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| Circular number | RBE 97/1989 |
|---|---|
| File number | No. PC-62/RT-1 |
| Date | 1989-04-01 |
| Type | Rates Master Circular |
| Topic | ticket-checking |
Retirement of railway servants, issued by the Railway Board from time to time are contained in several letters/circulars. The Railway Board have now decided to consolidate these instructions into a single body as a master circular, as below, for the information and guidance of all concerned 11.4 A railway servant giving notice of voluntary retirement the
MASTER CIRCULAR Master Circular No. 35 Retirement Presently the instructions on the subject - Retirement of railway servants, issued by the Railway Board from time to time are contained in several letters/circulars. The Railway Board have now decided to consolidate these instructions into a single body as a master circular, as below, for the information and guidance of all concerned. General: 2. Retirement from service means a Railway servant ceasing to be in service. The various modes by which the services of a Railway servant may come to an end are: - i. Normal retirement on superannuation; ii. Retirement due to medical invalidation; iii. Premature retirement ordered in the public interest; and iv. Premature/Voluntary retirement on his/her own option. A - Normal Retirement. 3. Every Railway servant barring those mentioned in paras 3.1 and 3.2 below shall retire from, service on attaining superannuation i.e. the age of fifty eight years. (Ref: Board's letter No. PC-62/RT-1 dated 5.12.1962, and Rule 1801 (a) – Indian Railway Establishment Code, Vol.II/1987) 3.1 Railway servants in Group 'D' service or posts, who entered service prior to 1st December 1962 and were entitled to serve upto the age of sixty years, including new entrants to these categories shall retire from service on attaining the age of sixty years. The term new entrant will apply to Group 'D' Railway servants of Railway Board's office only, (Ref; Board's letter No. E(P&A)I-82/RT-16 dated 18.12.1982, E(P&A)I-79/RT-9 dated 8.6.1979 and Rule 1802 (b) – Indian Railway Establishment Code, Vol.II/1987). 3.2 Principals, Vice Principals, School Teachers, Laboratory Assistants and Librarians working in Railway schools and colleges who had joined service prior to 1.4.1989 shall retire from service on the afternoon of the last day of the month in which they attain the age of sixty years in the manner indicated in para 4 below. [Ref: Board's letter No. E(P&A)I-83/RT-20 dated 9.5.1984 and 6.4.1989 (RBE 97/1989)]. Date of normal retirement: 4. The date of retirement will be based on the date of birth of the Railway servant recorded in the service book/ classified list of Gazetted establishment and will be as shown under : - Date of birth Date of retirement on attaining 58/ 60 years of age. 1st of a month Afternoon of the last day of the preceding month. Any other date of a month Afternoon of the last day of that month. (Ref: Board's letters No. PC-III/73/RT/4 dated 18.12.1973, 20.5.1974 and 2.8.1974). 4.1 In other cases of retirement viz., retirement due to medical unfitness or invalidation, premature retirement, voluntary retirement, the provision given in Para 4 above will not apply. Relinquishment of charge 5. Retirement from service on attaining the age of superannuation is automatic and in the absence of specific orders to the contrary by the competent authority, a Railway servant must retire on the due date and cannot take advantage of non-receipt of formal orders regarding his retirement, relief etc. It is the responsibility of the Administrative authorities concerned to ensure that the Railway servants under their control retire on the due date on attaining the age of superannuation. The Railway servant, on his part, is also required to bring the fact that he is attaining the age of superannuation to the notice of the Head of the Office in which he is serving and make over charge on the due date to his reliever, or to any other railway servant who may be nominated. (Ref: Board's letter No. E(P&A)I-79/EM 1/2 dated 7.5.1979) 5.1 The administrative authorities concerned should ensure that the machinery under their control is suitably geared to maintain the personal records or Railway servants up-to-date at all times to guard against any eventuality of retaining a railway servant irregularly, beyond the age of superannuation. (Ref: Board's letter No. E(G)78/RT 2/10 dated 3.7.1978
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