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| Circular number | RBE 48/1996 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1996-06-18 |
| Type | Rates Master Circular |
| Topic | ticket-checking |
| Currency | Historical — likely superseded |
division, office, workshop and C. & A. register vide sub- paragraph 8.7 and 8.8 below will be maintained for this purpose The medically decategorised staff absorbed in alternative post,
To Change the colour of the Background Click on the Button Below. Antique white Bisque silver slate green cadet blue white azure Original MASTER CIRCULAR Master Circular No. 25 Absorption of Medically De-categorised Non-gazetted Staff in Alternative Jobs. Instructions on the subject of "Absorption of medically decategorised" non- Gazetted staff on the Indian Railways are contained in the Indian Railway Establishment Code, Indian Railway Establishment Manual and in the various circulars issued by the Railway Board from time to time. Issue of consolidated instructions has been engaging the attention of this Ministry for some time past. They have now decided to issue consolidated instructions on the subject of "Absorption of medically decategorised non- Gazetted staff in the form of a Master Circular as below for the information and guidance of all concerned. 2. The medical decategorisation benefits are applicable only to staff who are subjected to periodical medical examination and will not be extended in the case of staff belonging to categories not requiring periodical medical examination and are given change of category. para 2 may be treated as deleted - No. E(NG)I-93/RE-3/6, dated 18.06.1996 (RBE 48/1996) 3. Causes of medical decategorisation:- Causes, which lead to medical decategorisation, may be divided into following groups: — i. Decategorisation arising out of natural causes such as ageing process, deterioration of visual acuity including colour perception in the ordinary course; ii. Decategorisation arising out of injuries received owing to negligence of an employee himself or decategorisation arising out of lack of personal hygiene, want of ordinary care in regard to health by the employee or arising out of his/ her various habits such as addiction to drinks, drugs, smoke etc., and arising out of failure to take ordinary and proper precautions in performance of duties by the employee; iii. Decategorisation arising out of accidents arising out of and in the course of employment; iv. Decategorisation arising out of contraction of an occupational disease, disease peculiar to the service in which duties are performed. This will comprise of cases of those persons who will be covered by the occupational disease specified in Paras - A, B or C of Schedule-III to the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923. Cases in which Railway employees contract dermatitis in the course of their handling diesel and other mineral oil also would be treated as occupational disease for the purpose of these orders; v. Decategorisation arising out of accidental injuries received owing to willful act or negligence of a co-employee; and vi. Decategorisation directly arising out of breach of any provision of law or statutory rules by the Railway Administration. [No. 78/E/RLT/4 dated 22.06.1979, 78/E/RLT/4 dated 18.07.1980 and E(NG)I/86/RE 3/5 dated 20.11.1986 (RBE 224/86)] 4. Classification of medical decategorisation: The Railway servant declared medically unfitted/decategorised can be classified in two categories: — a. Those completely incapacitated for further service in any post on the Railway i.e. those who cannot be declared fit even in the "C" medical category; and b. Those incapacitated for further service in the post they are holding but declared fit in lower medical category and eligible for retention in service in posts corresponding to the lower medical category. [Para 1302 of IREM, 1989 Edition] 5. Course of action to be taken: 5.1. A Railway servant coming under the category of para 4 (a) above cannot be retained in service and is not, therefore, eligible for alternative employment. If he/she is on duty he/she shall be invalidated from service from the date of relief of his/her duty, which should be arranged without delay on receipt of the report of medical authority. If, however, he/she is granted leave, he/she shall be invalidated from service on the expiry of the leave, but if he/she is already on leave he/she shall be invalida
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