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Retirement of railway servants, issued by the Railway Board from time to time are contained in several letters/circulars

RBE 97/1989 · 1989-04-01
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Circular numberRBE 97/1989
File numberNo. PC-62/RT-1
Date1989-04-01
TypeRates Master Circular
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CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded

Summary

Retirement of railway servants, issued by the Railway Board from time to time are contained in several letters/circulars of the notice and the retirement shall be effective in terms of the notice,

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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 superannuati

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