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XIHI STRY OF TRAN SFORT/DEP AR TN ENT OF RAIL KAY S

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Remigsion/vrite off of d emurr1ge &nd wharfage char,es Maival of wharfage and demurrage charg es will be as nder:

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N0, TCI/201/eer The,G en9ral anag ors, XIHI STRY OF TRAN SFORT/DEP AR TN ENT OF RAIL KAY S Desinã tiànóf ôffiCer

1. ccs/c0Ps/C::a/cco/DRK 1986 In supers essíon of the ingtruct iong contained in B0a rd' 9 letter of even UDb er dated 29.2,1980, the powera of officers at d ifferent levelg for the Sub: Remigsion/vrite off of d emurr1ge &nd wharfage char,es.

5. Agsist
nt OTTicor6 includ ing Ar ea officers,

3. ADRIS 8 and J. A.Grade officers 2

3.

-Eharfage.* Rs, 25,000 6,00 Nev Delh1, dated 3, 00 "1,500 Denurrage Rs.

25,000 6,000 Jjt.19a6.

3,000 750 c gn signm ent basig axcopt in the age of tra 1hloa d congignnantg where it ill be appli cadle on per wagon basis, (Per sagon) The p0wers f or wai ya l of wharfage charges indicatcd above will be on No pri or concurrence of the 'inance need bo ob taine d for caseg of wai val of demurrage and xharfago chargcs upto Ra,25,000/-.

Al though no hard & fast ul es oT Tigid giidelines cen be laid down for exercising the discreti or. Ln thc uaiva] of wharfage and demurrage charxes, the fo11owing agpects and circumgtances ehouwd be ta ken into a ccount by the competent authority while Waiving the se chargeB:

(a) The need to sugtain and attract traffic to tho Ra ilways a nd to agsist in the marketing eff or ts;

(b) the nature and the value of the goodo in relati on to the rolght and wharfago/demurrago ducs;

Contd,/ Maival of wharfage and demurrage charg es will be as nder:

(e) tho anount 1ikoly to be re covoiTd, 1f the eoodo nrc not a conscquCnce of which the Gno publlc auction ag par nle3;

(a)

(o) the oxtont of delay 1n trangi t;

takon dalivcry of nnd as has to bo di sposod of by (r) the causo for dolay in nlonding or taking dclivcry of go ods and ext cnwt ing clrc ungtncos, if any;

(h) the cxtent of dannge or dotoriorati on thc coods might hive Eufforedi

(r) tho l0cal conditions at a p.irticul nr station;

(1) wheth er the circumstances undcr which tho wharfagc or dcnurrge ert roilly l-)y ond the control of the coneign or orthc consi mic;

(E) the cizo of the goods shed ane its vuln crabil1ty for Congos tion if thc gOods aro not renovod, lcading to operating rostrictiono On thig gromd;

(3) railway' s inability to 6rant delivory on inde nity noto for Want of gon labcls or in voico not re ooiv cd et tho dostination station;

(x) capa city of a siding for dcnling i th train-l onds within the prcscrib cd frcc time;

(2) b n chin of arrival nd plac nent of trains/2çong ns distinct fron pla corcnt at TCEl?r ,intrnls to de:l with norn 1l gnrtum 0T trITIic;

strikes.

Cçrf w0T Similar othcr.abnomal inc takonnronting Open/assdss Þt dclivory 1he abovo oSprcts are not cxhaustivc end individual cases may rcquirc other factCrs such as opcrati onal or cOm Crcial considorIti ons, and I2ilay cugt omcr Tolatí on g to be tak cn into account whilc takinR a docisi on about mival of thcso chnrgos nd tho cxtont thor cof.

4.

In c?scs whcro thc 2nount of Waivil cxcccds 605 of the powcro confcrrcd horin, thc waiving auth ority should rec ord rc as0ns for s uch a Aival, Furthor, in all cascs wherc a change in tho dccision ig made by an nppellnto 2uthority on app11 by thc pirty, the bricf roas ons for thc In thc cngc of 13rgO 6idings, liko thoso of powor housos, hcrc dcrurr3Ca is not W2ivcd on agon to Wagon besis 0r day to day basis C ontd, ionhen ccm cnt of thc waiva1 should bo rccordcd by thc appcllate aut hority.

.herc the ooi a1 ong aro takon pcri odically aftcr going through tho capntg of wagons dotained n nd br oad clugc for such dotcntions, it at neooss1ry to rocord opcntioR ordcro in Tospcct of consicnocnt or Nagon, 2nd it wÍuld bo ouffici cnt 1r brond roasong nrc Nis iogucs xith the Conçurrcn cc of tho Finn nco Dircctorto of thc Departncnt of Railways.

Rocoipt of thio l¢ttor my ploasc bo ncnowl cdgcd.

D,A: Ni1, I:o.TCI/201/72/27.

Copy forardod to (i.S. BHAD ARI) Exccutivc Dircctor, Traffic Comncrcíal.

Rniluay Board, ii) ADLI(Railxay s), Now Dclhi. (wi th 36 sprco).

Now Dolhi, dated

-RS-I

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