Breaking News on Entitlement of Privilege Pass issue in Railways

Breaking News on Entitlement of Privilege Pass

After lots of hiccups, All India Railwaymen Federation’s proposal to give 2 AC pass to Grade Pay Rs. 4200, 3 AC Pass to Grade Pay Rs. 2800 & also 3 AC pass to staff with GP 1900, 2000 & 2400 travelling on duty, has finally been accepted by Railway Board. After kind approval of MR orders are likely to be issued shortly. General Secretary/AIRF has thanked all Railwaymen for keeping the patience & also extends greetings to Hon’ble MR & Board on resolving the Pass issue.

Source: AIRF

All India Running Staff Conference of Loco and Traffic Running Staff

All India Running Staff Conference of Loco and Traffic Running Staff to be held at New Delhi on 13-07-2010

All Loco and Traffic Running Staff LPs, ALPs and Guards attend en-masse the All India Running Staff Conference scheduled to be held at NEW DELHI on 13-07-2010 organized by All India Railwaymen’s federation (AIRF) under Leadership of National Railway Mazdoor Union(NRMU). For following long pending demands of Running Staff":-

Constitute High power committee to review duty hours of Running staff to 6Hrs

Grade Pay Demands:-

Asst. Loco Pilot – PB-1 + GP Rs.2800

Goods Pilot - PB-2 + GP Rs.4600

Loco Pilot (Pass.) - PB-2 + GP Rs.4800

Loco Pilot (M/Exp.) – PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

Goods Guard - PB-2 + GP Rs.4200

Pass Guard- PB-2 + GP Rs.4600

Mail Exp Guard- PB-2 + GP Rs.4800

Loco Inspectors - PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

Rate of Kilometreage of Running Staff should be revised as per Bhalla Committee formula w.e.f. 1.1.2006

Additional Allowance to Running Staff – Provision of Special Allowance to all Running Staff including LI/SLIs also

Remove anomaly of pay fixation of Loco Supervisors inducted prior to 1.1.2006 with reference to their juniors drafted after 1.1.2006

One advance increment as a onetime exception in case of those who have having their annual increment from 1st Feb. 2006 to 1st June 2006

Absence/Detention of the running staff from their headquarters should be restricted to 24 Hrs

On absorption in alternate employment of medically de-categorized Running Staff 55% retirement benefit to be awarded

As CCA subsumed by Transportation Allowance 30% benefit to be awarded

All India Running Staff Conference of Loco and Traffic Running Staff to be held at New Delhi on 13-07-2010

Summary of items raised by AIRF in the Departmental Anomaly Committee

All India Railwaymen's Federation has raised the following items in the Departmental Anomaly Committee

1. Separate Grade Pay to Trackman, Senior Trackman, Gateman, Trolleyman, Head Trackman / Keyman, Gangmen and Sr. P.Way Supervisors.

Gangman - GP Rs.1800
Sr. Gangman & Gatekeeper - GP Rs.1900
Hd. Gangman Keyman - GP Rs.2000
Sr. Keyman & Gangmate - GP Rs.2400
P. Way Supervisor & Sr. Gangmate - GP Rs.4200

2. Introduction of following structure in Artisan category

Artisan Gr. III – PB-1 + GP Rs.2400
Artisan Gr. II – PB-1 + GP Rs.2800
Artisan Gr. I – PB-2 + GP Rs.4200
Master Craftsman - PB-2 + GP Rs.4600

3. Technical Supervisors – All Departments
Jr. Engineers - PB-2 + GP Rs.4800
Sr. Section Engineers - PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

4. ASM - PB-2 + GP Rs.4200 and onward upliftment

5. Asst. Loco Pilot – PB-1 + GP Rs.2800

6. Goods Pilot - PB-2 + GP Rs.4600
Loco Pilot (Pass.) - PB-2 + GP Rs.4800
Loco Pilot (M/Exp.) – PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

