Study Leave Rules

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS 

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2011/F(E)-III/2(2)/3

New Delhi, dated 05.01.2012

The General Managers/FA&CAOs, 

All Indian Railways & PUs, 

(As per Mailing List)

Subject : Amendment to the Indian Railway Establishment Code, Vol. I, (1985 Edition) Chapter V – Leave Rules & Appendix V - Study Leave Rules.

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to direct that Appendix V of the Indian Railway Establishment Code, Volume-I, (1985 edition) (Third Re-print Edition 2008) be amended as in the Advance Correction Slip No.120 attached.

2. Please acknowledge receipt.

  

(T.P.Sharma) 

Deputy Director Finance (Estt.)III, 

Railway Board

INDIAN RAILWAY ESTABLISHMENT CODE VOLUME-I,  FIFTH EDITION - 1985 (THIRD REPRINT EDITION – 2008) APPENDIX V

STUDY LEAVE RULES :

Advance Correction Slip No. 120

1. Sub-rule (5) of Rule 1 under Sub-heading — Conditions for grant of study leave may be substituted with the following :-

(a) in clause (ii) for the words “three years from”, the words and brackets "three years (five years in the case of Railway Medical Service Officer who has been granted thirty-six months’ study leave under sub-rule 2 of rule 2) from” shall be substituted;

(b) in clause (iii), for the words, “three years after”, the words and brackets “three years (five years In the case of Railway Medical Service Officer who has been granted thirty-six months study leave under sub-rule 2 of rule 2) after” shall be substituted;

2. In the said rules, in Sub-Rule 1 of Rule 14 for the words “three years after”, the words and brackets “three years (five years in the case of Railway Medical Service Officer who has been granted thirty-six months study leave under sub-rule (2) of rule 2) after” shall be substituted.

3. In the said rules in Form A, Form B, Form C and Form D for the words “within a period of three years after” the words “within a period of three years/five years after” shall respectively be substituted.

(Authority: Ministry of Railways letter No. 2011/F(E)-III/2(2)/3 New Delhi, Dated 05.01.2012)

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Concession to persons re—employed in Government Service : Payment of Travelling Allowance

No. 19030/6/2010-E.IV 

Government of India 

Ministry of Finance 

Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi 

Dated the  10th February, 2012

Office Memorandum

Subject: Concession to persons re—employed in Government Service : Payment of Travelling Allowance- reg.

            References have been received whether the Travelling Allowance (TA) admissible to pensioners re-appointed to Govt. service, under SR 107 of FR & SR Part II (Travelling Allowance Rules) includes TA in respect of family of the pensioner and other TA entitlements which a serving Government official is normally entitled to on transfer.

2.         The matter has been considered and it has been decided that pensioners re-employed to posts, where holding of a post under the Central Government is a pre-requisite for such re-employment or where the Recruitment Rules of the post to which the pensioner is re-employed provides this as one of the qualifications, would be entitled to Travelling Allowance subject to the following:

i)          The entitlement for Travelling Allowance would be with reference to the post last held and the last pay drawn under the Government, at the time of retirement.

ii)         The provisions of SR 116 of the TA Rules, as admissible to Govt. officials on transfer in public interest, would be applicable.

iii)        Unless provided for in the terms & conditions of the post where the pensioner is re-employed, if ‘TA on Retirement’ has already been claimed by the re-employed pensioner from the official/organization from where he has retired/superannuated, no additional TA would be admissible on expiry of the term of his re-employment. If the re-employed pensioner has not claimed ‘TA on Retirement’ within six months of his retirement and he is re-employed under the Central Govt. before the expiry of six months from his date of superannuation/retirement, he can claim ‘TA on Retirement’ after expiry of the term of his re-employment, with reference to the post held at the time of retirement and pay last drawn at the time of retirement, in terms of GoI Order No.2 below SR 147. In such an event, the ‘TA on Retirement’ would be reimbursed by the office/organization from where the re-employed pensioner had retired/superannuated.

3.        Past cases, already settled would not be re-opened.

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(Subhash Chand)

Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: www.finmin.nic.in 

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Fixation of Pay of All India Services on the grant of proforma promotion

DOPT ORDER 2012

No.14021/12/2008-AIS-II 

Government of India 

Department of Personnel and Training 

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension

North Block, New Delhi, 

Dated 06.02.2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Fixation of Pay of All India Services on the grant of proforma promotion - regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s instructions regarding fixation of pay of All India Service Officers on grant of proforma promotion, issued vide letter No. 14021/5/2008-AIS-II, dated 29.09.2008,wherein it is provided that:

‘In case an IAS officer on deputation to a post gets promoted in his cadre to a post in a higher grade, his pay in the pay band will be fixed with 

reference to the pay in the pay band of the officer immediately junior to him in the cadre of his service. However, the officer in question would continue to draw the grade pay attached to the deputation post for the remaining duration of the deputation.”

