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Levy of Safety Surcharge on passengers. ं

Commercial Circular No. 59 of 2001 · 2001-09-10
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 59 of 2001
Date2001-09-10
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicfares
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

Summary

Levy of Safety Surcharge on passengers. ं - « ti) + Circular iourne ular journey tickets: On such tickets, the safety surcharge

Text of the circular

Government of India Gharat Sarkar)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
con oe ARallway Board)
(Commercial Circular No. 57 of 2001.) > >

No.TCIV2910/20041/Sefety Surcharge. + NewDelhi, Dated 10.09.2001.

vo की _- The General Managers,
All Indian Railways.

Sub: Levy of Safety Surcharge on passengers. ं

ce __-In continuation of Ministry of Railways: letter’of even number dated
ताज “*. - 4.9.2001 on the above subject, the following clarifications/modifications may be

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. break of journey: On such tickels, the safety surcharge will be levied onty once,
and not separately for each leg of journey. The safety surcharge will be levied
for the entire distance for the highest class of travel.

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....  @i Special trains/cogches: _The safety surcharge will also be levied
“Ih full’ per passenger for booking of special trains/coaches, including those hired
by Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC),Kisans, etc. In the
case of one side booking, the safety surcharge’ will be levied only once for the
entire journey, and not seperately for each leg.of journey. However, in the case
~~" “of return journey and round trip, the safety surcharge will be levied as applicable

for two single journeys. | |
- « ti) + Circular iourne ular journey tickets: On such tickets, the safety surcharge
will be levied as applicable for two single journeys.

(iv) ice Warrants and conces: ‘ouchers: .. In case
cat Of those warrants where the entire cost is realised subsequently from the
ं concemed Defence/Police Department, this safety surcharge will. be. levied in full

per passenger हैंड part of fare and will be debited to the concerned department.
in case of Defence vouchers, where part payment is realised In cash, the entire
safety surcharge will be collected in cash per passenger at the time of booking.

. ah) ” Gharige ' ‘higher clags: Whenever the ticket of lower
class is changed to higher class, the difference of safety surcharge between the

two classes shall also be recovered.

nade to travel In Lowe ¢; When due to non-
ion, the passenger is made to travel in a lower class,

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(vil) Ghange of distar jue to change of ticket: When a ticket

is changed for travel. by. some longer or shorter route, the difference of safety
surcharge paid and payable (depending on fhe change of distance slab) shall be
recoverable or refundable, as the case may be.

(vill) Concessional tickets to higher cl. in cases where some
person is eligible for concession in first class and is. allowed under the rules to...
purchase ticket for AC 2-tier also on payment of difference of fares, the safety...
surcharge will be levied for AC 2-tier (and not first class) othe

(x) Extension of journey: In cases.where the passenger requests for
extension of journey beyond the scheduled destination station, the safety
surcharge will again be levied in. full per passenger, since such journsys are

“treated as fresh journeys and charged accordingly a

00... MLA coupons: On tickets issued against MLA Coupons, safety
surcharge will also be levied in full. The amount will be recovered in exchange of -
coupons | -

(xi) Press correspondent coupons: On tickets issued against Press

Correspondent coupons, the entire safety surcharge will be collected separately
in cash per passenger, like reservation fee/superfast surcharge

' di) Refund on partially:uged tickets: In case of partially used tickets,
the safety surcharge shall not be refundable

2... Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned immediately and
cotnpliance ensured. This issues with the concurrence of Finance and Accounts
Directorates of this Ministry .

3. It is reiterated that the Safety. Surcharge will be 16४७0 01 per passenger
basis |
4.. Please acknowledge receipt of this letter. (Hindi v

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