Indian Railway Handicapped Quota-IRCTC

Indian Railway Handicapped Quota-IRCTC

Earmarking of Reservation Quota for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in Reserved Second Sitting (2S)/ Air-Conditioned Chair Car (CC)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No. 2023/TG-I/11/02

New Delhi, dated 31.03.2023

Principal Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways.

(Commercial Circular No. 7 of 2023)

Sub: Earmarking of-reservation quota for persons with disabilities (PwD) in reserved Second Sitting (2S) / Air-Conditioned Chair Car (CC).

Ref: (i) CC no. 53 of 2017 dated 14.07.2017
(ii) CC no. 19 of 2022 dated 26.09.2022

In supersession of all the instructions issued regarding earmarking of reservation quota in different classes for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs / Divyangjans) and their attendant, it has been IT- decided to earmark the following reservation quota for them in those Mail / Express trains in which PwDs have been allowed to book reserved tickets on concession:

(i) Four berths in Sleeper class (two lower and two middle).

(ii) Two berths in 3 AC (one lower and one middle).

(iii) Two berths in 3E class (one lower and one middle) (in those trains in which there is no 3 A class and only 3E class coaches have been attached).

(iv) Four berths in SLRD coach of Garib Rath Express trains on full fare, (two lower and two upper).

(v) Two seats in reserved Second Sitting (2S) / Air-conditioned Chair Car (CC) in those trains which have more than two coaches of these classes.

2. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned accordingly. Wide publicity about this provision should be given through all available means for information of general public.

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(Sanjay Manocha)
Director Passenger Marketing-II
Railway Board
PR No.: 011- 23047367
Email id: manocha.421sanjay@gov.in
4th Floor, Room No: 415-A

Source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/

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Allotment of Berths under Physically Handicapped Quota

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No. 2012/TG-I/20/P/Handicap

New Delhi, dated 16.11.2015

Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways,

General Manager,
PRS/CRIS, Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi.

(Commercial Circular No. 67 of 2015)

Sub: Allotment of berths under physically handicapped quota.

As per extant instructions, handicapped quota of 2 berths in sleeper class (one lower and one. middle) is earmarked for physically handicapped persons travelling on concession.

1.1 There are two types of handicapped persons who can book berth under this quota; one for whom it is compulsory to travel along With escort and the second for whom it is optional. Recently instances were brought to the notice of this office where the handicapped persons for whom it is optional to. take an escort were not allowed to book single berth against this quota by some Railways since the second berth will go vacant as middle berth cannot be allotted to physically handicapped persons. This issue was also raised in Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities.

2. The matter has been accordingly examined and it has been decided. as under:-

(i) There will be two types of handicapped quota of two berths each (one lower and one middle) in the same cabin; one for physically handicapped persons who can utilize concession only when accompanied by an escort and the second for those handicapped persons for whom it is optional to take an escort with them.

(ii) As for the former category it is compulsory to be accompanied by an escort, these berths can be booked by such category of handicapped persons booking tickets on concession on first come first serve basis.

(iii) For the later, where. it is optional to be accompanied by an escort, if the first handicapped person intends to book berth along with escort, both the berths will be booked. However if the first handicapped person books without escort, the second berth will not be booked under handicapped quota and will be released to RAC/waitlisted passengers at the time of preparation of reservation charts.

(iv) Further, at the time of preparation of reservation charts, the unutilized lower berths under this quota can be released to physically handicapped passenger(of either category who were kept in general waiting list due to-exhaustion of their quota), single senior citizen travelling alone on priority
and thereafter to waitlisted passengers as per priority. In case a single berth. i.e. middle berth is left vacant in this quota of second category it will be released to RAC/waitlisted passengers.

(v) It has also been decided that whenever a physically handicapped person books ticket on concession and if no berth is available in handicapped quota, the system will automatically try to allot he lower berth to him/her and middle berth to escort subject to availability of same at the time of booking

(vi) CRIS will make necessary modifications in the software at the earliest but not later than 22.12.2015 under intimation to all Zonal Railways as well as to this office.

3. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned. After provision of this facility by CRIS, wide publicity to above changes may be made for information of general public.

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(Sanjay Manocha)
Dy. Director Traffic Commercial (G)-II
Railway Board

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