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Merger of three categories of posts in the Commercial Department viz. Ticket Checking Staff (TC), Commercial Clerk (CC) & Enqniry- ‘cum-Reservation Clerk (ECRC)

RBE No.59/2019
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Circular numberRBE No.59/2019
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicticket-checking

Summary

Merger of three categories of posts in the Commercial Department viz. Ticket Checking Staff (TC), Commercial Clerk (CC) & Enqniry- ‘cum-Reservation Clerk (ECRC) The Secretary, Railway Board Group ‘D’ Employees Association, Rail Bhawan

Text of the circular

RBE No.59/2019

भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
... (रेलवे बोर्ड RalLway BOARD)

No.E(NG)I/2016/PM 1/12 (Pt.) New Delhi, dated April 05, 2019

The General Managers (P),
All Zonal Railways/Production Units

(as per standard mailing list)

Sub: Merger of three categories of posts in the Commercial Department
viz. Ticket Checking Staff (TC), Commercial Clerk (CC) & Enqniry-
‘cum-Reservation Clerk (ECRC).

As Railways are aware, consequent to the acceptance of the recommendations
of the 7" CPC, Railway Board had issued orders vide RBE No.28/2018 regarding
the merger of Ticket Checking Staff, Commercial Clerks & ECRCs in a phased
manner.

2 It has been observed that implementation of RBE No. 28/2018 has led to
reported problems at the field level. The integration of seniority of existing CCs and
ECRCs has led to either of the groups feeling aggrieved due to their promotional
prospects perceived as getting affected on account of the vacancies in their seniority
group being thrown open to the other category also due to the merger.
Nomenclature of the post in GP 4200/- has also been represented against as has the
exclusion of only the TC categories from first phase merger.

3. It was also noted that there were several Court cases pending on this issue in
various Benches of the Hon’ble CAT - in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jabalpur,
Calcutta, Jaipur, Ernakulam, Madras and in the Principal Bench, New Delhi. In
some of these cases, interim stay orders on operation of RBE 28/2018 and
subsequent actions taken thereon have also been issued.

4, It has also’ been noted that implementation of RBE 28/2018 has also not been
uniform as reported from various Railways. In some Railways, vacancies that existed
as on the date of circulation of the instructions, i.e. 22.02.2018 in the CC or ECRC
group were to be filled up exclusively by employees belonging to that group. Only
after this was done, the process of merger of the existing cadre to take place.
However, this methodology has not been followed in some other Railways where
vacancies that existed in the categories of CC arid ECRC have not been filled up by
_ the respective seniority groups prior to merger of the existing categories.

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5. Further, subsequent to merger above, general re-allotment of functionalities
ordered in some units have triggered staff representation and led to court cases.

6. In the light of the above developments, the instructions issued vide RBE _
28/2018 ibid have been reviewed in consultation with both the Staff Federations i.e.
AIRF & NFIR, and the Commercial Directorate. Accordingly, while accepting the
basic premise of the 7" Pay Commission recommendations . that the three
Commercial categories of TC, CC and ECRC would eventually require to be
merged, the revised methodology of implementing the same has been worked out
and is enclosed herewith as Annexure ‘A’.

7. -The above revised provisions may be brought to the notice of the benches of the
Hon’ble CAT wherever cases have been filed in this regard. Wherever, directions of
the Hon’ble Court affect implementation of these revised instructions, appropriate
action to get these directions revised/lifted to be done before implementation.

8. It may also be noted that while the methodology implementing merger of
cadres would be as in Annexure-A, this would not operate to prevent utilization of
existing. Commercial staff across functional categories, wherever such utilization is
considered inescapable in administrative exigencies.

DA: As above.

(P.M.Meena)
Dy. Director-II/E(NG)I
Railway Board

No.E(NG)I/2016/PM 1/12 (Pt.) New Delhi, dated April 05, 2019

Copy forwarded to:-

1. The General Secretary, All Indian Railwaymen’s Federation, Room No.253,
Rail Bhawan, New Delhi (35 copies).

2. The General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen, Room
No.256-E, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi (35 copies).

3. All Members, Departmental Council and National Council and Secretary, Staff
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