RBE No.83/2013
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E (W)/2011/SC-2/4
New Delhi, dated: 14/08/2013
The General Manager,
All Zonal Railways and CLW & DLW.
Sub : Fixing uniform number of vacations /
holidays for Railway school teachers.
In a Court case bearing O.A.No.1239/2005
filed by Shri K.S.Patnaik and 78 other Railway school teachers before Central
Administrative Tribunal, Kolkata Bench, Kolkata, regarding vacations / holidays
admissible to Railway teachers, the Hon’ble Tribunal has observed
“Leave entitlements and holidays for all
teachers in the Railways irrespective of the Zone/State has to be same. This
total number should have no relationship with the State in which they are
located.
In the aforesaid case Hon’ble Tribunal has
accordingly, issued directions that
“This total number can be fixed by the
Railway Board on a reference made to it, keeping all factors in view. Once the
total number of holidays is fixed it can be left for individual Zones to fix
the distribution of such holidays, the overall total remaining the same”.
2. The judgement of Hon’ble CAT/Kolkata in
above mentioned O.A.No.1239/2005 filed by Shri K.S.Patnaik and Others has been
further upheld by Hon’ble High Court of Calcutta in Writ Petition (CiviI)
No.304/2011 filed by the Railways.
3. Pursuant to aforesaid directions of
Hon’ble CAT/Kolkata as upheld by Honble Calcutta High Court, the matter has
been examined in Railway Board in consultation with Legal Adviser/Railway
Board, keeping various perspectives in view including the existing number of
vacations/holidays admissible to Railway school teachers over various Zonal
Railways, number of vacations/holidays admissible to school teachers in
Kendriya Vidyalayas, number of holidays available to Railway employees in
general and guidelines issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE), New Delhi, etc.
2. Accordingly, it has been decided to fix
uniform number of vacations/holidays for Railway school teachers (including
Lecturers/Junior Lecturers in Railway Inter-Colleges wherever existing) over
all Indian Railways in the manner as stated below :-
i) Railway schools shall function for 8 hours
and 10 minutes duration in a day (total 370 minutes) which shall include
assembly/prayer time of 20 minutes at the start in the morning, a recess break
of 30 minutes and a total of 8 periods of 40 minutes duration each, distributed
evenly before and after the recess.
ii) Number of vacations / holidays admissible
to Railway school teachers during the academic session shall be as below:
a) Summer – 50 days (starting from a date
between vacations 11th & 15th May)
b) Autumn break / Dussehra holidays – 10 days
(as per festival calendar).
c) Winter break – 13 days (starting from 23rd
24th December)
The above is the normal schedule of vacations
and Zonal Railways are at liberty to distribute these vacations as per local
festival/customary requirements or climatic conditions but keeping the total to
73 vacations in a year. Oak Grove School, Jharipani, Mussoorie (Northern
Railway) may observe longer winter vacations within the number of vacations
prescribed.
iii) 14 compulsory holidays including 3 national
holidays to be observed as per calendar circulated by Railway Board every year.
iv) 5 additional holidays from the list of
optional holidays / restricted holidays as circulated by Railway Board every
year, at the discretion of Zonal Railways.
v) Every Sunday shall be weekly off and every
2nd Saturday of the month shall also be a non-working day in Railway schools.
vi) No separate holiday shall be admissible
for Annual Day and Sports Day in Railway schools and these days may be observed
by suitable adjustments or compensation.
4. Leave entitlements of vacation staff
including teachers are regulated in terms of Liberalized Leave Rules, as
amended from time to time.
5. The aforesaid schedule of working/
vacations/ holidays may be implemented in all Railway schools from the academic
session 2013-14 and compliance reported to Railway Board.
Please acknowledge receipt.
sd/-
(Debasis Mazumdar)
Director Estt.(Welfare)
Railway
Board
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