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Earmarking of Reservation quota for Cancer Patient

Commercial Circular No. 61 of 2008 · 2008-11-19
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 61 of 2008
File numberNo. 2005/TG-I/20/P
Date2008-11-19
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicemergency-quota
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Summary

Earmarking of Reservation quota for Cancer Patient The emergency quota controlling authority before releasing the emergency quota

Text of the circular

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Bharat Sarkar) 
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Rail Mantralya) 
(RAILWAY BOARD) 
 
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No. 2005/TG-I/20/P                
                    New Delhi, dated  19.11.2008 
 
Chief Commercial Managers 
All Zonal Railways. 
 
(Commercial Circular No. 61 of 2008) 
 
 Sub: Earmarking of Reservation quota for Cancer Patient.   
 
 
 
 
 
      
There has been demand for earmarking of separate quota for Cancer patient. At 
present this quota has been earmarked in Sleeper/AC-3 tier classes for Cancer Patient 
travelling either alone or accompanied by attendant on eligible concession order in 9 
trains originating from Mumbai area of Central Railway. 
 
2. 
The matter has been further reviewed and it has been decided as under:- 
 
(i) 
The cancer patients and their attendants travelling on concessional tickets issued 
in exchange of concession certificate as mentioned in column 4 of S.N.11 of 
Annexure of Rule 101 of IRCA Coaching Tariff Part I, Vol-II approaching for 
reservation will be provided accommodation out of the general quota, if vacant 
at the time of booking.  
 
(ii) 
In case all the confirmed berths are already booked, computerized Passenger 
Reservation System (PRS) will automatically access Emergency Quota and 
provide them confirmed berths out of the Emergency Quota of that class 
earmarked at originating/intermediate station, whose general quota was being 
accessed. 
 
(iii) 
Hence the cancer patients travelling with their attendants would now be 
provided accommodation in following sequence:- 
 
a) General quota- to the extent available(till wait list is started) 
b) Cancer quota – to the extent available, wherever defined. 
c) Emergency quota- to the extent available. 
d) General wait list. 
 
(iv) 
The emergency quota controlling authority before releasing the emergency quota 
will first check with the PRS terminal and should allot only the left over 
available berths in emergency quota so as to avoid any excess allotment of 
berths out of the emergency quota i.e. in case out of 20 berths earmarked as 
emergency quota in any class in a train, six berths has already been allotted to 
cancer patients and their attendants at the booking counter itself, the emergency 
quota controlling authority will release only 14 berths.  
 
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(v) 
In case subsequent to release of Emergency Quota, the number of actual 
availability of berths/seats gets reduced due to booking by Cancer Patients, 
Quota controlling authority would reduce the emergency quota allotment to that 
extent. 
 
(vi) 
If any berth(s) booked by Cancer patient(s) against Emergency Quota is 
cancelled before preparation of charts, the same should revert to the Emergency 
Quota.  
 
3. 
Necessary modifications in the software has been carried out by CRIS and have 
been offered to Zonal Railways for testing.  
 
4. 
It is desired that this facility should be available on-line w.e.f. 01.12.08 for 
Cancer patients and their attendants travelling on concessional certificate. 
 
5.        Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned and wide publicity should 
be given through all possible means for the information of general public.  
 
 
   (Sanjay Manocha)  
Dy.Director Traffic Commercial(G)-II 
                             Railway Board 
 
Copy to: 
 
1. MD, CRIS, Chanakayapuri, New Delhi.  
2. CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all Zonal Railways. 
3. EDV (T), EDFC, OSD/TC, Railway Board. 
4. Director General, Professor/Training & Professor/Commercial Railway Staff 
College, Vadodara. 
5. 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. 
6. General Secretary, national Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), 3, 
Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.  
7. General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), 4, State Entry Road,

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