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Intensive Check Post (ICl')Scheme of Ticket Checking.

Commercial Circular No. 19 of 2005
Historical — likely supersededCircularticket-checking
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 19 of 2005
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicticket-checking
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

Summary

Intensive Check Post (ICl')Scheme of Ticket Checking. Sub: Intensive Check Post (ICl')Scheme of Ticket Checking..

Text of the circular

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GOVERNMENT
OF INDI~ (DIIARAT SARKAJl)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS !(RAIL MANTRALA YA)
. (RAILWAYbOARD)
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No.2005/TO-
V/21124.
New Delhi, dt. ~ .05.2005.
ChiefCommercial Managers,
AllZonal Railways.
Sub: Intensive Check Post (ICl')Scheme of Ticket Checking..
(COMMEllCIAL
CIRCULAll NO. "OF
2005)
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It is observed that a large number orJ1n&,.c;~ngel's
travelling on trains especially in
general compartfuentsremain
unchecked due to,~rious
reasons. This leads to various
type~of frauds/irregularities resulting in avoidable loss of railway revenue.
2.
During the checks conducted on the railways by the Central Ticket Checking
.(CrC) Squad of the' Railway Board, some of th~ .frauds which have been detected are
listed below:-
(Hi)
(iv)
(v)
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Mismatch in four digit slash n~mber and pre-printed ticket stock
number of SPTM/UTS tid<ets.
(ii)
Manipulation of journey details of a ticket like destination, date of
journey, fare and via points by erasing the original contents of
SPTM/UTS tickets.
High value tickets sold on the stationery of low value tickets by
deliberately tampering the printing device of SPTM/UTS.
Tickets sold on the stationery of money value books without the
manuatory watermark.
II Class Monthly Season Ticket converted into fake I Class
Quarterly Season Ticket using the scanning mechanism on PC.
3.
Tnview of the above, Doard hnve decided to implement a ncw scheme-Intensivc
Check Post (lCP) Scheme lor eIJectivClycontrolling the ticketless/irregular travelling as
welJ as ticketing frauds.
The main features of the scheme will be:-
Salient features of Intensive Chcck }'05tSchcme;
u) At,least two Intensive Check Posls (lCP) on each Division should be
nominated for intensive ticket checking of alJ unreserved passengers of
passing trains halting at those stations.
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b) Strategically located major stations will be nominated as ICP where
trains from different directions arc dealt. .".!
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c) Each ICP should be manned by atleast 2 squads consisting of 8
TTEsffCs
in each squad.
These squads will manage checking of
trairiswithin themselves covering aUthe trains dealt with at that ICP.
d) ICP squads will work directly under the nominated ACM/DCM for
ticket checking for day to day functioning arid daily monitoring of
their
reports."
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c) The Railway should inform location of intensive check poS1Iselected
in each division.
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4.
All zonal Railways will send a special report to Board for each month giving
details of results of the scheme in the attached format by 151hof the following month.
First report should reach the Board by lS.7.200S'for the rtlonth of June.
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Please acknowledge receipt.
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(A.K. Goyal.)
Advisier
(11M)
Ibilway Board
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FORMAT
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Division
Station
No.
of
Total No. of
No.of
Amountcollected
So.
of
An)' case of I SpeciaJ
nominated as
checking
staff
trains
persons apprehended by
passengers
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iobsen'ations,
ICP
deployed
checked
ICP squads for travelling
prosecuted
detected
. if an\",
during
the
ticketless!irregularly
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month.
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Ticketless IIrre2Ular
Tic1cetless
I1Te2Ular
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ICPI
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ICP2
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! GraDd total for Division
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