7. Goods Guards - PB-2 + GP Rs.4200 and onward upliftment

8. Stenographers - PB-2 + GP Rs.4600 and onward upliftment

9. Physiotherapists - PB-2 + GP Rs.4800 and onward upliftment

10. Radiographers - PB-2 + GP Rs.4600 (Apex grade)

11. Laboratory Staff of Medical Dept. - Lab. Technician - PB-1 + GP Rs.2400 and onward upliftment

12. Lab. Superintendent – provision of Group B Post in PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

13. Loco Inspectors - PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

14. CMT Staff - Jr. Engineer - PB-2 + GP Rs.4800
SSE - PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

15. Sr. Traffic Costing Inspectors - - PB-2 + GP Rs.4800

16. Rajbhasha Staff by placing at par with Secretariat Staff.

17. Publicity Inspectors - PB-2 + GP Rs.5400

18. Typist - Sr. Typist - PB-1 + GP Rs.2800 and further parity with Ministerial Staff.

19. Technicians - Signal - PB-2 + GP Rs.4200 (Entry Grade)

20. ECRC (Entry Grade) - PB-2 + GP Rs.4200

21. Nursing Staff – ANO be placed in PB-4

22. Information Technology Cadre at par with Technical Supervisors.

23. Rate of Kilimetrage – Running Staff - Kilimetrage of Running Staff should be revised as per Bhalla Committee formula w.e.f. 1.1.2006.

24. Additional Allowance to Running Staff – Provision of Special Allowance to all Running Staff.

25. Anomaly in fixation of pay in case of promotee with reference to their junior direct recruits after 1.1.2006 be removed.

26. Ticket Checking Staff – Sr. TC - PB-1 + GP Rs.2800

27. Health and Malaria Inspectors should be provided GP Rs.4800 / Rs.5400 in PB-2.

28. Remove anomaly of pay fixation of Loco Supervisors inducted prior to 1.1.2006 with reference to their juniors drafted after 1.1.2006.
29. Train Controllers be placed in PB-2 + GP Rs.4800 and Rs.5400 respectively.

30. Grade Pay of all ex-cadre Instructors of Training Instructors,Safety Counselors, Work Study Inspectors, Traffic Costing Inspectors and similarly placed be uplifted in PB-2 + GP Rs.4800 and Rs.5400 respectively.

31. Personnel & Welfare Inspectors be placed in - PB-2 + GP Rs.4800 and Rs.5400 respectively.

32. Head Proof Readers be placed in - PB-2 + GP Rs.4200.

33. Higher Grade Pay be allotted to Cash Office Receipt Side.
34. Head Clerks and OS-II in Transit Cell be placed in PB-2 + GP Rs.4200

35. Tower Wagon Drivers be placed in PB-2 + GP Rs.4600

36. Telephone Operators, Cipher Operators, Cashier, Shroffs, Finger Print Examiners and Typists be placed in higher Grade Pay.

37. Safety Categories – Special Allowance of Rs.500/- and Rs.1000/- be granted to all staff working in Safety Category including Supervisors.

38. TIA/ISA in Accounts Department be placed in GP Rs.4800 and Rs.5400 respectively.

39. Account Assistants be placed in PB-2 + GP Rs.4600

40. One advance increment as a one time exception in case of those who have having their annual increment from 1st Feb. 2006 to 1st June 2006.

41. Granting of one additional increment stagnation increment on 1.1.2006 as specified in Para 2 of Rule 10 of RBE 103/2008.

Letter from All India Railwaymen Federation…

Up gradation of paramedical categories with pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500 to the grade pay of Rs.4600
It has been observed at while granting up gradation to the certain categories in the Grade Pay of Rs.4600 by VI CPC.
Some categories such as Paramedical categories, for example Physiotherapist, CHI, Radiotherapist, etc. are ignored.
These categories are horizontally and vertically had been disturbed. Generally the categories which are having the common functional back ground used to be placed in the common manner but here the same has been disturbed. It is worth to find it out; many of such categories cannot be merged in lower scale because these staffs do perform supervisory duties. It is needless to mention that the Railwaymen are inter- dependently working and this facts are also ignored by VI CPC. AIRF urges to the Railway Board to review the matters for issuing orders for the upgrading of such posts in the pay scales of Rs.6500-10500(pre-revised) to Grade Pay of Rs.4600 to all such categories where no such Grade Pay has been provided.