1. Reference is invited to Board’s letter No.2005/TG-I/20/P dated 19.11.2008 regarding automatic allotment of berths from Emergency Quota for cancer patients and their attendants where they do not get confirmed berths from General quota.
2. The above issue has been raised by AIRF in the PNM forum and it has been decided to extend the provisions of Board’s letter dated 19.11.2008 ibid in the case of Railway servants, their family members and dependents who are suffering from cancer and traveling on medical passes for treatment in hospitals away from their headquarters, for automatic access to emergency quota.
3. Accordingly, to facilitate automatic allotment of berths from emergency quota to Railway servants, their family members and dependents suffering from cancer and traveling for treatment on medical passes, a stamped endorsement should be made on the pass as follows:
“ Issued for traveling for cancer treatment”.
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Copy of Board’s letter No.2005/TG-I/20/P dated 19.11.2008
1. There has been demand for earmarking of separate quota for Cancer patient. At present this quota has been earmarked in Sleeper/AC-3 tier classes for Cancer Patient travelling either alone or accompanied by attendant on eligible concession order in 9 trains originating from Mumbai area of Central Railway.
2. The matter has been further reviewed and it has been decided as under:-
(i) The cancer patients and their attendants travelling on concessional tickets issued in exchange of concession certificate as mentioned in column 4 of S.N.11 of Annexure of Rule 101 of IRCA Coaching Tariff Part I, Vol-II approaching for reservation will be provided accommodation out of the general quota, if vacant at the time of booking.
(ii) In case all the confirmed berths are already booked, computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) will automatically access Emergency Quota and provide them confirmed berths out of the Emergency Quota of that class earmarked at originating/intermediate station, whose general quota was being accessed.
(iii) Hence the cancer patients travelling with their attendants would now be provided accommodation in following sequence:-
a) General quota- to the extent available(till wait list is started)
b) Cancer quota – to the extent available, wherever defined.
c) Emergency quota- to the extent available.
d) General wait list.
(iv) The emergency quota controlling authority before releasing the emergency quota will first check with the PRS terminal and should allot only the left over available berths in emergency quota so as to avoid any excess allotment of berths out of the emergency quota i.e. in case out of 20 berths earmarked as emergency quota in any class in a train, six berths has already been allotted to cancer patients and their attendants at the booking counter itself, the emergency quota controlling authority will release only 14 berths.
(v) In case subsequent to release of Emergency Quota, the number of actual availability of berths/seats gets reduced due to booking by Cancer Patients, Quota controlling authority would reduce the emergency quota allotment to that extent.
(vi) If any berth(s) booked by Cancer patient(s) against Emergency Quota is cancelled before preparation of charts, the same should revert to the Emergency Quota.
3. Necessary modifications in the software has been carried out by CRIS and have been offered to Zonal Railways for testing.
4. It is desired that this facility should be available on-line w.e.f. 01.12.08 for Cancer patients and their attendants travelling on concessional certificate.
5. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned and wide publicity should be given through all possible means for the information of general public.