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Complimentary Card passes issued on gallantry account to recipients of Chakra awards

Commercial Circular No. 09 of 2014 · 2014-02-07
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 09 of 2014
File numberNo. 2011/TG-U/9/P
Date2014-02-07
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicticket-checking
DirectorateTraffic Commercial
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Summary

Complimentary Card passes issued on gallantry account to recipients of Chakra awards Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra.

Text of the circular

Government of India (Bharat Sarkar).
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralya)
Rail Bhawan

dette मे

No. 2011/TG-U/9/P ं New Delhi, Dated: 25,02.2014

The Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways

(Commercial Circular No. 9 of 2014)

Sub: Complimentary Card passes issued on gallantry account to
recipients of Chakra awards.

A copy of instructions issued by Establishment Directorate of Board’
Office vide their letter No. E(W)2008/PS 5-6/8 dated 07.02.2014 on the subject
quoted above is enclosed for information and necessary action

2. CRIS will make necessary: modification in the software and will intimate
the date of effect to all Zonal Railways as well as this office.

DA: As above ae : Agi
' (Sanjay Manocha)
Dy. Director Traffic Commercial (G)-I
Railway Board

Copy te:

General Manager/PRS-I, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all zonal railways

MD/IRCTC, 9" floor, Bank of Baroda Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi.

ADG/PR, EDV(T), EDFC, DF(C), OSD/TC,F(C) & V (SS) branches of Railway Board

Director General, Professor/Training & Professor/Commercial Railway Staff College,

Vadodara

The Principals, Zonal Training Centers, Central Railway, Bhusaval, Eastern Railway,

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Alipurduar, Southern Railway, Trichy, SC Railway, Maula Ali, SE Railway, Sini, North

Western Railway, Udaipur

7. General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), 3, Chelmsford Road,
New Delhi

8. General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), 4, State Entry Road, New
Delhi

9, Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association (FROA), Room No.365-A.
Rail Bhawan, New Delhi

10. Secretary General, Indian Railway Promotee Officers Federation (IRPOF), Room No.268,
Rail Bhawan, New Delhi

11. Secretary/General, All India RPF Association, Room No.549, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi

» National Federation of Railway Pensioners’ Organization, 825, Supertech
5, plét'No. 6,A, Ghakiabad-201010

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RBE No. 18/2014
भारत सरकार Government of India

रेल मंत्रालय Ministry of Railways
रेलवे बोर्ड (Railway Board)

No, E(W)2008/PS 5-6/8 New Delhi, Dated: 97-02-2014

The General Manager(P),
All Zonal Railways.

Sub: Complimentary Card passes issued on gallantry account to
recipients of Chakra awards

Ref: Railway Board’s letter No.E(W)96/PS 5-6/22 dated 23.02.1996 and
04.07.1996, letter No.E(W)2002/PS 5-6/99 dated 25.02.2003, letter
No.E(W)2004/PS 5-6/55 dated 06.10.2004, letters No.E(W)2008/ PS
5-6/8 dated 09.04.2008, 13.05.2011, 16.05.2011 & 01.04.2013 and
letter No.E(W)2004/PS 5-6/65 dated 06.07.2012.

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In terms of policy notified under Railway Board’s letters dated 23.02.1996 and
04.07.1996 referred to above, it has been decided to provide 1% Class/2™ AC
Complimentary Card passes to gallantry account to Defence personnel recipients of
Chakra awards and to widows of posthumous Chakra awardees viz. Param Vir Chakra,
Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra. The
said Card pass entitles them to life-long free rail travel in 1* Class/2™ AC alongwith one
companion in same Class over all Indian Railways (except Metro Railway/ Kolkata) by
any train other than Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains. Through subsequent decisions as notified
in terms of Board’s letters dated 25.02.2003, 09.04.2008 and 13.05.2011, the Card passes
issued to Chakra awardees have been made available for travel by 2A/3A in Rajdhani
trains and by Chair Car (CC) in Shatabdi trains. In terms of Board’s letter dated
06.10.2004, the facility of Complimentary Card pass has been extended to the widow of
Chakra awardee after his death. The aforesaid facility of Complimentary Card pass has
been further extended to parents of unmarried posthumous Chakra awardees in terms of
letter dated 16.05.2011 and 01.04.2013 and to Civilian recipients of Chakra awards vide
Board’s letter dated 06

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