granted Over Time Allowance.
In the above context,
the General Manager (P), Eastern Railway has addressed a letter to
Railway Board vide No. E. 740/0/Misc (Policy) dated 04/05/2017 seeking
Railway Board's approval for allowing payment of OTA to the Electrical
JEs escorting the Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express Trains and discharging
duties.
The Federation wants the Railway Board to appreciate that
the role of Electrical JEs on Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains are not to be
compared with other Supervisors so far as nature of duties are concerned
as these JEs while discharging their duties of leading the team on
Rajdhani/Shatabdi Trains, are always engaged and confined to their work
under severe stress and tension to ensure safety, punctuality and
efficient running and maintenance on the entire train formation to the
comfort of passengers, thus they are not free to adjust their duties
while on board, unlike those Supervisors who perform stationary duties.
The CEE, Eastern Railway has also confirmed this view as mentioned in
Eastern Railway’s letter dated 04th May 2017.
NFIR further states
that the Board's letter No. E(LL)70/HER/16 dated 04th January 1972
classifying Electrical Chargemen in scale Rs. 250-380 (AS) or above as
Supervisor under HOER is not relevant to the category of Electrical JEs
who perform duties on running trains i.e. Rajdhani and Shatabdi and
whose duties are totally different to that of those Supervisors of GP
4200/Level 6 (7th CPC) performing duties in the Sheds/Depots.
NFIR,
therefore, requests the Railway Board to accord approval for payment of
OT Allowance to Electrical JEs escorting Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express
Trains for ensuring running maintenance and accordingly issue
instructions to the General Manager, Eastern Railway etc., to ensure
payment of Over Time Allowance.
DA/As above
Yours faithfully,
S/d,
(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)
General Secretary
Eastern Railway
(Personnel Department)
17, N. S. Road, Kolkata -700 001
No. E.740/0/AAisc (Policy)
Kolkata,
Dated :04.05.2017
Director Estt.(LL)
Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) Govt. of India
New
Delhi.
Sub:
Grant of Overtime Allowance to Supervisors.
A
doubt has been arisen regarding the entitlement of Overtime Allowance
(OTA) tothe category of Junior Engineers in GP Rs. 4200 (Level-6)
working under Electrical Department deployed in Rajdhani/Shatabdi Exp.
along with maintenance &. AC staff. The matter has been considered
in consultation with Electrical Department of this Railway (CEE/ER),
keeping in view the extant guidelines mentioned as under:
1.In
terms of extant provisions laid down in RS (Hours of work and period of
rest) Rules, 2005, Railway servants classified as "Supervisors" and
"Excluded" under Hours of Employment Regulations are holding a position
of responsibility and are employed mainly in a supervisory character and
comparatively free to adjust their hours of duty & work during such
hours and are thus not entitled to overtime allowance.
2.As per
Board's letter no. E(LL)70/HER/16 dated 04/01/1972, the category of
Electrical Chargeman in Rs. 250-380 (AS) or above, in-charge of
electrical examination and maintenance units has been classified as
'Supervisor' under HOER.
3.However, the CEE/ER is of view that
nature of the duty of an Electrical JEs, as escorting Supervisors, is in
no way comparable to those who are working as such on stationary duties
because while discharging the duties of leading the team in a train
like Rajdhani/Shatabdi Exp, they are always engaged and confined with
their work under severe stress and tension to run train maintaining
safety, punctuality and requisite passengers' comfort and thus, not free
to adjust their duty hours while on board. Hence they should be
entitled to "Single (BARE) Rate Overtime".
4.As the issue involves
pan Indian Railways implications, Board is requested to examine the
entitlement to OTA to Electrical JEs deployed in Rajdhani/Shatabdi Exp.
to be calculated' as per Para 2(c) of RBE No. 29/2010 in its true
perspective and communicate the decision in this regard.
This issues with the approval of CPO (Admn.) and Accounts and in consultation with
associated Accounts.
S/d,
U.Lahiri,
Dy.Chief Personnel officer/R,
for General Manager (p)
Phone No.24103 (Rly.)
Source : NFIR