Master Circular No. 2 Holiday Homes

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Master Circular No. 2

HOLIDAY HOMES

Part I
1.	Background
2.	Broad Principles to Establish Holiday Homes
3.	Charges
4.	List of Holiday Homes on Railways
5.	Points for Allotment
6.	General
Annexure-1
	List of Holiday Homes on Indian Railways
MASTER CIRCULAR No. 2 COMPENDIUM ON HOLIDAY HOMES Subject : Holiday Homes — Master circular. No. E (W) 90 WE-2/2 dated 06.09.1990 At present the orders relating to Holiday Homes are scattered in a number of Office Circulars/orders issued from time to time. The question of consolidation of these existing orders/circulars into one Master Circular has been under consideration of the Ministry of Railways They have now decided to issue a consolidated order on the subject as below for the information and guidance of allconcerned. 2. Holiday Homes have been established as a measure of amenity of staff. The broad principle, within the framework of which Railway Administrations may establish Holiday Homes, are indicatedbelow: (a) Holiday Homes may be set up in suitable hill stations or sea-side resorts or other pleasant surroundings or where popular demandexists. (b) As far as possible, fairly large buildings should be hired from any availablesource i.e. Defence, Civil, Municipal or private at suitable stations and sites or made available from any surplus buildings which may be possible for Railways to make available after effecting necessaryalterations. (c) The Railway Administrations are authorised to incur an outlay not exceeding Rs. 2,00,000 each and if a building is hired, to incur recurring expenditure not exceeding Rs. 150 per month as rent in each case. The terms of hire should be not to involve the Railway in long-term or indefinite liability beyond one or two years on eachoccasion. (d) There should be two types of accommodation viz. higher type of Group 'C' and lower type for group'D'. (e) The Railway Board need only to be addressed for approval to the location of a Holiday Home and when the expenditure in excess of the limit referred to above is involved, indicating how far away from Railway Station, how many staff can be accommodated at one time and what essential amenities areavailable. (f) Railway Administrations are empowered to provide the necessary essential equipment, such as utensils, furniture and recreational facilities, etc. the cost of which should also be within the ceiling limit of Rs. 2,00,000 referred to at (c)above. (g) Necessary running expenses viz. providing a Chowkidar-cum-Mali and/or a janitor according to the needs of each case, electricity charges, etc. may be incurred and provided for in the revenuebudget. (h) Incurrence of expenditure referred to above should be with the prior approval of theFinance. (i) The cost of the scheme is chargeable to Railway Revenues, Charges recovered from the staff should be credited to miscellaneous earnings under Abstract'Z'. [No.E 55 WE1-1 dated13.01.1956, No.E(W)76 WE 3- 13 dated27.09.1977, No. E(W) 88WE2-3 dated31.07.1989]

3. The charges to be recovered from officers and staff for the stay in the Holiday Homes are indicated below:

(a) Lodging charges to be recovered from staff:

(i) Group 'C' staff

(Higher Type of accommodation)

: Rs. 5 per day

(ii) Group 'D' staff

(Lower Type of accommodation)

: Rs. 2 per day

(b). Lump sum charges to be recovered from staff I children for organised trips to the All-Railway Holiday Homes at Pah gam/Srinagar :

Pay slab in the IV P.C. scales	Lump sum charge per head
Upto Rs. 950	Rs. 50
Rs. 951 and upto Rs. 2,000	Rs. 75
Rs. 2,001 and above	Rs. 100

Note: Effective from 01.08.1988

(c) Charges to be recovered from Gazetted officers :

Rs. 10 per suite per day.

(d). Charges to be recovered from Retired Railway servents

(i) Group 'D'	Rs. 5 per suite per day
(ii) Group 'C'	Rs. 10 per suite per day
(iii) Officers upto and inclusive of JA Grade	Rs. 15 per suite per day
'(iv) Officers above JA Grade	Rs. 30 per suite per day

Note : Effective from 01.07.1989.

