Ticket confirmation requests by MPs

Ticket confirmation requests by MPs

The below information was submitted by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in Parliament on1.8.2014 as follows...

In order to meet the urgent travel requirements of High Official Requisition (HOR) holders (which include Central Government Ministers, judges of Supreme Court of India, High Courts of various States, etc.), Members of Parliament and others, a limited number of berths/seats have been earmarked as emergency quota in different trains and in different classes. 

The quota is released by the staff in accordance with the priority as per warrant of precedence and well established practice being followed since long.

At the time of allotment of berths/seats, emergency quota is first allotted for self travel of HOR holders/Members of Parliament, etc., strictly as per their inter-se seniority in warrant of precedence. Thereafter, other requisitions received from various quarters including that from Members of Parliament are considered and the remaining quota is released taking into account various factors like status of passengers travelling, nature of urgency like travelling on government duty, bereavement in the family, sickness, job interview, etc.

This practice is being followed on all the Zonal Railways including Northern and East Central Railways. No instance regarding tearing off letters of Members of Parliament or not picking phone/misbehaving with them/their staff has been reported on these Railways.