MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(Railway Board)

NOTIFICATION

New r>;1hi, tin lrtth January, 1981

S.O. 31 (E).—H exirjisa of ihs powers conferred by clauses

ff) and (g) of sub-section (1) of seclbn 47 of the Indian Railways

Act, 1893 (9 of 18J0), thj C\\itral Govsrnnwnt h;reby makes

th; following rubs further to amsnd the Railways (Warehousing

ani Whirtag.') Rubs, 1958, namely:--

1.(1) T/n39 rubs miy b; exiled ths Railways (Warehousing

and Wharfage)

(Second Amendment) Rules, 1981,

(2) They s'ull cam; n t j tVjj with eiKjjt from the 1st day

of February, 1981.

2. In the Railways (Warehousing and Wharfage) Rales,

1958:—

(a) in ths Table to clauso (d) of rub 1, for the entries under

column 4, against the item "Luggage and parcel Traffic", the

following entries shall be substituted, namely:—

"Group I

Group II

Group ITI

stations

Rs.

1st 24 hours

0,50

0.40

0.20

2nd 24 hours

0.75

0 50

0.30

3rd 24 hours

1.00

0 70

0 40"

and thereafter

(b) in sub-rule (a) of rule 2: —

(i) far th.j letters and figures "Rs. 10", appearing after

thj words "not exceeding" the lotters and figures "Rs.

25" shall bj substituted ;

(ii) for the letters and figures "Rs. 2", appearing after the

words "not baloty", the letters and figures "Rs. 10"

shi.Il bi substituted ;

(iii) for ths btters anil figures "Rs. 2", appearing after tho

w.irds "not ex;wding", th; letters and figures "Rs. 10"

shall be substituted ;

3. Wharfage on animals, poultry and birds :

Whirfaga shill bi chirged on animals, poultry and birds

after the expiration of five hours from the time at which thoy

are received at a station at the following rates, namely:—

(i) Aninuls :

Forty p.dso per animal per hour

or part of an hour.

Note :

Wanfagj chirgj is also leviable

on sucklings or calves carried

free with their parent animals.

(ii) Poultry or blrdj in

Twsnty-nv;; rnise par twenty-flvo

baskets, crates oi

cubic dxinuters or part thereo f

cagss.

pjr hour or part of an hour.

fiii) Poultry or birds othsr- Twanty-fivc paiso per head per

•visa than in biskets,

h.iur or part of an hour.

crates or cages.

Thrs; charges shUl bj in addition to any oxpenses entailed

in feeding the nnlmals, poultry and birds.

Uid^r ariy circuiiitinse, liv: animals shall be removed from

th • R lilway premises within twentv-four hours from the time

of their arrival it destination, failing which they may be disposed

of in accordance with the provisions contained in sub-section

(2) of section 56 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890".

(d) in rule 6, iu the Table appearing under the heading "D

murrage on Goods Wagons", against item (i) for entries under

column 3, tho following entries shall be substituted, namely:—t

"60 paise for the first day; 80 paise for the second day

and Re. 1 for tho third day and thereafter for all wagons

except vcgotable oil tank wngons; Re, 1/ for the first day

Rs. 2 for the second diy and Rs. 3 for the third day and there-

after for vegetable oil tank wagons".

(ii) against item (II, for tho entry under column 3 tha follow-

ing entry shall b* substituted, namely:—

"6Q piisc for the first day, 80 paise for tho second day

t^{md R'jo^; oi8 for the third day an}¹^{thsreaft;r for all wagons}

except vcgetablo oil tank wagons ; Re. 1/- for the first day,

Ra. 2/- for the second day and Rs. 3/- for the third day and

there tfter for vegetable oil tank wagons."

(e) in the Table to rule 7:—

(0 against item (0, for the entries under column 3, the follow-

ing shall be substituted, namely:—

"F.T th; first 24 haurs after the expiry of the free tim<j—

60P.

For the next 24 hours after expiry of free tlmo—80P.

Beyond 4S hours after expiry of free time—Re. 1".

(ii) against item (ii), under column 3, for tho entries tho

following shall be substituted, namely:—

"For thr first 24 hours after the oxpiry of the free time—60P.

For the next 24 hours after expiry of tho free time—80P.

Boyond 48 hours after expiry of the froo time—Re. 1,"

(f) in rule 7, for sub-rule (b) the following shnll be substitu-

ted, namely:—

"(b) Demurrage on passenger carriages, othor

than

tourist cars and saloons, reserved for the convenience of

passengers and not availed of or availed of, but detailed at

the starting station, en-route or at destination, may be char-

ged at the rates specified below subject to a minimum charge

of Rs. 20 per four-wheeler, Rs. 30 per six-wheeler and Rs.

40 per bogie:—

Type of vehicle

A.GC.

First and Second

Description

Four-wheelers.

Six-wheelors.

Bogie

Fojr-wheelers.

Six-whcelers

Bogie.

Rates for

all

gauges per hour

or part of an

hour

Rs.P.

15.00

22.50

30.00

5.00

7.50

10.00

For air-conditioned tourist cars and saloons ordered and

not used, demurrage shall bt charged at the rate of Rs. 30 per

hour or part of an hour ; for tourist cars and saloons other than

THE GAZETTE OF TND1A : EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3fii)]

Air-conditioned tourist cars and saloons ordered and not used,

demurrage shall be charged at the rate of Rs. 10/- per hour or

part of an hour subject to the following minimum charges:—

4-wheclers

6-wheclers

Bogie

Standard

Gauge

Ra.

Other

Gauges

Rs.

40"

(g) for sub-mis (I) of rub 15, th; following shall be sub-

stituted namely:—

"(1) The Railway Administration may, if and for so

long as the state of traffic or any sudden emergency makes

it necessary, and after notifying the intention to do so by

exhibiting notices on the Notice Boards available in the goods

sheds and parcel offices, levy the higher wharfage charge of

Rupees Two per fifty kilograms or part thereof per day o i

part of a day on non-bulk commodities in the goods sheds

and on parcel and luggage traffic of every description in the

parcel offices, and a higher demurrage charge of Rupees Two

per tonne or part of a tonne per hour or part of an hour In

respect of both goods wagons and coaching vehicles."

[No. TCI/80/201/8]

K. BALACHANDRAN, Secy. Railway Board

and Ex-Offlcio Jt. Secy, to the Govt. of India.

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1981