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Rule 201 of Chapter-II of Goods Tariff(updated upto 16.07.2026)

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(D The wagon registration fee to be deposited at the time of registration of indents are as under:-

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(REGISTRATION OF INDENT, ALLOTMENT AND SUPPLY OF WAGONO

16.07.

Chapter-Il of Goods Tarilf @ompiled upto 11.0i.2024) RI]LTS F'OR THE REGISTRATION OF II\IDENT, ALIOTMENT AIID STIPPLY OF WAGONS 201. The following rules lay down the procedure for the registration of indents for wagons/rakes over the Indian Railways. The Railway Administrations, after due notice, can make such temporary local variations in any of these rules as they consider fit, to meet any exceptional circumstances or to prevent misuse:-

(1) (a)Registration of demands for wagons - All demands for dispatch of goods in wagon loads / rain loads should be entered in the Wagon Demand / Priority Register maintained at the stations or goods sheds open for booking of goods in wagonJoads / train loads. The signature of the sender or his representative should be taken in the appropriate column provided in the register after duly frlling in all the other columns. The prescribed registation fee will be paid by the sender or his representative at the time of registration of demands for wagons. After the infioduction of electronic registation of demand, the Wagon Demand/Priority Register shalt be maintained by the Terminal Managernent System(TMS). In case of elestronic regisffation of demand(e-RD), an acknowledgement shall be sent to the sender confrming, registration of demand offered by him as per the procedure laid down. Where registration of demand is done at goods shed/station by presentation of the Forwarding Note, the sender shall be advised by the demand cum priority number (Rates Circular No.2l of 2014) generated by the system.

(b) h the case of sidings which are captive to a particular industry, the siding owners may be allowed to load wagons allotted against a particular indent to another destination provided it is not restricted or inconvenient to Railways on a particular day due to certain operating constaints.

(B oard's letter No.TC- I /94/ I 0 I /2 dt. I 7. 02. I 99 5) In the case of sidings, where there is only one indentor while 'Wagon Demand/Priority Register' should be maintained at stations/goods sheds, and in the case of Private/Assisted sidings, only a 'Demand Register' may be maintained, which will serve as a repository for making allotments, having regard to the Preferential Traffrc Schedule, quotas restrictions and other operating considerations. In the absence of a specific allotment by control, ffu6 5irling ownefii may be permitted to select the destinations on dayao-day basis.

@oard's letter No. TC- I /94/ I 0 I /2 dt. I 7. 02. I 99 5) In case of automobiles traffic, after registration of indents, change of destination station may be allowed only in case of NMG/BCCN/BCACM rakes, provided the new destination is not operationallyrestricted. However, the request for change of destination may be entertained only before physical supply of wagons placed for loading. The Wagon Regisfation Fee deposited earlier shall not be forfeited in such cases. This facility shalt only be made applicable to those loading points where there is only one party offering automobiles traffrc.

Separate 'Priority Register" should be maintained for NMG/BCCN/BCACM special types wagons for automobiles traffic. It is firther clarified that change of destination - as stipulated above shall be permitted if, at the time of request for change of destination, all the pending indents are from a single party only.

@oard's letter 2008lTC(FM)/25/l dated 13.10.2008 & No.2019/TCFM/|6/03 dated 16.08.2019)

(2) A Forwarding Note duly filled in should be tendered by the sender at the time of registration of demand for supply of wagons. However, after introduction of elecfonic registration of demand, sender shall fill electronic Demand Note, available through the FOIS web portal for registering demand for supply of wagons. For this purpose, sender should have registered himself as per the guidelines defined from time to time.

(Rates Circulars No.34 of 2005 &No.2t of 2014) Note: Zonal Rai

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