Retention of Railway quarters on educational grounds

Attention is invited to the contents of Railway Board’s letter No.: E(G) 2006 QR 1-14 dated 12-11-2007 where the matter regarding retention of accommodation on educational grounds was reiterated as under; “Retention of Railway accommodation in the event of permanent transfer is permitted on educational grounds to cover the current academic session. The academic/scholastic session has been defined as the academic course ending with annual examination. This aspect has been reviewed and in partial modification of instructions contained in letter No: E(G) 85 QR 1-9 dated 15.01.90, it has been decided that for the purpose of retention of Railway accommodation, the end of academic/scholastic session shall mean

“ last paper of annual examination plus fifteen days time.”

The matter regarding re-iteration of the existing instructions was discussed in the DC/JCM vide item No. 2/2009 and as decided the instructions are re-iterated as under:

 “In the event of permanent transfer retention of Railway accommodation is allowed on educational ground to cover the current academic session only (i.e. end of the academic/scholastic session) plus 15 days. The end of academic/scholastic session shall, in this case, mean “ last paper of annual examination.”