Indian Railway Codes and Manuals-Establishment code- Vol-II-Chapter-15 (XV)
CHAPTER 15
OVERTIME AND RUNNING ALLOWANCES FOR GROUP C & D RAILWAY SERVANTS
1501. The rules governing the grant of overtime and running
allowances and the circumstances under which they are granted, are described in
this chapter.
1502. Overtime allowance is an allowance
paid to railway servants for actual time worked in excess of the hours of
employment prescribed by any law or rule.
1503. The Railway servants Hours of Employment Regulations specify
the classes of staff in respect of which a railway administration is under an
obligation to pay overtime allowance when such staffs are called upon to work
in excess of the number of hours prescribed under the said Regulations.
1504. (1)
A railway administration is also under an obligation to pay overtime allowance
to staff (other than those who hold positions of supervision or management or
are engaged in a confidential capacity) who are employed in such workshops or
printing presses as have been declared to be factories under the Factories Act,
1948, when they are required to work in excess of the number of hours
prescribed in that Act.
(2) In the
case of the employees of the printing presses of the ex-East
Indian and Eastern Bengal Railway portions, working on the
Eastern Railway, overtime will be paid for at half-hourly basis, the half-hour
rate of wages of the employee concerned being taken to be 1/400th part
of the monthly rate of the pay of the employee. All overtime pay
will be at a rate 25 per cent in excess of the monthly rate of pay of the
employee. Each half-hour or part of half an hour exceeding 15
minutes will be reckoned as half an hour.
1505. Chargemen, assistant Chargemen (including Journeymen)
Mistries Grade 1 and workmen employed in printing presses, workshops and sheds,
who are not entitled to overtime allowance under rule 1503 or 1504 above, may
at the discretion of the General Manager and subject to such terms and
conditions as he may prescribe, be granted an overtime allowance for the actual
time for which they are called upon to work in excess of the normal working
hours, or for Sundays and holidays when they are called upon to work on such
days.
1506. Consolidated monthly
overtime. --In lieu of payment for actual
overtime worked, staff referred to in rule 1505 may, at the discretion of the
General Manager, be granted a consolidated monthly allowance, if, due to the
nature of their duties, they are generally required to work overtime for the
greater part of the month and the calculation of actual overtime worked
is either inconvenient or
undesirable.
Section
II- Running and other allowances to running staff
1507. Running allowance is an allowance ordinarily granted to
running staff for the performance of duty directly connected with the charge of
moving trains and includes “Kilometreage allowance” or “allowance in lieu of
Kilometreage” but excludes special compensatory allowances. This
allowance is paid on the Kilometreage basis calculated at the rates specified
per hundred kilometers.
The term “ running staff”, in this
Section, shall refer to railway servants of the classes mentioned below:
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1. Drivers
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1. Guards |
1508. Types
of allowances.- In addition to the overtime allowance under rule
1502,the types of allowances that are admissible to running staff are as
follows:--
(a) A “Kilometreage
allowance” while employed on running duties;
(b) An “allowance in lieu of
Kilometreage’ while employed on specified “ non-running duties”;
(c) “Breach of rest
allowance”;
(d) “Special compensatory
allowances” to meet out-of-pocket expenses incurred at out-stations;
(e) “Officiating
allowance” when undergoing duties in higher grades of running staff or
“stationary appointments”.
(f) “Waiting Duty
Allowance” for performance of specified waiting duties;
(g) “Shunting duty
allowance” for performance of Shunting enroute.
1509. Kilometreag
allowance may be paid to the running staff at the rates specified from time to
time, when employed on:-
(a) “Running
duties”;
(b) “Specially
arduous running duties” which comprise duties for working: -
(i) Slow moving trains, e.g.
transship road vans and shunting trains (pick-up or section) and those working
on ghat sections;
(ii) Department trains, e.g.,
ballast, material, breakdown and relief rains;
(iii)
Trial engines.
(c) “Less arduous duties” for
example, learning the road, traveling as a passenger on duty before
or after working a train.
1510. Allowance
in lieu of Kilometreage--(1) When, in the interest of railway service, the
running staff are required to perform non-running duties, they are eligible for
the grant of allowance in lieu of Kilometreage at the rates specified from time
to time.
