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Ministry of Railways18-July-2015 20:53 IST
Government of India
Ministry of Railways18-July-2015 20:53 IST
Ministry of
Railways decides to modify Tatkal ticket rules for the convenience of
passengers
Under
the proposed modifications, some existing anomalies are being corrected for the
benefit of the passengers
Under the modification, it is proposed to remove the condition of
providing photocopy of identity card or indicating its number at the time of
purchase of Tatkal ticket
The requirement of the
passenger to carry one of the permitted photo-identity cards during travel
continues to prevent any possible misuse
The
modified tatkal provisions to come to effect by 1st September,
2015. The exact date of effect will be notified separately
Ministry of Railways has decided to modify some of the rules pertaining
to purchase of tatkal tickets. Under the modified rules, there will be no
need to furnish photocopy of proof of identity while booking Tatkal ticket from
computerised reservation counter or to indicate its number at the time
of booking of Tatkal ticket at the counter or through internet.
In addition, as per the proposed changes, in case of ticket booked under
Tatkal scheme, one of the passengers has to produce anyone of
the following proofs of identity in original during the journey,
failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as
travelling without ticket and charged accordingly : -
(i) Voter
Photo Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India.
(ii) Passport
(iii) PAN Card issued by
Income Tax Department
(iv) Driving Licence issued
by RTO
(v) Photocopy
Identity Card having serial number issued by Central/State Government
(vi) Student Identity Card
with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their Students
(vii) Nationalised Bank
Passbook with photograph
(viii) Credit Cards issued by
Banks with laminated photograph
(ix) Unique Identification
Card “Aadhar”
(x) Photo
identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertaking of
State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and
Panchayat Administrations.
These
modifications will come into effect by 1st September,
2015. The exact date of effect will be notified separately.
Rationale For Changing
Rules For Tatkal tickets Booking :-
1.
As per extant/present instructions for undertaking journey on Tatkal tickets,
the passenger at the time of booking a ticket
from PRS Centre has to provide a photocopy of identity
card which he/she will carry during the journey. The number of this identity
card is indicated on the ticket as well as reservation chart and during the
journey the passenger has to carry the same original proof of identity failing
which he/she is treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly.
Similarly, in case of passengers booking ticket through internet, the
number and type of identity card to be carried by the passenger during the
journey is indicated at the time of booking of ticket and the passenger has to
carry the same original proof of identity during the journey failing which all
the passengers are treated as travelling without ticket and charged
accordingly. This provision has
been done away to facilitate passengers to buy Tatkal tickets since it is possible
that a person may be booking ticket for his parents (aged) /children who are
staying in a different city (hostel) and may not have photocopy of their
photo identity card. Now it would be possible to book tickets in such
situations. However, the requirement of the passenger to carry one
of the permitted photo Identity Card in original to prove his identity at
the time of travel continues to ensure there is no misuse.
2. Presently
the number given in the identity card has to be entered while generating the
Tatkal ticket. This is increasing the transaction time. The
transaction time for individuals booking through PRS and internet is getting
increased due to requirement of entering the identity card number while the
agents are able to book faster using scripting software and thereby getting
unfair advantage. By doing away with entering the identity card number, the
transaction time is reduced. Further in case the identity number is
wrongly typed by the railway clerk and found to be not tallying with the
original identity card number, the TTE has no discretion but to treat the
passenger as without ticket. There have been reports of passengers having
suffered due to this problem. The proposed modification solves this problem.
3. Presently
if the passenger is carrying a valid photo-identity card (Aadhaar
Card/Passport/Driving Licence/PAN Card etc.) but is not the same as mentioned
in the ticket at the time of booking the passenger will be treated as without
ticket. Many complaints have been received in this regard where the
passengers to continue travel had to pay the fare of the ticket plus penalty
for not showing the same photo-identity card as mentioned at the time of
booking. In case the passenger misplaces the identity card mentioned in the ticket
but is carrying any of the other identity card in the prescribed list the
present system will treat him as without ticket. A large number of
uneducated, senior citizen, women and people from rural areas were getting
affected due to this rule. This was also highlighted by Hon'ble MPs in various
meetings of the Parliamentary Standing Committee. This issue will also get
resolved under the proposed changes.
4. Presently
in case of normal (non-Tatkal) ticket a passenger can travel by showing anyone of
the 10 prescribed proof of identity in original. For Tatkal it was
restricted to only the identity proof mentioned in the ticket at the time of
booking the ticket. This anomaly has now been corrected in the proposed changes
and the Tatkal Ticket holder can also travel by showing anyone of
the ten prescribed proof of identity.
5.
In a nutshell, even after the modified rules, there is no dilution on proving
identity at the time of travel by showing the original photo-identity card.
The proposed change is only to facilitate easy booking of Tatkal tickets
by correcting existing anomalies.
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Source
: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=123375
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