Interim Procedure Order on regularization of absence during COVID- 19 epidemic lockdown period: Railway Board Order Dt. 03 Sept 2020
COVID-19 महामारी के कारण Lockdown/Quarantine होने के कारण अनुपस्थित रहने वाले रेलवे कर्मचारियों के लिए रेलवे बोर्ड का महत्ववपूर्ण आदेश
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
BHARAT SARKAR
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(G) 2020/LE 2/1
New Delhi dated 03.09.2020
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways & Production Units,
GMs/NF Railway(Cons)
CORE/Allahabad/Metro Railway, Kolkata.
Sub: Interim Procedure Order on regularization of absence during COVID – 19 epidemic lockdown period.
DOP&T has issued a clarification vide their letter No.14029/5/2019-Estt (L)(Pt.2) dated 28/07/2020 on regularization of absence during COVTD-19 epidemic lockdown period for Central Government employees who proceeded on leave with station leave permission but could not report for duty due to non-availability of public transport/flights and restrictions on inter/intra state movement of persons as per Ministry of Home Affairs’ Orders from time to time, to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. A copy of this letter has been circulated to Zonal Railways for compliance vide Board’s letter No. E(G) 2020/LE/2/1 dated 06/08/2020 (Copy enclosed).
It has been noticed that different Zonal Railways are following/adopting different procedure for regularization of absence of Railway employees during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown. In view of this, it has been decided to adopt a uniform interim procedure order over Indian Railways with a view to maintain and update leave records as per extant procedure. Therefore, it has been decided to regularize the absence during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown period as per following measures for only those situations which have not been covered w1der the above mentioned DOP&T’s letter dated 28/07/2020 as an interim relief/measure till further clarification is received from DOP&T.
| Sl. No. | Situations | The period of absence to be treated as |
| 1 | An employee remained in HQ but could not attend office due to lockdown, disruption of public transport or being m containment zone. | Duty |
| 2 | An employee was asked to remain in quarantine on return from outstation duty | Special Casual leave (SCL). |
| 3 | An employee remained in quarantine due to Central/State Govt. instructions | Special Casual leave (SCL). |
| 4 | An employee was advised by Railway Medical Authority to remain in quarantine. | Special Casual leave (SCL). |
| 5 | An employee who chose to remain in quarantine as a precaution. | Special Casual leave (SCL). |
| 6 | An employee who worked from home due to co-morbidity or underlying medical conditions as per Central/State Govt. instructions. | Duty only after pemission of cadre controlling authority Otherwise leave as per normal rule. |
| 7 | An employee who was in HQ but did not turn up for duty on being called. | Absent, the period & pay may be decided as per normal rules. |
| 8 | An employee has left the headquarters without pe1mission and later informed the office that he/she is not able to reach back to office due to lockdown | Special Casual Leave. |
| 9 | An employee stayed at home as a precautionary measure and later found to be COVID-19 positive | Special Casual Leave. |
| 10 | An employee, who has refused to attend office and insisted on working from home, despite his/her name is figuring m the roster and no underlying medical conditions. | Duty only after permission of cadre controlling authority. Otherwise treat the period as absent/ Leave as per normal rules. |
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