Joining Time Rules in Indian Railway
Joining Time Rules is given on Chapter 11 of Indian
Railway Establishment Code (Volume - 1)
1.Rule for Extent of application
of Joining Time (Rule IREC 1101) - Joining Time shall be granted to a
Railway servant on transfer in public interest to enable him to join the new
post either at the same or a new station.
2. Rule On temporary transfer (Rule
IREC 1102) - No joining time is admissible in the
case of temporary transfer for a period not exceeding 180 days. Actual transit
time as in the case of journey on tour shall only be allowed.
3. Rule for discharge for taking appointment at another station (Rule IREC 1103) - Railway servants who are discharged due to reduction of establishment from one Railway Office and posted to another Railway Office, shall be entitled to joining time, if the orders of appointment to the new pos t are received by them while working in the old post. If they are appointed to the new post after being discharged from the old post, the period of break may be converted into joining time with- out pay by the Head of Department provided that the break does not exceed 30 days and the Railway servant has rendered not less than 3 years continuous service on the date of discharge.
4. Rule regarding Joining Time On first appointment. (Rule IREC 1104) For
appointment to posts under the Railways on the results of a competitive
examination and/ or interview open to railway servants and others.- Railway
servants and permanent/provisionally permanent Central and State Government
employees will be entitled to joining time under these rules. Temporary Railway
employees who have not completed 3 years or regular continuous service, though
entitled to joining time, would not be entitled to joining time pay.
5. Rule for Commencement of joining time (Rule IREC
1105)
The joining time shall commence from the
1ate of relinquishment of charge of the old post if the charge is made over in
the forenoon or the following date, if
the charge is made over in the afternoon.
6. Rule regarding Time and place from which
joining time calculated (Rule IREC 1106) - The joining time shall be calculated
from old headquarters in all cases including where a Railway servant receives
his transfer orders or makes over charge of the old post in a place other than
his old headquarters or where the headquarters of a railway servant while on
tour is changed to the tour station itself or where his temporary transfer is
converted into permanent transfer.
7. Rule regarding Amount of
joining time admissible (Rule IREC 1107) Not more than one day's joining time
shall be allowed to a Railway servant to join a new post within the same
'station or which does not involve change of residence from one station to
another.
Note.-For this purpose, the
term same station will be interpreted to mean the area falling within the
jurisdiction of the municipality or corporation including such of suburban
municipalities, notified areas or cantonments as are continuous to the named municipality
etc.
8. Rule regarding Joining
time on transfer (Rule IREC 1108) In the cases involving transfer from one
station to another and also involving change of residence, the Railway servant
shall be allowed joining time with reference to the distance between the old
headquarters and the new headquarters by direct route and ordinary mode(s) of
travel as indicated in the following schedule. When holiday(s) follow(s)
journey time the normal joining time may be deemed to have been extended to
over such holidays.
1. 1. Distance between the old headquarters and the new
headquarters 1000 Kms. or less then Joining time admissible 10 Days
2. 2. Distance between the old headquarters and the new
headquarters More
then 1000 Kms then Joining time admissible 12 Days
3. 3. Distance between
the old headquarters and the new headquarters More than 2000 Kms. Then Joining
time admissible 15 days except in cases of travel by air for which the maximum
will be 12 days.
Note.-Distance means actual distance and not
weighted mileage for which fare is charged by the Railway in certain ghat/hill
sections.
9. Rule regarding Extension of joining time (Rule
IREC 1109) Extension of joining time beyond the
limits indicated in para 1108 above, can be granted upto the maximum limit of 30 days by the Head of Departments and on
Divisions, by Divisional Railway Managers in the case of Group C and Group D
staff and beyond 30 days by the Ministry of Railways, the guiding principle
being that the total period of joining time should be approximately equal to 8
days for preparation plus reasonable transit time plus holidays, if any,
following the extended joining time. While computing the transit time,
allowance could be made for the time unavoidably Spent due to disruption of
transport arrangement caused by strike or natural calamities, or the period
spent awaiting the departure of steamer etc.
10. Rule regarding Crediting
leave account with unutilised joining time (Rule IREC 1110) when
a Railway servant joins the new post without
availing of the full joining time, the number of days of joining time as
admissible under these rules subject to the maximum of 15 days, reduced by the
number or days actually availed of, shall be credited to his leave account as
leave on average pay. The credit of the joining time to the leave account will
be subject to the usual restriction on accumulation of leave on Average Pay in
the leave account. No special Casual Leave in lieu of joining time will be admissible.
11. Rule regarding Combination of Joining time
with vacation (Rule IREC 1111) Joining time may be combined with
vacation and/or regular leave of any kind or duration except casual leave.
12. Rule for Joining time When
transfer orders are modified (Rule IREC 1112) If a railway servant in transit on
transfer is directed to proceed to a place different from that indicated in the
initial transfer orders, he shall be entitled to joining time already availed
of up to the date of receipt of revised orders plus fresh spell of full joining
time from the date following the date of receipt of the revised orders. The
fresh spell of joining time in such cases shall be calculated from the place at
which he received revised orders as if he is transferred from that place.
13. Rule Regarding Joining Time Pay and Allowances
(Rule IREC 1113) A railway servant on joining time shall
be regarded as on duty during that period and shall be entitled to be paid
joining time pay equal to the pay which was drawn before relinquishment of
charge in the old post. He shall be entitled to Dearness Allowance, if any,
appropriate to the joining time pay, compensatory allowances like City
Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance as applicable to the old station
from which he was transferred, but not conveyance allowance or permanent
travelling allowance.
14. Rule of Joining Time On deputation outside
Railways (Rule IREC 1114) When a Railway Servant to whom these
rules apply, is transferred to the control of Central Government/Defence
Services or organisation which has made separate rules prescribing amount of
joining time, his joining time for the journey to join his post under that
Government/organisation and for the return journey will be governed by those
rules, unless different provisions are expressly made in the terms of
deputation/foreign service by mutual agreement between the lending and
borrowing authorities.
15. Rule Regarding Joining Time On deputation
to Railways (Rule IREC 1115) The joining time of Central Government
employees Armed Forces personnel and those paid from Defence Services
estimates, and the employees of State Government or any other organisation, who
are appointed to Railway services and post under the Railways on deputation or
on foreign service basis, shall, for joining the Railways and for the return
Journey, be regulated in accordance with these rules, unless different
provisions are expressly made in their respective terms of deputation/foreign
service by mutual agreement between the lending and borrowing authorities.
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