(e) Occupation of officers* Holiday Homes/Rest Houses by outsiders :

Rs. 500 per day per suite inclusive of all charges.

[No. E(W)56-WE1116 dated 27.10.1956, No. E(W)61-WE2/8 dated 03.05.1961, No. E (W) 62-WE 217 dated 02.05.1962 , No. E(W)65-WE2/2 dated 25.03.1966, No. E (W) 66- WE 2/9 dated 12.07.1966, No. E (W) 74-WE 2/7 dated 05.03.1976, No. E(W) 80-WE2/6, dated 30.06.1982, No. E (W) 80 WE 2-7 dated 19.03.1982, No. 82 G (Acc.)-6/10/S&P dated 30.07.1982, No. E (W) 87-WE2/4 dated 27.07.1988, No. 88/G (Acc.) 6/10 dated 21.09.1988, No. E (W) 87-WE2/4 dated 09.06.1989]

4 . A list of Holiday Homes on various Railways is enclosed as Annexure-I for information.

5. Some of the points to be borne in mind by the Railway Administrations while allotting the accommodation in Holiday Homes are brought outbelow:

(i) Holiday Homes set up by a particular Railway may be allotted to the officers and staff of other Indian Railways/Production Units after meeting the demands of the staff of the Home Railway subject to recovery of normal rent as applicable for such accom- modation.

[No. E (W) 56 WE-I-I6 dated 19.12.1957, No. E (W) 57 WE 2-11 dated 14.06.1957 and No. E (W) 57 WE2/10 dated 05.11.1957]

(ii) Officers and staff of the Railway Board's office and its attached and subordinate offices as also IRCA will be eligible for allotment of Holiday Homes of any Railway at par with the staff of each Railway.

[No. E(W)57-WE211 dated 07.08.1957, No. E(W)57WE2-5 dated 17.10.1957and No. E (W) 65 WE 2/15 dated25.09.1965]

(iii) There is no objection to a Railway having a Holiday Home at a place outside its jurisdiction but the Holiday Home. will be in the charge of the Railway that serve the area.

[No. E(W) 58WE2/1 dated 19.01.1958]

(iv) Staff who are allotted accommodation in Holiday Homes should not be refused leave except in very emergentcase.

[No. E (W) 57 WE 2/3 dated 28.02.1958]

(v) Where lower type of accommodation has been closed down or not available, Group 'D' staff may be allotted higher type of accommodation on payment of charges for the lowertype.

[No. E(W)58 WE 2/10 dated 09.04.1959]

(vi) Full recovery of rent will be made if adequate advance intimation is not given after allotment of accommodation for cancellation irrespective of whether the suite is occupied ornot.

[No. E (W) 62 WE 2/7 dated 23.06.1962]

(vii) It is not permissible for officers to book accommodation in the Holiday Homes and allow friends or relatives to utiliseit.

[No. E(W)61 WE218 dated 03.05.1961]

(viii) Use of Holiday Homes may be permitted only in the case of Railway servants on deputation to posts which are necessarily to be filled by Railwayservants.

[No. E(W)63WE2118 dated 06.12.1963]

(ix) Officers and staff of Audit Deptt. on Railways including ADAI (Railways), staff and officers of the Central Govt. Ministries/ Departments as also the Lok and Rajya Sabha Secretariats may be permitted the use of Holiday Homes after meeting the demands of the staff and officers on the Railways. The charges to be recovered will be the same as applicable to the Railwayservants.

[No. E(W)64-WE 2/7 dated 20.06.1964, No. E (W) 64-WE 2/7 dated 17.07.1964, No. E (W) 69 WE 2/II dated 09.10.1969 and No. E(W) 74 WE 2/12 dated 03.02.1975]

(x) There is no objection to the accommodation being shared with another Railway officer but the rent will be charged from the officer who reserved the accommodation. There is no objection to an officer's family occupying the suite allotted to the officer in case the latter is unable of accompany thefamily.