2. However, in certain cases, it has been noticed that the pay of All India Service Officers, on grant of proforma promotion to a higher grade in the parent cadre, has been fixed with reference to the pay of a junior in the cadre who was already drawing more pay than the senior officer even before promotion on account of greater length of his service. It has also been noticed that officers, who get proforma promotion in relaxation of Next Below Rule in terms of DOPT O.M. No.8/8/84/Estt.(Pay. I), dated 15.07.1985 as no immediate junior is available for appointment to the higher grade against an available vacancy in the cadre, have sought to get their pay fixed with reference to the pay of a junior in the cadre who has not even been promoted to the higher scale in which they have got proforrna promotion.

3. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure and it s clarified that fixation of pay on 

grant of proforma promotion with reference to the pay of junior only means that the pay in pay-band or pay-scale may be fixed in terms of normal rules applicable in the case of fixation of pay of junior in State cadre by grant of one increment @ 3% of basic pay, subject to the maximum of pay band-4 or the pay scale. However, where the deputation post is in any pay band with a grade pay, the grade pay would remain unchanged and where the deputation post is in a pay scale, the pay scale would remain unchanged.

  

(Deepti Umashankar) 

Director (Services)

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Annual Reports regarding Representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and Persons with Disabilities in the Central Government Services as on 1.1.2012

DOPT ORDER 2012

No.36027/1/2012-Estt.(Res.) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 

Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi 

Dated 3rd February 2012

Office Memorandum

Subject:- Annual Reports regarding Representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and Persons with Disabilities in the Central Government Services as on 1.1.2012.

   The undersigned is directed to say that as per instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.43011/10./2002-Estt.(Res.) dated 19.12.2003 and O.M. No 36035/3/2004-Estt.(Res.) dated 29.12.2005, each Ministry/Department is required to send following reports to this Department by 31.3.2012 :-

   (i) SC/ST/OBC Report-I regarding representation of SCs, STs, and OBCs in services as on 1.1.2012 and number of appointments made during the calendar year 2011.

   (ii) SC/ST/OBC Report-II regarding representation of SCs, STs, OBCs in various grades of organized Group ‘A’ services as on 1.1.2012;

   (iii) Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Report-I regarding representation of persons with disabilities in services as on 1.1.2012 ; and

   (iv) PWD Report-II regarding appointments persons with disabilities during the year 2011.

   2. The proformae prescribed for above reports are enclosed for ready reference. It is request that the reports may be sent to this Department by stipulated date i.e.by 31.3.2012. While collecting information from the attached/Subordinate offices, the concerned offices may be advised not to send information direct to this Department. The concerned Ministry/Department should consolidate the information in respect of entire Ministry /Department including the information in respect of the Attached and Subordinate Office, and send such consolidated information to this Department.

   3. The Ministries/Department should ensure that the reports sent to this Department contain consolidated information in respect of the concerned Ministry/Department and its Attached and Subordinate Offices only.

   4. Information in respect of the Statutory, Semi-Government and Autonomous Bodies may be collected and maintained by the concerned administrative Ministries/Departments but the same should not be sent to this Department. Similarly, the Department of Public Enterprises may collect similar information in respect of all public sector undertaking and may maintain it.

   5. As the information called for relates to persons and not to posts, the posts, which are lying vacant, should not be taken into account. Persons on deputation should be included in the establishment of borrowing Ministry/Department/Office and not in the establishment of their parent office. Persons permanent in one grade but officiating or holding temporary appointment in a higher grade should be shown in the figures relating to the class of service in which the higher grade concerned is included. It may also be noted that figures in respect of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Persons with Disabilities have to include persons appointed by reservation as well as appointed on their own merit.

(Sharad kumar Srivastava) 

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF)

NVEQF 

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) to be implemented in polytechnics, Engineering Colleges and other colleges in the University systems from 2012-13. The programmes are sector specific and the sectors like IT, Media, Entertainment, Telecommunications, Mobile Communications, Automobile, Construction, Retail, Food Processing, Tourism, Hotels, Jewellery Design and Fashion Design and many other have been identified for implementation. The launch was done by Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, here today.

The Scheme envisages Seven certificate levels with each certificate level with approximately 1000 hours each certificate, with each 1000 hours being made of certain number of hours for vocational competency based skill modules and the rest for general learning simultaneously integrated and providing a Diploma for vocational education after the certificate level five or leading to a Degree for vocational education after level seven in the university system, subject to their statutory approval, is highlight of the scheme.

A student can choose to avail of competency based skill learning along with general education in this scheme without losing the possibility of changing course and moving at any certificate level into a formal system of education and vice versa. This would ultimately provide a full multi-entry exist system between vocational education, general education and the job market.

AICTE would seek to provide the requisite statutory approvals to any institutions wishing to conduct these programmes from the Academic Year 2012 throughout the country. The institutions can choose a maximum of 500 students per institute in any five sectors, 100 students per sector.

This is expected to cater to at least 5 million students for vocational degree and diploma every year, which can provide self-employment or being meaningfully employed if even 1/3 of the institutions are approved to conduct these programmes.

