HRA, Transport Allowance to trainees appointed on Compassionate grounds

Railway Board Circular on Denial of payment of ย HRA, Transportย  Allowance etc. to trainees appointed on compassionate ground in Grade Pay 1900/- in artisan category

 

MINISTRYย OF RAILWAYS

Ministry of Railways

(Railwayย Board)

No.PC-V/2015/PNM/NFIR/1

New Delhi, dated 17.12.2015

The General Secretary

NFIR

3, Chelmsford ย Road,

New Delhi-110055

Sir,

Sub:-ย  ย Denialย  ย of ย paymentย  ย of ย HRA,ย  ย Transportย  ย Allowanceย  ย etc.ย  ย to ย traineesย  ย appointedย  ย on compassionate ย ground in Grade Pay 1900/- in artisan ย category ย etc.-reg,

Ref:- PNM/NFIR item No. II/2015

The undersigned ย is directed to refer to NFIR’s ย Letter ย No.II/I-A/Partย 20, ย dated 05.10.2015ย on the above subject.. ย The matter has been examined ย in consultation ย with Estt. ย Dte. ofย  Railway Board and ย it is ย stated ย that ย Board’sย  ย instructionsย  ย dt.ย 14.09.2012ย ย  ย was ย issued ย in pursuanceย of ย DoP&T’s clarification ย issued ย on 03.04.2012, ย which ย in turn emanated ย fromย  the earlier clarificationย given by DoP&T in December, ย 2009 while reviewing the Scheme of Compassionate appointment in the light of specific ย para 2.2.9 ย and 2.2.10 ย of the 6th Pay Commission recommendations asย accepted ย by the Government of India. ย In para ย 2.2.9,ย a ย separate ย running ย Pay ย Band designated ย asย  ย -lSย  ย scale ย was recommended ย for posts ย belonging ย to Group ‘D’.ย  ย However, the same was not to be counted for anyย purpose. ย In para 2.2.10, ย Commission ย has also recommended ย thatย no direct ย recruitment ย in -lSย scale would take ย place. ย The ย scale ย would, ย however, ย be ย operated for regulating emoluments during ย theย training ย period ย of ย candidatesย  ย who ย do ย not ย possessย the minimum qualificationย of Matric.ย  The Commission ย was ย of the ย firm ย view ย that candidates ย not possessingย theย  minimum ย qualificationsย of Matric could not be recruited in the Government. ย At the same time, Commission ย also recommended that in exceptional circumstances ย like ย compassionate cases,ย ย  Government ย mightย  ย need ย to provide employment opportunitiesย ย to certain ย classes ofย pensionย not ย immediatelyย  ย meeting ย the ย minimum educational standards ย and Government ย could recruit themย as trainees who would be given a regular Pay, ย Band ย and Grade ย Pay only ย onย acquiring minimumย ย  qualificationย  ย prescribedย  ย under ย the Recruitment rules.

Thus, it is amply clear that Board’s instructions ย dated ย 14.09.2012 applied ย only exclusively inย  cases, where ย candidate ย beingย considered for ย appointmentย  ย on ย compassionateย  ย grounds ย are ย not meeting ย the minimum qualification of entry ย into ย the ย Government ย service ย thatย  is, ย in Grade ย Pay Rs.1800/- and the wordย  ‘trainees” ย haveย been coined only for this ย limited purpose. ย It has nothing to do with trainees in various ย postsย of Grade Pay Rs.1900 &ย  above, where it is mandatory ย for persons ย being considered ย to clear theย entire training periodย  before joining ย a working ย post. ย There ย is a difference between ย a trainee and an employee. ย While ย a trainee ย gets ย stipend, the ย employee ย gets ย salary ย along .with ย all ย other allowances. ย The ย recruitmentย  ย rules ย provideย ย what ย benefitย  ย be ย givenย  ย to ย trainees. Therefore, Federation’sย demand is not feasible for acceptance.

Yours faithfully,

for Secretary/Railway Board

Download Railway Board Circular Letter No.PC-V/2015/PNM/NFIR/1ย dated 17.12.2015

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