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Legal assistance to Railway servants involved in legal proceedings

RBE No. 134/2019 · 2019-08-09
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Circular numberRBE No. 134/2019
Date2019-08-09
TypeRates Master Circular
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CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded

Summary

Legal assistance to Railway servants involved in legal proceedings Proceedings instituted against a Railway servant by another Railway servant in

Text of the circular

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No. E(G) 2019/LL 1-1(Master Circular) New Delhi, dated: 72.08.2019

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways/Pus,
(as per standard Mailing list)

Sub: Legal assistance to Railway servants involved in legal proceedings.
न ने ने के

; Please find enclosed herewith a copy of Master Circular No. 27 regarding
Legal: Assistance to Railway servants for information and necessary action.

Please acknowledge receipt. \ है

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(Anita Gautam)
Director Estt. (General)
DA: As above Railway Board
No: E(G) 2019 LL1-1 (Master Circular) New Delhi, dated: 22 .8. 2019

Copy to:

1. General Secretary, IRCA, New Delhi.

a. Director General, Railway Staff College, Vadodara.

3. The Director, IRICEN/Pune, IRIEEN/Nasik, IRIMEE/Jamalpur,
IRISET/Secunderabad. :

4. The General Secretary, AIRF, 4, State Entry Road, New Delhi (with 35 spares).

5. The General Secretary, NFIR, 3, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi (with 35 spares).

6. The Secretary General, IRPOF (with 5 spares).

7. All members of the National Council/Department Council and Secretary, Staff
Side, 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi (with 90 spares).

8. The Secretary General, FROA, New Delhi (with 5 spares).

9. The General Secretary, RPF Association, Room No. 256 D, Rail Bhavan, New
Delhi (with 5 spares).

10. The Secretary, RBSS, Group ‘A’ Officers’ Association (with 5 spares).

11. The President, RBSS Group ‘B’ Officers’ Association (with 5 spares).

12. The President, Indian Railways Group ‘B’ Officers’ Association (with 5 spares).

13. The Secretary; Railway Board Ministerial Staff Association (with 5 spares).

14. The Secretary, Railway Board Non-Ministerial Staff Association (with 5 spares).

15. The Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New
Delhi- 110001.

16. The Secretary General, Nationai Federation of Railway Pensioners’ Organization,

825, Supertech Residency, Sector 5, Plot No. 6A, Ghaziabad-201010.

भारत सरकार (Government of India)
रेल मंत्रालय (Ministry of Railways)

रेलवे बोर्ड (Railway Board)

रेल सेवकों को कानूनी सहायता
पर

मास्टर परिपत्र सं. 27
(08/19 को अपडेटड)

Master Circular No. 27
(Updated on 08/19)

ON

Legal Assistance to Railway Servants

RBE No. 134/2019

भारत AR/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय /MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
रेलवे aS /RAILWAY BOARD —

No.E(G)2019/ LL 1-1 (Master Circular) New Delhi, dated: \9.08.2019

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways,
Production Units and others.

Subject: Legal assistance to Railway servants involved in legal proceedings.

Master Circular No. 27 on “LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO RAILWAY SERVANTS INVOLVED
IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS” a compilation of instructions on the subject was last brought out
and circulated vide Railway Board’s LETTER No. E(G)90/LL 1-2 (Master Circular). dated
2.7.91. Since then, the various provisions of instructions have undergone major changes
and some new provisions have also been introduced. With the objective to bring about all
the current basic instructions at one place, the Master Circular has been updated by
incorporating the modifications/ additions to the instructions in this revised Master
Circular. The revised Master Circular is as under:

2. Category of legal proceedings:

Railway servant may be involved in legal proceedings in the cases in which acts are
done. .

(a) in the execution or performance of the official duty;

(b) not in the execution or performance of the official duty, but by virtue of or
having connection with the official position; and

(c) in neither of the above capacities.

(Ref: Board’s letter No. E(G)59 LL1-5 dtd. 21.07.1960)
3.1 Cases falling under 2 (c) above:

These may be those in which a Railway servant may be guilty of bribery/illegal
gratification/corruption etc, accepted or committed not by virtue of his official position but
in his private dealings. No re-imbursement of the legal expenses incurred by the Railway
servant in defending his position in such cases will be admissible. Also the Govern

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