Running Allowance Payment of - to the Running staff of Ballast trains of the defet has clarification:- 1) the time from the actual departure of the train to the time of arrival at the destination should be paid for under rule V(b) of the Revised Running Allowance Rules. 2) The period from the time the rain is ordered i.e. the time of scheduled departure up to the actual departure of the train should be treated as wating duty and allowance under rule VII(ii) should be paid therefor. 3) The period from the arrival of the train at the destination to the time to stabling of the train (in case where there is some time lag between to two) should be paid for under rule V(b) and not as waiting duty under rle VII(ii). 4) In the case of ballast traing working in sidings as there is no departure time or arrival time and no waiting duty to be performed, the time when the ballast train starts work to the time the load is stabled after the work should be reckoned for payment under rule V(b). 2. Where, however, Ballast Trains are provided with double sets of crew rostered on the basis of 12 hours each, the spare crew travelling in crew vans may be paid at 1/2 the mileage admissible to the crew on duty under rule VII(i). The train should be treated as stabled at night when no work is normally performed and this period should not be counted for calculating departmental train miles. A Second Firemen should be deputed to watch the engine after it is stabled and paid mileage allowance under rule V(B) as already provided for in Board's letter No. E(S) 52RS/3 dated 22.5.53. 3. Cases dealt with otherwise than in accordance with these clarifications need not be reopened

Keywords	A.C.Ahuja
Department	Ministry of Railway
Branch	Establishment Pay and Allowance
From Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1966
To Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1966
Identifier	PR_211200047854
File No.	E/S/66RS/11/1-10
Location	Repository-4
File Size	16.2 MB
Pages	31
Collection	Digitized Public Records Ministry of Railway
Language	English