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Federation Natiorial of IndianRailwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD,NEWDELHI. 11O055 Affiliatedto i lndianNationalTradeUnionCongress(INTUC)& lnternationalTransportWorkers'Federation(lTF) !

No. IVA{FIN7 CPC/Allowance/2Ol6lP art I

Dated:2810812017

The Secretary(E), RailwayBoard, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub: Government'sdecisionon recommendation of the 7thCentralPay CommissionTransportAllowanceto the Railway employees- Deprival of higher rateto those working in pay Level | &2-reg. Ref:

Railway. Board's letter No. PC-Yl2}lTlAlTAll dated 1710812017 (RBE No. 9612017)' {<***:r<***x NFIR inviteskind attentionof the Railway Boardto the modified instructionsissuedvide Board'sletterdated 1710812017 on paymentof TransportAllowanceat revisedrates,statingthat employees who are drawingpay of Rs.24,200/-& abovein Pay Level t A Z of the !f,e lailway 7"' CPC Pay Matrix are entitledfor TransportAllowance @ Rs. 3600 plus bA th"reon in cities mentionedin the Annexureto Board's letterdated03/08/2017and @Rs. 1800plus DA thereon at all otherplaces. In this connection,Federationdesiresto statethat with the issuanceof instructionsdated 17/0812017, an anomaloussituationhas arisenwhereinthe Railway employeesin pay Level 3, drawing pay Rs. 21,7001-and aboveupto Level 8 are entitled for Traniport ello*ance @ Rs. 3600+ DA thereon(in A1/A classcitiesand in othercities R.. 180O+ DA thereon;,ivhite @ thosein Pay Level I & 2 are madeeligible for the TransportAllowance at the said rate (i.e. Rs. 36001-+ DA thereon)on reachingthe Pay of Rs. 24,2001-and above. ' Federationfurther desiresto statethat pursuantto the recommendations of 5thCpC and 6thCPC,the followinginstructions wereissued:Recommendations of 5thCPC - Transport Allowance RBE No. 179/1997(rates w.e.f. 0U08/1997) S.No. I

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Pay Scaleof the emplovees

Rs.8000-13500 or above Rs. 65o-10500or above but below Rs.8000-13500 BelowRs.6500-10500

A1/A ClassCitv 800 400

OtherPlaces

100

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400 200

Above position revealsthat all the employeesworking in pay scale below Rs. 650010500i.e. upto Rs. 6000-9800(Sl to S10A) were allowedTransporrAllowanceat the unfform rateof Rs. 100/-p.m. in A1lA classcitiesirrespective of theirpay. Contd.pase...2 .i

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il2il CPC - Tra s RBE No. 111/2008(ratesw.e.f.01/09/2008) nUer,to.ts/zor EmployeesdrawingGradePay of GP 5400& above

GP4200- 4800, GPbelow4200andpayin payband: RS 7440 GP below 4200 and Pav below RS 7440

Rateof TransportAllowance For A1/A classcities

3200+ DA 1600+ DA 600+ DA

From the above, it could be seen that the employeeswere allowed higher rate of TransportAllowance on reachingthe pay @ Rs. 74401-irrespectiveof their Grade Pay (PB-) 2400& 2800. viz.,GP 1800,1900,2000, The aboveposition showsthat the Board's instructionsdated03/0812017and 1710812017 havedeprivedthe TransportAllowance at Rs. 36001-+ DA thereonto the staff working in Pay Lev I & 2 of 7* CPC Pay Matrix duelo the restrictionthat such higher rate of Transport Allowanceis allowedon reachingthe Pay of Rs 24,200,inspiteof the fact that they werealready drawinghigherrate when their pay was Rs. 74401-in 6'n CPC GradesPay 1800,1900,2000, 2400 and2800. Federationcontendsthat the ends of justice would be met if the Railway employees working in Pay Level I & 2 are also allowedpaymentof TransportAllowance at higherrate i.e. R. 3600i-+ DA thereonwhentheirpay is Rs.21,700/-insteadPts.24,2001-. NFIR, therefore,requeststhe Railway Board to make out a caseand refer the matterto the Ministry of Financefor removalof aberrationfor ensuringjustice to lower level staff (i.e. pay levell and 2 also).A copy of the referencemadeto the Ministry of Finance,may be providedto the Federationfor follow un action.

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(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)' General Secretary Copy to the ExecutiveDirector, PC-I, Railway Board, DFCC Building, PragatiMaidan, Metro Bhavan,New Delhi for informationand necessary actionplease. Affiliated to the General Secretaries of Unionsof NFIR. ,fCopy Media CentreAIFIR. File No. IVAIAC/7 CPC/2016. I. File No. IVA{FIR/7 CPC (Imp)12016/RB.-Part FileNo. rp(g)/PartV.

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