(2) The instances in
which the grant of “allowance in lieu of Kilometreage” is recognized, are
enumerated below, e.g.-
Journeys on transfer, joining time,
attending enquirer/law courts on railway business, attending departmental
enquiries as Defence Counsel or witness, Ambulance classes, volunteer duty in
connection with the Territorial or other similar forces that may be constituted
by Government, meetings of Railway institutes, Welfare and Debt committees,
Staff Benefit Fund and Staff loans Fund Committees, staff and welfare
committees meetings, for attending the meetings of Railway Cooperative
Societies in cases where Special Casual Leave is granted for doing so, Scouting
activities and Lok Sahayak Sena Camp,
undergoing Sterilisation operation under Family Planning
Scheme, appearing in Hindi examination, Guards booked on escort duty of insured
parcels on trains, Drivers and Firemen when kept spare for a day or two for
examining and cleaning engines thoroughly before being deputed to work special
trains for VIPs, attending first-aid classes, undergoing training in carriage
sheds or training schools for refresher and promotion courses, participating in
recognised athletic contests and tournaments provided the staff concerned are
on special casual leave, attending meetings as representatives of labour
organizations, periodical meetings with Divisional Officers, Head of
Departments and the General Managers, medical and departmental
examinations, staff rendered surplus due to change in traction , or
any other duty performed in emergencies specially declared as duty conferring the
grant of this allowance.
(Authority: Railway Board's letter
No. E(P&A)II-2005/RS-11 dated 20.06.2005)
1511. Breach of Rest Allowance.--(i)
(A) With effect from 1.8.81, Breach of Rest Allowance shall be granted to the
Running Staff (other than those excluded in terms of Clause B below) who work a
train to an outstation and return to their headquarters and are detailed for
running duty;
(a) before completion of 16
hours rest at headquarters when the total period of duty immediately before the
rest was for 8 hours or more, and
(b) before completion of 12
hours rest at headquarters when the total period of duty immediately
before the rest was for less than 8 hours.
(B) Breach of Rest Allowance
shall not be admissible to Running Staff manning suburban
services or on shunting duty.
(ii) The allowance shall be
payable as Overtime Allowance under Hours of Employment Regulations at the rate
of 2 hours for every hour by which rest falls short of the prescribed hours of
rest; periods of less than half an hour being neglected and those of half an
hour or more being rounded off to one hour on each occasion of breach of rest.
(Authority:- Railway Board's letter
No. E(P&A)II/90/FE-2/3 dated 14.06.91& 15.04.91)
1512. Special
compensatory allowances. --Special compensatory allowances at specified rates
are granted to the running staff to meet out-of-pocket expenses incurred at
outstations, in the following circumstances, viz.,
(i) When
running room facilities are not provided;
(ii) When
staff are detained at out-stations for more than 15 hours from the time they
sign off duty;
(iii)
When trains are held up at any station, other than headquarters of the staff
concerned, due to an accident, for a period exceeding 8 hours; and
(iv) When
the running staff are deputed to work temporarily at stations
outside their headquarters.
Grant of each of these allowances is
governed by a specified set of conditions.
1513. Officiating Allowance.--(i) This allowance will be
regulated as under:--
(a) When
running staff are put to officiate in a “running” post for 30 days or less,
they will be paid pay admissible in the lower grade plus running allowance at
the rates and on the condition applicable to the higher grade in which they
officiate enhanced by 15% (except in the case of Firmen ‘C’ put to officiate as
Firemen ‘B’, for whom the enhancement will be by 30% of the Kilometreage
actually performed for every such higher grade).
(b) When
running staff are put to officiate in a ‘running’ post for more than 30 days,
their pay in the higher post will be fixed under the normal rules.
(c) When
officiating in a stationary post for more than 30 days, their pay will be fixed
on the basis of their pay in the lower post plus 30 % thereof representing the
pay element of the running allowance.
(d) When
officiating in a stationary post for a period of 30 days or less, the fixation
of pay hall be regulated in terms of para 911 (ii) (a) of
Indian Railway Establishment Manual.
Section
III. -- AIlowances
for Chief Loco Inspectors
and Chief Loco Inspectors (CCC/CPRC/CTLC).
1514. Running Allowance shall
be admissible to the Loco Inspectors
drawn from the Loco Running Staff for the performance of
duties directly connected with the training and monitoring of loco running
staff on foot plate of the locomotive cab of the moving trains.
1515. Types of allowances:
1.
