Emergency Quota in Railways to High Official
Requisition (HOR) Holders
Release of Berths Under Emergency Quota in
Railways
In order to meet the urgent travel
requirements of High Official Requisition (HOR)
holders, which includes
Central Government Ministers, Judges of Hon'ble Supreme
Court/High
Courts of various States, Members of Parliament and
other emergent
demands, who are on the waiting list, a limited number
of berths have
been earmarked as Emergency Quota in different trains
and in different
classes.
The quota is released by the Railways 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-seniority in warrant of
precedence.
Thereafter, other requisitions received
from various quarters 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.
Emergency Quota Cells are located at
Zonal/Divisional Headquarters and at some of the
important
non-Headquarter stations. These Cells normally function
under the
control of a gazetted officer supported by requisite
number of staff
posted by Zonal Railways.
This information was made available in reply to a
question in Rajya Sabha.
Source: PIB
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