TO
Sri HARI KRISHNAN,
CHIEF
PERSONNEL OFFICER,
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY,
HUBLI.
Respected Sir,
Sub: Regarding
periodical rest and compensatory rest to the running staff.
This organization would like to raise a pertinent
point which is having very much importance as far as the safety work
satisfaction and social life of running staff.
Periodical Rest is granted not only to remove the
fatigue from the body but also it is just like a weekly off given to all
government and private employees to be with their family and to fulfill their
social obligations.
As per chapter XIV clause 133 of Indian railway act
running staff should be granted with at least four numbers of 30 hrs or five
numbers of 22 hours periodical rest(PR) every month. But in south Western Railway,
due to the prolonged detention of running staff at outstation, periodical rest
is not granted regularly to running staff. Normally periodical rest is granted
once in ten or fourteen days in the name of acute crew position. Due to this
running staff is not been granted their whole number of periodical rest in a
month. They are forced to forgo one or two periodical rest due to them.
HOER states that no railway servant in respect of
whom an exemption has been made under rule shall be required to work for more
than fourteen days without a periodical rest and shall be provided with
compensatory rest within this period.
Clause 133(3) of Indian railway 1989 is reproduced
here as follows for your kind perusal.
” subject to the
rules as may be made in this behalf , if the prescribed authority is of the
opinion that such circumstances as are referred in the sub section (4) of
section 132 are present , it may except any railway servant from the provisions
of sub section (1) or clause (1) of sub section (2) Provided that a railway
servant so exempted shall, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, be
granted compensatory periodical rest (CR) for the period he has forgone”.
Reading the above mentioned clauses together we can
judiciously come to a conclusion that within a period of fourteen days running
staff should be granted with two number of PR.
If he has forgone his periodical rest which was due to him in the first
week as per the instructions of authorities for working a train, he should be
granted with a CR and PR (total two number of rest) with in a period of
fourteen days.
The depot in charges
even though not able to grant periodical rest on time, not ready to
grant the compensatory rest for the periodical rest ,the staff have forgone
stating that there is no provision for the running staff to grant compensatory
rest(CR). The effort made to convince them of this fact turned out to be futile
due to their ignorance to the rules and in the name of instructions from the
higher authorities.
Hence this organization requests your good office to
do the following things for the effective implementation of rest rules.
1) If an employee forgo his periodical rest for the
interest of train operation he should be granted with a compensatory rest
immediately on his arrival back to his head quarters and his second periodical
rest should be granted with in fourteen days from the day on which his PR
should have been due ,had he been granted with
his first PR on the 7 th day. It would be wrong to insist
him that he should work six more days again to make him eligible for his second
PR after a CR is granted to him.
2) Separate periodical rest and compensatory rest
register should be maintained in the lobby to record the same.
3) Compensatory rest should also be allowed to
prefixed or suffixed with leave as in the case of periodical rest.
3) Your Good self may instruct and ensure that all
these records are maintained in the lobby and should issue necessary
instructions to all the divisions to educate the ignorant crew controllers
regarding the grand of periodical rest and compensatory rest.
Not granting four number of periodical rest or
compensatory rest is a violation of the relevant clauses in the Indian railway
act 1989 and railway servants (hours of work and periods of rest) rules, 2005.
We hope that your good office will issue proper
instructions to all the divisions and also take necessary action against the
errant supervisory officials who defaults their duty in ensuring the above
mentioned rules are complied with in its letter and spirit
Thanking You
Yours Faithfully
Bangalore,
09.06.2014 (SUNISH.C)
1 comments:
What is the rule for PR..?
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