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Earmarking Duty Pass (DP) Quota in Rajdhani/ Shatabdi/Duronto Express type trains

Commercial Circular No. 52 of 2019 · 2019-10-25
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 52 of 2019
File numberNo. 2018/TG-I/9/2
Date2019-10-25
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicemergency-quota
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
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Summary

Earmarking Duty Pass (DP) Quota in Rajdhani/ Shatabdi/Duronto Express type trains Duronto trains, 50% of the earmarked Duty Pass Quota shall be

Text of the circular

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत सरकार)

ot MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रैल मंत्रालय)
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No. 2018/TG-I/9/2 | New Delhi, dated 25.10.2019

Principal Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways.

(Commercial Circular No52of 2019)

Sub: Earmarking Duty Pass (DP) Quota in Rajdhani/
Shatabdi/Duronto Express type trains.

Please find enclosed a copy of this office letter of even number
dated 16.10.2019 on the subject quoted above for information and further

necessary action

(Shelly Srivastava)

Director Passenger Marketing —
Railway Board

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CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all Zonal Railways. .

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

MD/IRCTC,B 148, 1 1th Floor, Statesman House, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi- 110001

MD/CRIS & General Manager/PRS, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

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

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6. The Principals, Zonal Railway Training Institutes, Central Railway/Bhusawal, Eastern
Railway/Bhuli-Dhanbad, Northern Railway/Chandausi, East Central railway/Muzaffarpur
NF Railway/Alipurduar, Southern Railway/Trichy, South Central Railway/Moula Ali, SE
Railway/Sini, North Western Railway/Udaipur. ,

7. Director, Indian Railway Institute of Transport Management, Hardoi Bypass Road, Manak
Nagar, Lucknow-2260011

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

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

10. Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association (FROA), Room No.370, Rail
Bhawan, New Delhi

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

12. Secretary General, All India RPF Association, Room No. 256-D, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi

13. CTM, Metro Railway, Metro Rail Bhawan, 33/1, J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-71

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No.2018/TG-I/9/P/2 New Delhi, Dated: 16.10.2019
The General Manager,
All Zonal Railways.

Sub: Earmarking Duty Pass (DP) Quota in Rajdhani/
Shatabdi/Duronto Express type trains.

Ref: (i) Letter no. 98/TG-1/9/P dated 29.03.2001
(ii) Letter no. E(W)2009 PS5-1/30 dated 21.03.2012
(iii) Letter no. E(W)2009/PS 5-1/30 dated 01.03.2013
(iv) Letter no. E(W)2016/PS 5-1/10 dated 12.07.2017

Vide instructions referred to above, the procedure for earmarking

' Duty Pass Quota for serving/retired railway servants travelling on

Duty/Privilege/Post Retirement Complimentary(PRC) passes has been
advised. )

2, The matter has been reviewed. It has now been decided to slightly

modify earmarking of Duty Pass Quota in Rajdhani/Shatabdi type trains i.e.
Rajdhani/ Shatabdi/Duronto/Gatiman, etc., in which the fare is higher than
normal Mail/Express trains. The revised procedure shall be as under:-

(i) In 3AC class of Rajdhani type trains and AC Chair Car and 2S/SL in
Duronto trains, 50% of the earmarked Duty Pass Quota shall be
earmarked at the counter and the remaining 50% shall be released as
emergency quota subject to maximum limit mentioned in subsequent
paragraph.

(ii)In 2AC class, approximately 1/4 of the earmarked Duty Pass Quota
shall be earmarked at the counter for booking by Duty/Privilege/PRC
pass holders and the remaining will be released as emergency quota
subject to maximum limit mentioned in subsequent paragraph.

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(iii) The maximum number of berths/seats to be earmarked as Duty

Pass Quota shall broadly be as under:-

Maximum Number. of berths/seats to be
earmarked

(iv) The actual Duty Pass Quota to be earmarked at counter and that as
Emergency Quota shall be decided by zonal Railways, based on
number of coaches of that class available in the train.

3. The quota so earmarked shall be reviewed by zonal Railways on
periodical basis and adjustments made within the limits mention

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