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Commercial Circular No. 98 of 2006
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 98 of 2006
File numberNo. TCII/2067i06/Mela
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicfares
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

Summary

Mela surcharge will be levied in respect of tickets qosting

Text of the circular

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRYOFRAILWAYS
(RAILWAV BOARD)
(Commercial Circular No. "
of 2006)
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Issuedon 17 .11.2006
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q,eneralManagers
(Comml.),
Cen~r~I,:~~ilway,Mumbai.
Easte,r~~.ilway, Kolkata.
Northern Railway, New Delhi
N.E. Railway, Gorakhpur
N.F. Railway Guwahati
Southern Railway, Chennai
S.C~Railway,Secunderabad.
S.E. Railway, Kolkata
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Western Rai!way, Mumbai
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Ea$tCentralRailway,Hajipur
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East'Coa$t.Railway,Bhubaneswar '
NorthWesternRailway,Jaipur.
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North Central Railway, Allahabad.
S6uth.,Ea~~Central Railway, Bilaspur
South Western Railway, Hubli
Wes~0enfral Railway, Jabalpur.
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No. TCII/2067i06/Mela
Surcharge (.) In th~ past, a numb~ro(i'nstrqctionshave
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pcist on the above s~.~Ject-nave been compiled '-and)~a:.:.copy ,of the same is
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enclosed with post copy (.) This may,be advise~_j9 all concerned (.) .,IRCAhas
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been asked to incorporate thii'in Coaching Tariff(.)
U. Hazarik81Railways (.>";
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(U. Hazarika)
Director (Passenger Marketing)
Railway Board.
Copy to IRCA for issue of,,necessary' q9,rrection slip tQ.:IRCA Coaching
Tariff No. 25, Part 1(Vol. I). A new rule may be incorporated after rule 204
and shown in toe,Index also.
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Levv ofMelaSurcharge:
(1)
Zonal Railways should, in consultation with their FA&CAO,
make list of major Melas in,.respect of which special arrangements are
required to be made and levy the prescribed class-wise flat Mela Surcharge
(introducedfrQ"r 1.1.83).
(2)
The special arrangements mentioned above will be such as
openingof additionalbookingcounters,erectionof pilgrim-sheds,runningof
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Mela Specials, etc.
This additional ,surcharge has necessarily to be with
reference to the magnitude of traffic handled, arrangements made and the
level of expenditure incurred thereon.
This surcharge will not be levied if
special a,rrangem.ents,such as those mentioned above, are not made to clear
the extrs:rush.
(3)
The Rate of Mela Surcharge is as under:
(4)
The surcharge will be levied,for the duration of the Me,la,which
will be worked by the Zonal Railway Administrations.
This surcharge will be
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levied directly by Zonal Railways irrespective.of whether the passenger
travels by Mela Specials or other scheduled trains.
(5)
tickets:
Mela
.surcharge will be levied in. respect of following type of
(i)
(ii)
Outward tickets issued from Mela stations.
Return tickets to Mela stations and back.
(m)
Mela surcharge will be levied in respect of tickets qosting
more than Rs. 15/- (basld'fare).
This surcharge will not be
levied on tickets costing upto Rs. 15/- (basic fare).
(v)
This surcharge will not be levied on single journey tickets
issued from various stations on
Indian
Railways to
Mela
Stations.
(6)
No
part
of
Mela
Surcharge
is
reimbursed
to
the
State
Government! Municipalities.. ._,.
(Authority: Board's
letters
No.TC11I2067n5 dated
25.4.81,
28/30.11.82,
01.06.83,30.5.84,26.4.90,6.4.92,
14.09.94,3.10.97, 15.10.1997
& 17.7.98.)
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Class
Mela SurcharQe
Class
Mela SurcharQe
oer oassenaer
oer Dassenaer
Second
Rs.
3/-
First
Rs. 10/-
Sleeper
Rs.
5/-
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AC. 2-tier
Rs. 10/-
AC. Chair Car
Rs.
7/-
AC. First
Rs. 15/-
AC. 3 tier
Rs.
7/-'"

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