RBE No. 219/1985 Voluntary Retirement – Clarification
No.E(P&A)I-77/46, dated 02.08.1985
Sub: Scheme of voluntary retirement for Railway employees.
In implementation of the scheme of voluntary retirement on Railways, introduced in terms of instructions issued vide Board’s letter of even number dated 09.11.1977, certain doubts have arisen which are clarified as under:
| S.No. | Point raised | Clarification |
| 1 | Is the scheme of voluntary retirement applicable to Railway servants on deputation to other Central Govt. Deptts.? If so, is weightage to be given on the total service rendered in the landing as well as the borrowing department? | Yes. The notice of voluntary retirement in such cases has to be forwarded to the parent (lending) Department for examination and acceptance or otherwise under the Rules.
The weightage in qualifying service should be given on the total service rendered by a Railway servant in the borrowing Deptt. as well as in the present department. |
| 2 | The scheme of voluntary retirement applicable to Railway servants on deputation to a State Government or Union Territories like the Delhi Administration? | Same as against item No.1. The scheme of voluntary retirement would apply to Railway servants on deputation to State Governments, Governments of Union Territories also. |
| 3 | Would the scheme of voluntary retirement in terms of letter dated 09.11.1977 apply to Railway servants on deputation to a joint venture undertaking and who seek to get absorbed therein? | Since Joint Sector Undertakings are now placed on the same footing as autonomous bodies/ public sector undertakings, the scheme of voluntary retirement in terms of para 3(xii) of Board’s letter of 09.11.1977 would not be applicable to Railway servants on deputation to Joint Sector Undertakings which are under the joint control of the Central Government & State Govt., or that of two or more State Governments and who seek to get absorbed in such undertakings.
However, the other pro-rata retirement benefits admissible as per the extent orders, in the case of absorption in autonomous bodies/ public sector undertaking under the control of the Central Government have already been extended, in terms of the instructions issued vide Board’s letter No.F(E)III-84 PN1/5, dated 25.06.1984 to cases of absorption in autonomous bodies/ public sector undertakings under the control of State Governments as well as to cases of absorption in Joint Sector Undertakings under the joint control of Central Government and the State Government(s) or that of two or more State Governments. |