High Power Committe on HOER

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)

No:ERB-1/2011/18 New Delhi dated 25.05.2011

Ministry of Railways(Railway Board) have decided to constitute a High power Committee to review the duty hours of running and other safety categories of staff on Railways under the chairmanship of Sri DP Tripathi, Ex Secretary, Ministry of Food processing Industries. The other members of the committee will be as under.

i) Sri VK Manglik, Ex GM, West Central Railway - Member.

ii) Sri. MS Khan, Ex.AM/Finance/Railway Board -Member

iii) Sri DS Baveja,Ex CEE, Western Railway - Member

Sri Anil Kumar Gulati, Chairman, HRRC, Railway Board will be Secretary to the Committee.

2. The Committee would examine, review and recommend on the following

i) Daily/weekly duty hours and rest at head quarters and out station for the running staff in all categories of trains.

ii)To review list of safety categories on the Railways, and recommend daily/weekly duty hours and weekly off for the staff in safety categories.

iii)Monetary compensation for work beyond duty hours/breach of rest in exigencies of service for running staff/staff in safety categories.

iv) Resting facilities and other provisions for out station rest of running staff , and

v) Any other issue ancillary to the above or which may be specifically referred to the committee by the Railway Board during its tenure.

3) The head quarter of the committee will be at New Delhi.

4) The tenure of the committee shall be for one year from the date of its constitution.

Shiv Dan Singh

Joint Secretary(Goz)

Railway Board.