[No. E(W)65WE2-2 dated 25.03.1966]

(xi) An employee's "Family" for the purpose of occupation of Holiday Homes should be deemed to include, when an employee or his wife/her husband is accompanying the family, his or her close relatives—not necessarily those entitled forpasses.

[No. E(W)66WE2116 dated 24.12.1966]

5. General:

(i) While referring the Master Circular, the original circulars referred to should be read for proper appreciation. The consolidation given in the Master Circulars should be construed only as a key to the original circular and not as a substitution. In case of any doubt, the original circulars referred to in the Master Circulars will be relied upon asauthority.

(ii) It should be noted that the orders/instructions issued under the various circulars have only prospective effect from the date of issue of the relevant original letters) unless specifically stated otherwise in the concerned letter. Hence, for dealing with old cases, the instructions in force at the relevant time have to be referredto.

(iii) Though all efforts have been taken to include all die relevant circulars on the subject, if any circular which has not been superseded happens to be omitted, that circular, which has been omitted through oversight, will still hold the field. Anyone coming across such a circular may bring it to the notice of the Railway Board for suitable action for issuing a supplementarycircular.

LIST OF HOLIDAY HOMES OF INDIAN RAILWAYS

Place (Date of opening in. brackets)			No. of Suites			Address for Application
Place (Date of opening in. brackets)			Officers	Gr. 'C'	Gr. 'D'	Address for Application
I.	Central Railway
	1.	Mahabateshwar (10.4.1980)	4	12	--	Officers: ADGM/C. Railway Bombay V.T. O thers: Sr. DPO/BBVT
	2.	Matheran (10.05.1956)	--	10	--	DRM(R), Bombay division
	3.	Lonawala (1890)	--	4	--	-do-
	4.	Igatpuri (02.05.1963)	--	2	--	-do-
	5.	Panchmarhi (01.08.1985)	--	3	--	DRM/JBP
	6.	Pandharpur (13.10.1985)	--	2	--	DRM/SUR
II.	Eastern Railway**
	7.	Puri (26.05.1958)	2	10	--	Sr. Personnel Officer (G), E. Railway, Calcutta for all the places.
	8.	Baidhyanath Dham (02.06.1965)	--	6*	--
	9.	Nainital (14.05.1979)	4	7	--
	10.	Darjeeling (June. 1983)	3	4
	** Opening of new Holiday Homes/Officers Rest-Houses at Hardwar in lieu of Mussorie and Puri in lieu of rental one under process. * Out of 6 suites, one suite is utilised as convalescent Home and is allotted on medical grounds, free of charge.


III.
	Srinagar (1954	8 + 15 Dormatries	Suite Nos. A, B, 1 & 2 Secy Railway Board, C.D. 3 & 4 G.M.(P), Northern Rly. E&5-DRM/FZR. Others: Manager, Indian Railway Holiday Home, Tulsibagh, Srinagar
	Pahalgam (1959)	7	Officers: Secy ./Railway Board. Others: Manager, Indian Railway Holiday Home, Tulsibagh, Srinagar.
	Simla (May, 1956)	13	Station Master/Simla.
	Haridwar. (1.4.1978)	2	DRM/MB
	Baijnath Paprola (1977)	2	I.O.W./Palampur
	Barog (May, 1966)	2	-
	Manali (Oct.1989)	2	DRM/FZR

