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Condition for recognition of Unions the petitioner Trade Union to the Registrar of Trade Unions in terms of the

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CHAPTER XXV 
(INDIAN RAILWAY ESTABLISHMENT MANUAL – 
VOL.II (1990 EDITION) 
RULES FOR THE RECOGNITION OF SERVICE 
ASSOCIATIONS OF RAILWAY SERVANTS. 
 
PART – A 
 
Rules for the recognition of service associations of gazetted railway 
servants. 
 
2501. 
Government is prepared to accord official 
recognition to associations of its gazetted railway 
servants which comply with the conditions set out 
below. 
 
2502. 
The association must ordinarily consist of a 
distinct class of Gazetted Railway Servants and must 
not be formed on the basis of any caste, tribe or 
religious denomination or of any group within or 
section of such caste, tribe or religious  denomination. 
 
i. 
Every gazetted Railway servant of the same class 
must 
be 
eligible 
for 
membership 
of 
the 
association. 
 
ii. 
No persons who are not gazetted railway servants 
of the class concerned shall be elected as 
members or office bearers of the Association. 
 
iii. 
Representations from such associations, whether 
made orally by deputation, or presented in 
writing, may be received by Government officers 
notwithstanding anything contained in the rules

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relating to the submission of petitions by railway 
servants. 
 
Provided that- 
 
(a) No representation or deputation will be 
received, except in connection with a matter 
which is, or raises questions which are, of 
common interest to the class represented by 
the association; and 
(b) Nothing in these instructions affects the 
discretion of the President, the Railway 
Board or any Officer of Government to 
receive or not to receive a deputation from 
any association. 
 
iv. 
Recognition is accorded for the purpose of 
enabling 
the 
gazetted 
railway 
servants 
to 
communicate their needs to Government or to 
Government Officers, and it may be withdrawn by 
Government 
if 
an 
association 
adopts 
other 
methods of ventilating those needs. 
 
v. 
Government may require the regular submission, 
for its information, of copies of the rules of the 
association and the annual statement of its 
accounts and of lists of its members. 
 
vi. 
Government may specify the channel through 
which representations from the association shall 
be submitted and the authority by whom 
deputations may be received.

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vii. 
The officer who is empowered to grant leave to a 
gazetted railway servant will, so far as is possible, 
grant casual leave to a gazetted railway servant 
who is a representative of a recognized association 
to attend duly constituted meetings of the 
association.  The grant of such leave will be 
subject to the exigencies of the service, of which 
the officer in question shall be the sole judge. 
 
PART – B 
 
Rules for the recognition of associations of non-
gazetted railway servants 
 
2510. Government is prepared to accord official 
recognition to associations of its industrial employees.  
The grant and continuance of recognition rests in the 
discretion of Government, but recognition when 
granted will not be withdrawn without due cause and 
without giving an opportunity, to the association to 
show cause against such withdrawal. 
 
NOTE-The 
term 
“industrial 
employees” 
includes 
railway servants. 
 
2511. 
Notwithstanding anything contained in the 
rules relating to the submission of petitions by railway 
servants, representations from recognized associations 
whether made orally by deputation, or presented in 
writing may be received by Government officers, 
subject to the observance of Rule 2506 and to such 
further 
restrictions 
as 
may 
be 
imposed 
by 
a 
department 
of 
Government 
in 
respect 
of

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representations which raise no question of common 
interest to the class represented by the association. 
 
2512. 
Recognition will not ordinarily be granted or 
continued to any association unless it complies with 
the following conditions:- 
 
(i) 
it must consist of a distinct class of Railway 
servants and must not be formed on the 
basis 
of 
any 
caste, 
tribe 
or 
religious 
denomina

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