Running Allowance for staff performing running Duties (Rule 901 IREM Vol 1)
1. Running Allowance Rules are called “The Rules for the payment of Running and other Allowances to the running staff on the Railways” coming to force with effect from 1-8-1981.
2. In the provision of these rules, the following terms shall have the meaning assigned to them for the purpose of payment of Running and other Allowances to the running staff : (Rule 902 IREM Vol 1)
(i) “Competent authority” means the President of India or any authority to whom the power to amend or interpret these Rules may be delegated or any authority in whom powers are vested by or under these Rules.
(ii) “Day” means a calendar day beginning at midnight of a day/date and ending at midnight of the following day/date. The concept of “Rostered Day” as existing hitherto shall be abolished with effect from 1-8-1981.
(iii) “Running duties” mean duties directly connected with the movement of trains and performed by running staff while employed on moving trains or engines including shunting engines.
(iv) “Running staff” performing “running duties” shall refer to Railway servants of the categories mentioned below :
| Loco | Traffic |
| (a) Drivers, including Motormen & Rail Motor Drivers but excluding Shunters. | (a) Guards |
| (b) Shunters | (b) Assistant Guards |
| (c) Firemen, including Instructing Firemen, Electric Assistant on Electric Locos and Diesel Assistant/Drivers. Assistants on Diesel Locos. |
(v) "Running Allowance" means an allowance ordinarily granted to running staff in terms of and at the rates specified in these rules, and/or modified by the Central Government in the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), for the performance of duties directly connected with charge of moving trains and includes a "Kilometrage Allowance" and "Allowance in lieu of kilometrage" but excludes special compensatory allowances.
(vi) "Terminal" means station/yard from which trains start after formation or the station/yard at which they terminate and does not include Roadside stations.
(vii) "Shunting (Section or pick-up) train" means a scheduled goods train regularly run for picking up and detaching wagons, either loaded or empty, at roadside stations.
(viii) (a) "Emergency shunting" includes attaching/detaching of all wagons which have developed hot axles or wagons which are not fit to run.
(b) "Occasional shunting" includes all attaching/detaching of inspection carriages.
(ix) "Through Goods Trains" means a train which is scheduled to run from one terminal to another (including those stabled enroute and stabled trains which are picked and cleared) and which ordinarily has shunting planned at only one station/point with one emergency or occasional shunting, with provision for shunting at one or more station/point in exceptional circumstances. It includes light engines run on traffic account.
(x) "Tranship (van) train" means a scheduled goods train regularly run for picking up and delivering consignments of smalls at stations. SQT/ASQT services which were hitherto covered under this category shall be discontinued with effect from 1-8-1981.
(xi) "Shunting/Van Goods /Works train" means a goods train which is run to perform scheduled sectional work and which is required to do shunting at more than one station/point and which may also be required to do emergency/occasional shunting.
(xii) "Ballast, Material and Crane, Specials" means trains working on departmental account for the carriage of ballast or material or for the haulage of cranes,
(xiii) "Breakdown and Medical Relief train" means train working on departmental account on breakdown duties or for Providing medical relief on account of accidents etc.
(xiv) "Light engines on mechanical account" means light engines proceeding for repairs to shops/sheds after repairs in shops to sheds and after temporary repairs to shops when they are unfit to work a train.
(xv) "Departmental train" means a train working on departmental account and includes ballast trains, Breakdown relief trains, material trains and light engines on mechanical account. It also includes the following services :
(a) unloading coal or pump boiler at the pump houses while working light engine or train;
(b) light engine ordered with engineering representatives to certify the track;
(c) light engine ordered with water tender from one station to another.
The following services are to be treated as ordinary services :
(a) Inspection specials or specials with Railways Officials in cases of emergency e.g. GM's Inspection specials, Divisional Inspection Specials;
(b) "Damaged rake specials and trial rake specials".
(xvi) (a) "Stationary posts" refers to all posts excluding those specified under item (iv).
(b) "Stationary duties" refers to duties performed other than running duties specified under item (iii).
(xvii) "Regulations" means the Hours of Employment Regulations in so far as they apply to running staff.
(xviii) "Signing on" and "Signing off" shall have the same meaning as in Hours of Employment Regulations.
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