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MEMORANDUM OFFICE

of with regularservicefor retirementbenefits sub:countingof servicepaidfrom contingencies who haveput in suchservice' employees **:t**

o'f ' of Expenditurels (Department ' is directedto referto Ministryof Finance Theundersigned regular contingencie't'*[l paid from dated L4.5.68regardingcountingof service No. F-12(1)-EV/68 The for the purposeof grantof retirement'benefits' servicefor determiningthe qualifyingservice offttre o'M' ibidhavebeenadoptedfor implementation in Ministryof Financds contained instructions Railways. |abourservicerendered on|y50%of the temporarystatuscasual |n termsof t.heseinstructions, 2. pufpo:eof grantof is treatedas qualifyingservicefor the beforeabsorptionin regularemployment (Pension) services in Rule31 of Railway has beenincorporated retirementbenefits. Thisprovision 1993' Rules, in these side that there are certain shortcomings lt has been representedby the staff 3. severelossto suchstaff' Theseare:whicharecausing instructions of temporary labouranddateof conferment ascasual the gapbetweenthe dateof engagement (i) statusshould tzol36odayson the expiryof whichthe statushasbeenverywide as againstthe normal havebeenconferred; sara"ningfo,. ( i i ) t h e g a p b e t w e e n t h e d a t e o f c o n f e r m e n t o f t e m p o r a r y s t a t u s a n d t hand edateof of vacancies; of non-availability of the constraint hasbeenwidebecause absorption regular of yearto morethan threeyearsbetweendate therehasalsobeena gap rangingfrom one (iii) delay' dueto administrative anddateof actualabsorption screening view of the absolute aboveare peculiarto the Railways' ln highlighted The shortcomings 4. numberofcbsuaIlabourinvolvedandtheconsequentmanageria|problemscoup|edwi o n l y 5 0 % o f t e m p o r a r y S t a t u s c a s u a l l a b o u r s e r v i c e b € i n g a l | o w equalifving dtobeco unted squal ofaten service requisite p-e-l:io:,l"t fot ineligible are either numberffi&s-ual-lEQour ltj:of puts themto a greathardship'' pensig li;f'his yearsor aregetting, u"ry *"'rtr amorullrof

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5' In viewof the above,the Ministry of Railways is of the viewthat the existing condition 50%of temporary of only statuscasual labourservice beingcountedasqualifying service needs to be liberalized so that suchstaffare in a position to earna reasonable amountof pensionon their retirement r d s o f f u l pl e n s i o n ' i f n o t f upl le n s i o n ' say,2/3 ltwould,therefore,benecessarytomodifytheexistingcondition to providethat 100%of temporary statuscasuallabourservicewiil be ailowedto be reckonedfor the purposeof determining the qualifying servicefor grantof pensionary benefits. 6' Ministryof Finance arerequested to consider the matterto modifytheiro.M. providefor t00% of temporary dated14.5.6g to statuscasualservicerenderedbefore absorptionin reguraremproyment beingtreatedasqualifying servicefor the purposeof grant pensionary of benefits. 7.

Thisissueswith the concurrence of the Finan _ce Dte.of the Ministryof Railways. /I

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