The chief Loco Inspectors shall be paid:
a.
Kilometreage Allowance (KMA) for actual Kilometreage travelled on
foot plate while employed on foot plate duties indicated in Rule
1514 above. KMA shall be paid at the rate applicable to Loco Pilot
(Mail/Express) as notified from time to time.
b.
Allowance in lieu of Kilometreage (ALK) at the rate of
160 kilometres per day while employed on other than
foot plate outside their headquarters beyond
a radius of 8 kilometres.
a. ALK at the rate
of 120 kilometers per day for other than foot plate duties performed in the
Headquarter or within a radius of 8 km from the Headquarter.
d. Where the Chief
Loco Inspectors are deployed for foot plate duties indicated in
Rule 1514 for part of the day and for other than foot plate duties in the
mowing train or at outstation for the remaining pall of the day, the payment of
KMA/ALK shall be made either in terms of (a) or (b) above, whichever is higher.
c. The CLls who
are posted as CLls (CCC, CPRC & CLTC) would get ALK of 120 Km per day at
the rate applicable to a Loco Pilot (Mail/Express) for stationary duties in the
HQ and within a radius of 8 kms. ALK of 120 Kms. would be payable
for all days in a month without any deduction on the non-working days.
2. No
TA/DA or any other
special allowance shall be
admissible unless specifically sanctioned by Railway
Board.
Section
IV: Allowances
for Loco Pilots drafted
to perform the duties of
Crew Controllers/Power Controllers/Traction Loco Controllers.
1516.
1. Allowance
in lieu of Kilometreage (ALK) of 120 kilometres shall be admissible to
Loco Pilots drafted to perform the duties
of Power Controllers/Crew Controllers/Traction Loco
Controllers at the rates applicable to
them and would be payable for all
days in a month without any deduction on the non-working
days.
2. No TA/DA
or Special Pay shall be admissible to the Loco Pilots drafted
to perform the duties of Power Controllers/Crew Controllers/Traction Loco
Controllers.
3. No
other special allowance shall be admissible
unless specifically sanctioned by the Railway Board.
(Authority: Board's letter No.
E(P&A)II/2009/RS-17dated 03.07.2019 ACS No 64.)
Multiple choice questions:
1. What is the purpose of overtime
allowance as per the rules?
- (A) To compensate for travel expenses
- (B) To compensate for working beyond prescribed hours
- (C) To compensate for working on holidays
- (D) To compensate for working on night shifts
Answer: (B) To compensate for
working beyond prescribed hours
2. Which Act specifies the
obligation of paying overtime allowance to staff employed in factories?
- (A) Railway Act, 1989
- (B) Factories Act, 1948
- (C) Minimum Wages Act, 1948
- (D) Employees' Provident Fund Act, 1952
Answer: (B) Factories Act, 1948
3. Who has the discretion to grant
overtime allowance to Chargemen, Assistant Chargemen, and Mistries Grade 1?
- (A) Divisional Railway Manager
- (B) General Manager
- (C) Railway Minister
- (D) Chief Engineer
Answer: (B) General Manager
4. What is a "Running
allowance" as per the rules?
- (A) An allowance for staff working extra hours
- (B) An allowance for performing duties connected with
the movement of trains
- (C) An allowance for staff working on weekends
- (D) An allowance for office staff
Answer: (B) An allowance for
performing duties connected with the movement of trains
5. Which of the following is not
included under "Running staff"?
- (A) Drivers
- (B) Guards
- (C) Shunters
- (D) Station Masters
Answer: (D) Station Masters
6. What type of allowance is granted
to running staff for learning the road or traveling as a passenger on duty?
- (A) Kilometreage Allowance
- (B) Allowance in lieu of Kilometreage
- (C) Breach of Rest Allowance
- (D) Officiating Allowance
Answer: (A) Kilometreage Allowance
7. Which duty does NOT qualify for
the grant of "Allowance in lieu of Kilometreage"?
- (A) Attending court on railway business
- (B) Participating in recognized athletic contests
- (C) Working on running trains
- (D) Appearing in Hindi examination
Answer: (C) Working on running
trains
8. What is the rate of overtime pay
for employees of the printing presses on the Eastern Railway?