NVEQF is a great initiative by MHRD that needs to be propagated and followed throughout the country that has a potential to increase the GER from 15 to double this value by the end of 2020, simultaneously providing meaningful employment.

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Major Penalty Proceedings Recommened Against 113 Officers

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

CVC Disposed of 1272 cases in December 2011  Major Penalty Proceedings Recommened Against 113 Officers

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) disposed of 1272 cases during December 2011 referred to it for advice. Of these, 1096 complaints were sent for necessary action/ATR whereas 88 complaints were sent for investigation and report. No action was required on 226 complaints.

The Commission advised issuance of sanction for prosecution in respect of 16 officials of various Ministries/Departments/Organizations. Prosecution sanctioned by the Competent Authority in 7 cases during the month which includes two separate cases in respect of one IPS & One IAS officer. It also processed 1836 complaints (including 217 whistle blower complaints) during the month and sought Investigation/Factual report in 68 complaints from the concerned Ministries/Departments/Organisations.

The Commission advised initiation of major penalty proceedings against 113 officials of various Ministries/Departments/Organisations which includes one General Manager of Corporation Bank, one Director of D/o Mines, one Chief Commissioner of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) and one Executive Director (ED) of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL).

The Commission also advised imposition of major penalty against 45 of various Ministries/Departments/Organisations which includes a Chief Engineer of M/o Shipping, a Chief General Manager (CGM) and General Manager (GM) each of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), Commissioner of Income Tax of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the then Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ministry of Defence and the then Director (HR) of Gas Authority of India (GAIL) under M/o Petroleum & Natural Gas, one General Manager of National Small Industries Corpn. Ltd. and a Chief General Manager and General Manager of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.

On the advice of the Commission, the Competent Authority has imposed major penalties in respect 60 officials of various Ministries/Departments/Organisations.

Chief Technical Examiners Organisation of the Commission submitted 7 technical examination reports and these examinations resulted in recovery of Rs. 14,82,51,858/- during December, 2011. Thus, the total recoveries effected during the year 2011 works out to Rs. 88.90 crores. Vigilance clearances were accorded for 18 empanelment/board level appointment

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Safety Related Retirement Scheme Covering safety categories with Grade Pay of Rs.1900

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS 

(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No.04/2012 

New Delhi, dated 03.01.2012

No.E(P&A)I-2010/RT-2

The General Managers 

All Indian Railways.

Sub: Safety Related Retirement Scheme Covering safety categories with Grade Pay of Rs.1900/-

Ref: Boards letter of even number dated 11-09-2010, 28.06.2011 and 15.07.2011.

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      The issue of inclusion of some categories, dispensation of Physical Efficiency Test (PET), and relaxation of minimum educational qualification norms for recruitment under the LARSGESS has been consideration of Railway Board for some time.

2.    The matter has been considered by the Board, and in continuation of Board’s letters of even No. dated 28.06.11 and 15.07.11, following decisions are communicated :-

(i)    Trolleyman of Departments other than Civil Engineering may also be included in the list of Safety categories..

(ii)   To dispense with the requirement of PET for recruitment in the relevant categories under LARSGESS.

(iii)  To relax the prescribed minimum educational qualification for recruitment under the Scheme in line with the recommendations of VI CPC and accordingly instructions have already been issued vide Board’s letter No. E(NG)II-2011/RR-1/11 dated 09.12.2011 in this regard, giving (-1S) scale to non matriculates and Non ITIs.

3.    Hindi version will follow.

4.    Kindly acknowledge receipt.

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(Anita Gautam) 

Joint Director Estt. (P&A), 

Railway Board

Source: NFIR

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NCPCR directs WB govt. to enumerate steps to prevent infant deaths

NCPCR directs WB govt. to enumerate steps to prevent infant deaths

Taking cognizance of neonatal deaths in various hospitals of West Bengal, viz Kolkata, Malda, Burdwan and Berhampore etc, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked the State Government to spell out in detail steps taken to tackle the situation.

“We have sought the details from the State Government on the measures initiated to tackle the situation,’’ said Vinod Kumar Tikoo, Member, NCPCR.

We will intervene in the matter only after receipt of the information from the State Government, he added.

The Central body has asked for details of the mechanism put in place by the administration to deal with identification of high risk pregnancies, their timely referral and promotion of institutionalised deliveries, the arrangements to strengthen the infrastructure and required number of trained personnel in PHCs, its sub-centers and Anganwadi centers.

The Commission has asked for the registration details of pregnant mothers from Anganwadis for 75 deaths reported in Malda District Hospital between October 1 to November 23, 2011 and 12 deaths reported in BC Roy Hospital with their registration particulars. Details of SNCUs made operational till date district wise with number of beds in each SNCU has also been sought along with the details on strengthening the Medical staff in the hospital.

The Commission has also asked for a status report on the number of newborns covered under the cash less service under each block and number of Nischay Jan/Matri Jan selected and trained under the same.

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