Railway Board: Ex-Gratia Payment Of Rs. 25,00,000/-

Ex-gratia payment of Rs. 25,00,000/- may be given after sanction of DRM in consultation with associate finance: Railway Board Office of the Pr. Chief Personnel Officer EAST COAST RAILWAY Rail Sadan, 2nd Floor, Bhubaneswar-17

No.ECoR/Pers/Wel/ Policy/Ex-gratia

Dated: 15.12.2020

To

Sr. Divisional Personnel Officer – East Coast Railway Sambalpur Division.

Sub:- Ex-gratia payment – Regarding.

Ref Your letter No. DRM(P)/SBP/Wel/Ex-gratia, dated- 27.08.2019.

In reference to the letter cited above, it is mention that, the suggestions given by SBP division to rationalize the policy of ex-gratia was put-up to the competent authority and has been decided that:

A) Immediate ex-gratia of Rs. 15000/- need not be paid in advance, however, full amount of Rs. 25,00,000/- may be given after sanction of DRM in consultation with associate finance.

Commercial circular No. 2011/TC-III/27/29/Ex-gratia, issued on July 26, 2012 may not be linked to ex-gratia circular issued by Welfare Directorate, Railway Board.

B) Personnel department will process for payment of lump-sum ex-gratia as per JPO.”

C) As per JPO circulated vide this office letter No. ECoR/Pers/Wel/Ex-gratia/JPO/02/12, dated- 09.07.2012 and clarification given by the PFA and PCPO, dated- 12.03.2019 and 30.04.2019 respectively, in the case of Late Shankar Chandra Sagar, Ex Tech-II/SBP, payment of lump-sum ex-gratia may be sanctioned to the families of Railway servants who died in harness in the performance of his bonafide official duties.