RBE No.226/1985 Interim Relief – To Running Staff

No.E(P&A)II-83/RS-22, dated 01.08.1985

Sub: Payment of Interim Relief to Running Staff – Reckoning of 30% Basic Pay – Pay element of Running Allowance.

Ref:  Board’s letter No.PC-IV/85/IR/1, dated 01.05.1985 (RBE No.129/1985).

1. A point has been raised whether the pay element in Running Allowance viz. 30% of basic pay is to be taken into account as pay for the purpose of determining the quantum of interim relief admissible to running staff in terms of Board’s letter referred to above.

2. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and it is clarified that the pay element in Running Allowance, viz. 30% of basic pay of the running staff which has been classified as “Pay” under clause (iii) of Rule 2003(21)(a)-RII, in terms of Para 3.2 of Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-80/RS-10, dated 17.07.1981, should not be included with basic pay for determining the quantum of interim relief to be granted to them. 

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.226/1985