Norms for Recognition of Railway Federations at Railway Board level

Norms for Recognition of Railway Federations at Railway Board level

भारत सरकार/Government of India
रेल मंत्रालय/Ministry of Railways
(रेलवे बोर्ड/Railway Board)

No.2024/E(LR)III/SBE-III/Recognition

Rail Bhawan, New Delhi — 110 001, dated : 10.12.2024

The PCPOs
All Zonal Railways including
Metro Railway, Kolkata,
CLW/ Chittaranjan & RCF/ Kapurthala.

Sub: Norms for Recognition of Federations at Railway Board level.

As proposed by the Secret Ballot
Election Committee — III (SBEC-III) constituted vide Railway Board’s
order No.ERB-I/2023/23/60 dated 17.11.2023, the following norms have
been approved for recognition of Federation(s) at Railway Board’s
level:-

1. For the purpose of recognition of
   Federation by the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) Railway
   Federation means the federated body of such Railway Unions which are
   registered under Trade Unions Act, 1926 and exclusively represent the
   interest of all category of non—gazetted Railway Servants including
   erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Servants) of Railways;
2. The Railway Federation should have been existing or registered as such for at least one year as on 31.12.2023;
3. The constituent Trade Unions of
   Railways Federation should have got recognition in at least 06 of the 17
   Zonal Railways (16 Zones & Metro Railway, Kolkata) based on SBE-III
   Unions Elections;
4. The constituent Trade Unions of
   Railways Federation should have collectively got at least 15% of the
   valid votes polled on all Indian Railways basis (excluding RCF &
   CLW) in SBE-III Trade Union Elections.

The recognition of Railway Federation
shall therefore be extended by Railway Board to only those Federations
which fulfil the above criteria.

(Renu Sharma)
Principal Executive Director([R)
Railway Board