1.. As per extant provisions contained in Railway Servants [Pass] Rules, 1986 [Second Edition, 1993], a Privilege pass can be issued to a Railway Servant and his family with validity of 4 months. These rules provide that a son of a Railway servant can be included in the Privilege pass provided he is below 21 years of age and is dependent on the Railway servant except in certain conditions like scholar son, invalid son etc. as laid down in the Rules in terms of which such a son above 21 years of age can be included in the Privilege pass. In this regard, a point has been raised as to the procedure to be followed for issuing Privilege pass wherein the son of a Railway employee, who is about to complete 21 years of age, is sought to be included.
2. After careful consideration, it has been decided that in cases of issuance of Privilege pass in favour of a Railway Servant alongwith family including dependent son, who is neither a scholar nor invalid and is about to complete 21 years of age during the validity period of the Privilege Pass, the pass may be issued in the following manner:
[i] The Privilege pass may be issued in favour of a Rly. Servant with validity period up to the date preceding the date on which the son will be attaining the age of 21 years; or
[ii] Privilege pass may be issued with validity of full 4 months excluding the name of the son of the employee.
This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.