IV.
	Nainital (28.12.1978)	8	Dy. G. M. (G), APO(W) & Sr.DEN, IZN.
	Suites for other Railways
	Eastern	7
	Northern	1
	N. F.	1
	DLW	1
	Rly. Bd.	2
	Ranikheth (20.04.1981)	2	DRM/IZN
	Varanasi March, (1984)	2	Sr. DEN/NE/Railway, (Varanasi)
	Allahabad City (01.09.1978)	4	AEN/NE Railway, Varanasi/APO (W)
V.
	Kurseong (15.05.1971)	10 Beds	AEN/NF Rly. Siliguri Jn.
	Shillong (Rest House cum-H. Home) (1962)	4	XEN/NF Rly., Pandu
	Darjeeling (24-04-1983)	4 (2 beds each)	Secy. to GM/NF rooms Railway.
	Craigmount at Darjeeling (Jan., 1968)	-	-
VI.
	Mysore (01.04.1958)	2	Sr. DPO/S. Rly., Mysore
	Coonoor	4	DPO/S. Rly., Palghat
	Madurai (06.05.1962)	5	Sr. DPO/S. Railway Madurai.
	Courtallam (28.06.1979)	4	-do-
	Kanyakumari	4	DPO/Trivandram
	Rameswaram (1.1.1990)	2	DRM/MDU
	Palani (1.1.1990)	2	-do-
	Convalescent Home Coonoor	1	Sr. DPO, Palghat.
VII.
	Colva Beach Goa area, Hubli Dn. Kamataka (1.6.1985)	2	Sr. DPO, SCR1y.,Hubli.
	Tirupathi (13.05.1988)	14	Sr. DPO, Guntakal
VIII.
	Puri (1963)	8	SPO (Welfare) /SE Rly. (1963) Calcutta.
	Ranchi (1.10.1953)	16
	Darjeeling (June, 1983)	4

IX.
	Pali Hill Bandra (West) Bombay (16.08.1957)	8 ( 2Room each)	DRM/Bombay Central
	Mount Abu (Paschim Kunj) (11.4.1980)	16	DRM/Ajmer
	Paschim Vihar (In the campus of ZTS. Udaipur) (16.12.1982)	8	CE/Churchgate
	Paschim Villa, Veraval (31.01.1989)

	Big Peaches and small Peaches, Mount Abu. (08.10.1930)	PA/CE. CCL
	Gaolvad (1937)	DRM, BCT

	Pali Hill Bandra, Bombay.	2(1 room each)
X.
	Puri (01.03.1983)	2

Important Letters on the Subject
1.	E(W)55 WE 1-1 dated 10.1.1958	Rest Homes for non-gazetted staff.
2.	E(W)64 WE 2-14 dated 11.1.1965	Holiday Homes for Railway officers at Pahalgam in Kashmir - Procedure for reservation and cancellation of reservation.
3.	E(W)89 WER-8 dated 13.10.1989	Northern Railway Holiday Home at Manali
4.	E(W)91 WE 2-2 dated 6.3.1991	Officers Rest House/Holiday Home at Tirumala Hills and Tirupati.
5.	E(W)90 WE2-2 dated 8.11.91	Officers Rest House/Holiday Home at Tirumala Hills and Tirupati.

Other Circulars Related to Holiday Home
S.No	Letter No.	RBE No.	Subject	Date
9.	E(W)2012/WE-2/3	34/ 2021	Sub : Holiday Home at Amarkantak for non-gazetted railway employees	10.05.2021
8.	E(W)2012/WE-2/3	74/ 2015	HOLIDAY HOMES AT MAIHAR (WCR) ON INDIAN RAILWAYS	03.07.2015
7.	E(W)2012/WE-2/3	69/ 2012	List of Holiday Homes on Indian Railways.	06.06.2012
6.	E(W)2002/WE-2/8	96/ 2008	Extension of Holiday Home facility to Retired Railway Employees	13.08.2008
5.	E(W)2002/WE-2/2	140/ 2002	Facilities of Holiday Homes to Retired Railway Employees	19.08.2002
4.	E(W)2000/WE-2/2	-	Holiday Homes	14.12.2000
3.	E(W)2000/WE-2/2	212/ 2000	Amendment of Provisions relating to Holiday Homes- Chapter XXII of Indian Railway Establishment Manual, Volume-II (Revised Edition-1990)	07.12.2000
2.	E(W)1997/WE-2/4	-	List of Holiday Homes	16.08.1999
1.	E(W)90/WE-2/2		Holiday Homes- Master Circular	06.09.1990

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