Honorarium: RBE No.103/2004 – To Stenos Engaged by Arbitrators

No.E(G)2004 HO1-2, dated 21.05.2004

Sub: Payment of honorarium to the Stenos engaged by the Arbitrators for the work relating to Arbitration/ Arbitration award.

Ministry of Railways have considered the question of payment of honorarium to the Stenos engaged by the Arbitrators for the secretarial work in connection with Arbitration/ Arbitration award. It has been decided that the Stenos engaged for the Arbitration work/ Arbitration award would be entitled to an honorarium of Rs.500 per case. Only one Steno would be permitted in each case.

In cases where services of more than one Stenos are utilized, the amount of honorarium payable would still be Rs.500 which can be divided by the Arbitrator among the various Stenos who work for the case. In the event the Board of Arbitration consists of more than one member, selection of stenographer shall be left to the Presiding Officer. In the first instance, efforts should be made to nominate a serving railway employee to work as Stenographer.

If no serving Railway employee is available to work as stenographer, only then a retired Railway officer appointed as Arbitrator may be asked to bring his own stenographer.

This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.