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| Type | Commercial Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | freight |
| Currency | Currency not verified |
[booking station to the diverted destination, as if the consignment had been booked
20:158 willl Wie «| प्री ZS GO 66% janayor wnarrage cnarges provigea tne request ror tne remission Is justiea 1873. Diversion of goods. —(a) Diversion of goods should not be permitted as a |matter of course. Nor, diversion of goods in smalls, part consignments or goods loaded with other consignments, should be ordered in any circumstances. Other |full wagon load consignments, may be permitted to be diverted at the discretion of the authority competent to sanction the diversion, as notified by individual Railway [administration provided the goods are in transit (i.e., they have not retched the [original destination), no detention or haulage, over any portion of the journey [already covered, is involved, no civil or operational restrictions are in force and that there are no operational difficulties in diverting the consignment. Delivery short of the booked destination should also be treated as 'Diversion' for all purposes. (0) On receipt of an application for diversion of a wagon load consignment, the ‘Station Master should personally satisfy himself that the applicant is the bona fide owner and that he is in possession of the railway receipt in his name or endorsed jin his favour. He should also advise the applicant that the railway administration \does not guarantee that the desired diversion will be effected; nor it accepts any |responsibility, whatsoever, for delays or errors in the transmission of the instructions or any loss that may result from such delays or errors, or from the [consignment not being diverted. (c) After collecting the prescribed diversion fee and other charges, if any, the [Station Master will wire to the competent authority, for permitting the diversion, quoting full details of the consignment to be diverted including the wagon number, |booking particulars and the station to which the diversion is desired. In the case of through traffic, no orders for diversion will be issued or accepted after the consignment is found to have been made over to the adjacent railway. |(d) The authority sanctioning the diversion will wire the junctions on the booked route for diverting the consignment, a copy of the wire being sent to the booking |station and diverted destination. The Station Master affecting the diversion will ensure that it would not result in detention to stock and that the consignment can ifollow the route, by which it would have been carried if initially booked to the diverted destination, without being hauled over any portion of the journey already |covered. He should advises the particulars of the arrival and despatch of the \consignment to the officer ordering the diversion, as also to the booking station jand original and diverted destinations. (6) On receipt of the advice that the consignment had actually been diverted, and |not otherwise, the Station Master of the booking station will issue a fresh invoice ito the diverted destination in super session of the invoice to the original |destination vide Para 1863, freight and other charges being levied from the [booking station to the diverted destination, as if the consignment had been booked initially to that destination. (f) The booking station should collect the original railway receipt from the owner of ithe consignment before making over the railway receipt for the diverted \destination to him. In such cases, the collected railway receipts should be |cancelled and filed at the booking station, a suitable remark indicating the collection of the original railway receipt being passed on all the foils of the invoices issued to the diverted destination. If, in any case, the original railway receipt is not collected at the booking station due to any reason, whatsoever, the fresh railway receipt should be sent to the diverted destination in a sealed cover lbooked under free service way-bill. In such cases, all the foils of fresh invoice |should be suitably endorsed to the effect that the original railway receipt could not |be collected at the
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