Sanctioned work charged posts in Railways

Sanctioned work charged posts in Railways

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO  211

ANSWERED ON  04.08.2017

Sanctioned work charged posts in Railways

211 Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to satate :-(a) whether work charged posts of officers in Railways are being utilized as revenue posts in zonal railways, especially in the newly created zones ;

(b) whether all these work charged posts are currently sanctioned or officers are working on these posts beyond the sanctioned period, if so, the details of number of posts for which sanction has lapsed and the officers are still working thereon; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Ministry to convert the work charged posts, which are in existence for more than three years, to revenue posts?

ANSWER   MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.211 BY DR. ANIL KUMAR SAHANI ANSWERED ON 04.08.2017 REGARDING SANCTIONED WORK CHARGED POSTS IN RAILWAYS

(a) Revenue posts and Work charged posts co-exist on the Railways and Gazetted officers are posted against these in old as well as newly created Zonal Railways. Revenue posts are posts carrying a definite rate of pay sanctioned without limit of time. Work charged posts are created on ‘worth of charge’ basis against sanctioned works/ detailed estimates and outlay, for a ‘basket of projects’ depending on total allotment of funds and yardsticks stipulated by the Efficiency and Research Directorate for the corresponding financial year. The Work charged posts facilitate planning, execution and supervision of various Projects. The existing operation/ maintenance of Railways and project planning, execution and supervision, both in old and newly created zones are managed by officers working against Revenue and Work charged posts respectively.

(b) Work charged Posts are normally created initially for a period of one year and are extended on a year to year basis depending on requirement and allotment of funds. Extension of Work charged posts is done by Competent Authority after due process and scrutiny at various levels. Presently, total number of Work charged gazetted posts in various grades on Indian Railways is 6434. Out of 6434 Work charged posts, currency of 6275 posts have been duly extended. There are only 159 posts for which the process for extension of currency is underway. For payment of salary to the incumbents of these 159 posts, General Managers are authorised to issue Provisional Payment Authority (PPA) to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) & below posts. For Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) & Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) posts, Provisional Payment Authority is being issued by Railway Board.

(c) There is no provision for conversion of Work charged posts into Revenue posts.