- (A) 10% in excess of the monthly rate of pay
- (B) 15% in excess of the monthly rate of pay
- (C) 25% in excess of the monthly rate of pay
- (D) 50% in excess of the monthly rate of pay
Answer: (C) 25% in excess of the
monthly rate of pay
9. Which of the following allowances
is specifically granted for performing duties in a higher grade of running
staff?
- (A) Kilometreage Allowance
- (B) Officiating Allowance
- (C) Waiting Duty Allowance
- (D) Shunting Duty Allowance
Answer: (B) Officiating Allowance
10. Which of the following
allowances is provided to compensate for out-of-pocket expenses at
out-stations?
- (A) Kilometreage Allowance
- (B) Allowance in lieu of Kilometreage
- (C) Special Compensatory Allowance
- (D) Breach of Rest Allowance
Answer: (C) Special Compensatory
Allowance
11. When is Breach of Rest Allowance
granted to the Running Staff?
- (A) When they complete 16 hours of rest at headquarters
- (B) When they are detailed for running duty before
completion of 16 hours rest after 8 hours or more of duty
- (C) When they work on Sundays and holidays
- (D) When they work continuously for 24 hours
Answer: (B) When they are detailed
for running duty before completion of 16 hours rest after 8 hours or more of
duty
12. Which staff are excluded from
receiving Breach of Rest Allowance?
- (A) Staff working on special trains
- (B) Running Staff manning suburban services or on
shunting duty
- (C) Staff working on overtime
- (D) Staff on standby duty
Answer: (B) Running Staff manning
suburban services or on shunting duty
13. How is Breach of Rest Allowance
calculated?
- (A) 1 hour for every 2 hours of rest shortage
- (B) 2 hours for every hour by which rest falls short of
the prescribed hours of rest
- (C) 30 minutes for every hour of rest shortage
- (D) 1 hour for every hour of rest shortage
Answer: (B) 2 hours for every hour
by which rest falls short of the prescribed hours of rest
14. Under which circumstance is
Special Compensatory Allowance granted to running staff?
- (A) When running room facilities are provided
- (B) When staff are detained at out-stations for more
than 15 hours after signing off duty
- (C) When trains are held up at their headquarters
- (D) When staff are on leave
Answer: (B) When staff are detained
at out-stations for more than 15 hours after signing off duty
15. How is Officiating Allowance
regulated for running staff officiating in a 'running' post for more than 30
days?
- (A) Pay in the lower grade plus a 10% increase
- (B) Pay in the lower grade plus running allowance at
higher grade rates
- (C) Pay fixed under normal rules
- (D) Pay in the lower grade with no additional
allowances
Answer: (C) Pay fixed under normal
rules
16. What allowance is granted to
Chief Loco Inspectors for duties directly connected with training and
monitoring of loco running staff on footplate?
- (A) Special Duty Allowance
- (B) Kilometreage Allowance (KMA)
- (C) Waiting Duty Allowance
- (D) Outstation Allowance
Answer: (B) Kilometreage Allowance
(KMA)
17. What is the rate of Allowance in
lieu of Kilometreage (ALK) for Chief Loco Inspectors when performing other than
footplate duties outside their headquarters?
- (A) 100 kilometers per day
- (B) 120 kilometers per day
- (C) 140 kilometers per day
- (D) 160 kilometers per day
Answer: (D) 160 kilometers per day
18. When are Loco Pilots drafted to
perform the duties of Power Controllers/Crew Controllers/Traction Loco
Controllers eligible for Allowance in lieu of Kilometreage (ALK)?
- (A) Only on working days
- (B) Only on non-working days
- (C) For all days in a month without any deduction on
non-working days
- (D) Only during special duties
Answer: (C) For all days in a month
without any deduction on non-working days
19. What other allowances are
granted to Loco Pilots performing the duties of Power Controllers/Crew
Controllers/Traction Loco Controllers?
- (A) Special Pay and TA/DA
- (B) Special Compensatory Allowance
- (C) No other allowances unless specifically sanctioned
by Railway Board
- (D) Officiating Allowance
Answer: (C) No other allowances
unless specifically sanctioned by Railway Board
20. What is the Allowance in lieu of
Kilometreage (ALK) rate for Chief Loco Inspectors (CCC, CPRC, CLTC) performing
stationary duties in their headquarters?
- (A) 100 kilometers per day
- (B) 120 kilometers per day
- (C) 140 kilometers per day
- (D) 160 kilometers per day
Answer: (B) 120 kilometers per day
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