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Commercial Circular No.37 of2009 · 2009-08-19
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No.37 of2009
File numberNo.2009/TG-l/20/P/Tatkal
Date2009-08-19
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicreservation
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Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association (FROA), Room

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Bharat Sarkar)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Rail Mantralya)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.2009/TG-l/20/P/Tatkal
New Delhi, dated 19.08.2009
Chief Commercial Managers,
All Indian Railways.
(Commercial Circular No.37 of2009)
Sub.:- Reduction of Tatkal Charges.
As announced by Hon'ble Minister for Railways while presenting Railway
Budget 2009-10 in the Parliament on 03-07-2009, it has been decided to reduce the
Tatkal Charges as given below:-
i)
The Tatkal Charges have been fixed as a percentage of fare at the rate of
10% of basic fare for second class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes
subject to minimum and maximum as given in the table below:- .~
Class of Travel
Minimum Tatkal
Char~es (in Rs.
10.00
75.00
75.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Second (sittin
Sleeper
AC Chair Car
AC 3 Tier
AC 2 Tier
Executive
ii)
The above charges will be levied uniformly both in peak period and non-
peak periods.
.
Tatkal tickets will be issued for actual distance of travel, instead of end-to-
end, subject to the distance restriction applicable to the train.
The same.
Tatkal berth/seat may be booked in multiple legs till preparation of charts.
At the time of preparation of charts, unutilized p9rtion may be released to
the General RAC/Waiting list passengers.
iii)
iv)
Tatkal facility will be introduced in Executive Class of Shatabadi Express
trains also, by earmarking 10% of the accommodation available i.e. 5 seats
per coach.
The existing refund rules of tatkal tickets will remain unchanged.
v)
2.
CRIS will make necessary changes in the software for this purpose under
intimation to all Zonal Railways as well as to Board's Office.'
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3.
Board desires that the above changes may be given wide publicity well in
advance of its implementation. Suitable instructions to all concerned may be issued to
ensure that the benefit of reduced Tatkal Charges is passed on to the passengers.
4.
The above changes will be implemented from 01.10.2009.
5.
This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of
Railways.
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(Sanjay Manocha)
Dy.Director, Traffic Commercial (G)-II
Railway Board.
New Delhi, dated 19.08.2009
No.2009/TG-l/20/P/Tatkal
Copy to:
FA&CAO, All Indian Railways,
Director (Audit) All Indian Railways.
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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)
Adv.(R),EDV(T), EDFC, DF(C), OSD/TC, TC(CR),F(C) & V(SS) branches of
Railway Board.
v)
Director General, Professor/Training & Professor/Commercial, Railway Staff
College, Vadodra.
vi)
The Principals, Zonal Training Centers. Central Railway/Bhusaval, Eastern
Railway, Dhanbad, Northern Railway, Chandausi, NE Railway, Muzaffarpur,
NF Railway, Alipurdwar, Southern Railway, Trichy, SE Railway, Sini, Western
Railway, Udaipur.
vii) General Secretary, National
Federation
of Indian
Railwamen
(NFIR),3,
Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.
viii) General Secretary, All India Railwasymen 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 Pensionsers' Organisation,
825, Supertech Residency, Sector-5, Plot.
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