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| Type | Rates Master Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | claims |
Arrear claims and investigation thereof, Every claim for payment of arrears should be supported by the
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WS सरकार Government of India
रेल TTT Ministry of Railways
( Tere ws Rallway Board)
बकाया सुगतान में दावे की जांच
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सास्टर परिपत्र
Reseed) Master Circular
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Arrear Claims and Investigation thereof
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA /BHARAT SARKAR
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS /RAIL MANTRALAYA
(RAILWAY BOARD )
Master Circular No. 36
No.B(G)2001 AL1-19(Master Circular) New Delhi, dated \“4/1 {2001
The General Managers,
All Indian Raiiways, Production Units,
Metro Railway, Calcutta & Others.
Sub: Arrear claims and investigation thereof,
The instructions relating to the subject “Arrear claims of Railway servants
and investigation thereof” contained in the letters and in the reference books
(indian Railway Administration and Finance Code Instructions/Indian Railway
Establishment Manual) have been consolidated, as given below and issued as a
Master Circular for the information and guidance of all concerned.
2. The scope of the instructions consolidated into this circular is confined t
claims for payment of arrears'on account of Pay and Allowances, leave salcx,
inerements etc. and does not cover payment of gratuity, Govt. contribution to PF,
SC to PF and Group Insurance.
3. Claims for arrear payment are preferred mostly due to:
Gj) monetary entitlernent of a Railway servant not being पीछा
correctly in time;
(ii) upward revision in entitlement retrospectively like revision of
pay scale, increase in the amount of Dearness Allowance, benefit
of fixation of pay with back effect
Gii) period of absence of a Railway servant originally treated as leave
without pay, later regularised by the grant of leave; and
(iv) treatment of the period of suspension as duty.
= - Claimna arising due to the reasans quoted in para 3 (ii) above ara moatly
based on general orders of the competent authority and no specific. orders would
be necessary for the drawal of arrears. Similarly, claims relating to paras 3(iii)
and 3(iv) would also carry the approval of the competent authority, who had
decided on the regularisation after prior consultation with the Associate Finance
where necessary
4.1 In regard to claims falling in para 3(i) above, which are preferred after one
year, approval of the competent authority is necessary for investigation and
payment
3. Petty arrear claims, other than those that affect a Railway servant's pension ः
{SC to PF} Gratuity and all claims for whose delayed submission an adequate
explanation is not forthcoming should,.as a rule, be rejected. There is no
yardstick as to what should be regarded as a petty claim, but as a general rule, if'a
claim is for less than Rupees Ten and relates to a period earlier than one year from -
the date it is submitted to the proper authority or comes to notice, it should be
regarded as petty and should be rejected and no action should be taken regarding
the payment of arrears.
(Ref.: Para 1021 of the Indian Railway Administration and Finance,
Para 1003 of the Indian Railway Estt. Manual) .
5.1 To enable the competent authority to decide whether investigation and
payment of the arrears claimed should be sanctioned, the total amount of the
atrear claim, together with the salary of the Railway servant concerned, should be
indicated in each individual case, to assess if the claim is to be treated as petty or
otherwise. Every claim for payment of arrears should be supported by the
reasons for the delay involved, to enable the sanctioning authority to decide if the
reasons are satisfactory.
(Para 1002 - Indian Railway Estt. Manual)
5.2 All claims preferred, after the expiry of the period prescribed for the
preservation of records, which are required for their verification should be
rejected
(Ref.: Para 1001 of the Indian Railway Estt. Manual and
Para 1021 of the Indian Railway Admn. & Finance)
= cases whera, dua ta factors auch as protracted carrespondence between
the Executive and the Accounts and the like, delay is apprehended in finalizing
atrear claims within the period prescrib
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