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Amendment in Tatkal Scheme

Commercial Circular No. 13 of 2009 · 2009-02-16
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 13 of 2009
File numberNo. 2007/TG-I/20/P/Tatkal
Date2009-02-16
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicreservation
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
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Amendment in Tatkal Scheme Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association (FROA), Room

Text of the circular

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Bharat Sarkar) 
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Rail Mantralya) 
(RAILWAY BOARD) 
 
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No. 2007/TG-I/20/P/Tatkal 
                                    New Delhi, dated   24 .04.2009 
 
Chief Commercial Manager, 
All Zonal Railways.  
 
(Commercial Circular No.  13  of 2009) 
 
  
  Sub: Amendment in Tatkal Scheme  
 
   Ref: Board’s letter of even number dated 28.9.2007(Commercial Circular 
No. 76 of 2007) 
 
 
 
 
 
      
Please refer to Board’s letter of even number dated 16.02.2009 (Commercial 
Circular No. 09 of 2009) wherein it was advised that the facility extended to waitlist 
passengers of trains having less than 50% tatkal quota utilization to opt for Tatkal 
Scheme at the time of buying their ticket even before start of Advance Reservation Period 
(ARP) of Tatkal booking for that train,   should continue for the journeys commencing 
upto 31.05.2009.   CRIS was advised to ensure that the scheme does not get extended 
beyond the above mentioned date unless expressly instructed/extended by Railway 
Board.   
 
2. 
The above decision was taken on the basis of feedback received from few zonal 
Railways. The matter has been further reviewed and it has been decided that the scheme 
may continue for a further period of 4 months i.e. upto 30.9.2009 till the information is 
received from all zonal Railways.  As such the scheme will remain in force till 30.9.2009.   
East Central, Northeast Frontier, Southern, North Western and West Central 
Railways who have not sent their feedback are requested to send the same without 
further delay by 08.5.2009.    
 
3. 
This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.  
 DA: Nil . 
 
 (Sanjay Manocha)  
 
   
 
           Dy.   Director Traffic Commercial (G)-II 
                             Railway Board

Copy to:  
 
 
No. 2007/TG-I/20/P/Tatkal 
 
                                 New Delhi, dated   24 .04.2009 
 
FA & CAO, All Zonal Railways. 
Director (Audit), All Zonal Railways.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
              
 
 
for Financial Commissioner/Railways.  
Copy to: 
 
i. CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all Zonal Railways. 
ii. MD, CRIS, Chanakayapuri, New Delhi.  
iii. MD/IRCTC, Bank of Baroda Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi. 
iv. EDV (T), EDFC, DF(C), OSD/TC, F(C)  & V (SS) branches of Railway Board. 
v. Director General, Professor/Training & Professor/Commercial Railway Staff 
College, Vadodara. 
vi. The Principals, Zonal Training Centers, Central Railway/Bhusaval, Eastern 
Railway Dhanbad, Northern Railway, Chandausi, NE Railway, Muzaffarpur, NF 
Railway, Alipurduar, Southern Railway, Trichy, SE Railway, Sini, Western 
Railway, Udaipur.                                              
vii. General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), 3, 
Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.  
viii. General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), 4, State Entry Road, 
New Delhi. 
ix. Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association (FROA), Room 
No.365-A, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. 
x. Secretary General, Indian Railway Promotee Officers Federation (IRPOF), Room 
No.268, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.  
xi. Secretary General, All India RPF Association, Room No.549, Rail Bhawan, New 
Delhi. 
xii. Secretary General, National Federation of Railway Pensioners’ Organisation, 825, 
Supertech Residency, Sector – 5, Plot

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