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General Rules Indian Railways SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY GENERAL RULES FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS WITH SUBSIDIARY RULES AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY 2008 (including A. S. No. 16) FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Disclaimer: This Compilation is for educational reference only. For details refer original correction slips. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. 69-RR/4 DATED THE 11TH FEBRUARY 1976 RESOLUTION General Rules for Indian Railways (Open Lines) 1976 administered by the Government and for the time being used for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods. The considerable advance made in recent years in methods of signalling and interlocking, modes of traction and introduction of new types of equipment necessitated a revision of the General Rules, which had been revised last in 1929, for working Open Lines of Railways in India. The revision of these rules was also advocated by the Railway Accidents Committee, 1962 and the Railway Accidents Inquiry Committee 1968, who desired that the revision of the Rules should be consistent not only with the conditions obtaining at present but likely to obtain in the foreseeable future, and emphasized the need for keeping the basic complexion of rules intact while at the same time providing for technological changes in recent years. 2. For this purpose, a Committee composed of officers selected from the Traffic and Signal Departments was appointed by the Railway Board in 1968. The Committee submitted a set of draft rules for consideration by the Board in February, 1970. The Commission of Railway Safety, whose comments were also invited did not favour the adoption of these draft rules which had proposed the abolition of certain existing fundamental concepts such as classification of Stations, minimum equipment of signals for each class of Station etc., in the Annual Report for 1971-72, the Commission stated that a wholesale revision and re- arrangement of the rules, which formed the basis of train working and safety of operations for over hundred years and which were ingrained in the minds of thousands of Railway staff would not be desirable. Accordingly, the commission conveyed to the Railway Board its inability to agree to the adoption of the new General Rules as drafted. 3. In consideration of the strong views expressed by the Commission of Railway Safety and the positive recommendations of the Railway Accidents Committee, 1962 and the Railway Accidents Inquiry Committee, 1968, Member Traffic, Railway Board, decided in September, 1972 that the revision of the existing General Rules should be so undertaken as to be in consonance with these views and to cover such aspects only of the existing rules as require modification in the light of the technological changes or where certain existing rules have outlived their use. A fresh revision of the General Rules was accordingly taken by the Safety Directorate in consultation with other Directorates of the Railway Board. 4. A provisional issue of the revised General Rules was circulated to Railway Administrations, the Research, Designs and Standards Organisation, the Commission of Railway Safety, Railway Staff College, Vadodara, Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad, Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune, Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur; etc., for criticism and suggestions under Government of India, Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) letter No.68-RR/2 Vol.V, dated 25.07.1974. 5. The exhaustive views and comments received from the Railway Administrations, the Commission of Railway Safety, other Railway Institutions and the Ministry of Law, having been considered by Member Traffic, Railway Board, in consultation with the concerned Directorates, a complete revised set of General Rules for Railways administered by the Government have now been framed, sanctioned and issued by the Central Government with Notification No.69-RR/4 of this day’s date to be brought into use on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 6. The Central Government desire that the said rules may be brought to the notice of the Administrations of the several Railways, not administered by the Government and that the Heads of Railway administrations of such railways may be invited to submit a formal application for the adoption of the rules, with such modifications (if any) as may be considered necessary in each case. Order: Ordered that this Resolution with its enclosures, be published under a Notification in the Official Gazette as required by Section 47 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890) and that a copy thereof be kept open for inspection at Railway stations as directed by sub-section (4) of the same section, as also that a copy of this Resolution and of its enclosures be communicated to the Governments, Administrations and Officers, noted below for information. B.M.KAUL Member Traffic, Railway Board and Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India PREFACE This book contains:- The General Rules for Open Lines of the Railways 1976 have been framed under Section 198 of the Railways Act 1989 by the Government of India. The Subsidiary Rules and the Special Instructions of the South Central Railway are issued by the Chief Operations Manager, the Authorised Officer, on the authority of GR 1.02 (5). This revised General and Subsidiary Rules book contains General Rules applicable to Indian Railways and Subsidiary Rules and special instructions of South Central Railway. No order contained in this book shall be varied, superseded, or suspended, except under the express authority of the Authorised Officer (COM)/S.C.Rly in writing. All orders, and instructions issued in this connection shall be considered arising out of official duty and shall be communicated to such of the staff to whom they concern. Whenever necessary, the General Rules are amended by the Government of India, whereas, the Subsidiary Rules and Special Instructions are amended by the Authorised Officer. Every Railway Servant is bound under Section 175 of the Railways Act 1989 by the General Rules, the Subsidiary Rules and special instructions. Therefore, they must acquaint themselves thoroughly with all the General Rules, Subsidiary Rules and special instructions. The General Rules are printed in bold letters, while the Subsidiary Rules are printed in smaller letters, below the General Rules, with the same numbers of the General Rules which they refer. Special Instructions relating to some topics are grouped under Appendices. Subsidiary Rules and special instructions shall be read in conjunction with the General Rules. Special instructions relating to Block Working are issued separately in Block Working Manual. This book is updated upto Amendment Slip No.19, dated 08.04.2008. Any Amendment to this new book will be issued in the form of replacement pages for the convenience of the staff and it is the responsibility of the staff, whoever supplied with this book to keep them up to date, duly replacing the pages and entering the particulars of Amendments in the “Register of Amendment Slips” This book is meant for official use only. It is the property of the Railway Administration, and it shall be returned by the staff on leaving the service. This book supersedes all previous General and Subsidiary Rules Books and comes into force with immediate effect. Secunderabad (J.N.JAGANNATH) Dt.08.04.2008 CHIEF OPERATIONS MANAGER SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY FOREWORD This New General and Subsidiary Rules Book is brought-out and placed before you after reviewing all the SRs in confirmity with GRs with an orientation for practicability at the field level. Although this work is stupendous in task, suggestions drawn from various departments of the South Central Railway have been taken into thorough consideration. All the Rules meriting review have been diligently examined by the Rules Section/COM’s Office, Safety Department, Faculty of ZRTI/MLY and the Staff of proven experience and skill from the departments. Towards Performance Improvement, which is paramount in Railway working, a plethora of improvements in the publication of the G&SR Book has been made with a prime objective to enhance the professional competency of the Railway men. In facilitating the efficient and effective performance of their duties, more specifically from the categories of Station Masters, Controllers, the Loco Pilots, Assistant Loco Pilots, Guards, field maintenance Staff and Supervisors, P.Way, S&T, C&W and the Training Institutions concerned with the development of HRD,cover the areas: A new SR pertaining to “Blocks” containing various blocks along with working procedure is added. Procedure for Working of Material Trains, Track Machines, Motor Trolleys, Tower Wagons etc., is made lucid and understandable for easy comprehension to suit the requirements of Staff working at the field. With the same enthusiasm, working problems in Automatic Block System are resolved; and Neat and excellent get-up of the book with quality paper is ensured. With this gamut of comprehensiveness and clarity in the face of massive inputs of technology in the Railway working, it is firmly expected from the Staff and Supervisors to pay sustained attention in the performance of their duties to align individual performance with Organization’s mission and objectives as enshrined by the Railway Administration. Rules Section COM’s Office Railnilayam Secunderabad (M. RAJU) Dt.08.04.2008 CHIEF TRAFFIC PLANNING MANAGER SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY RECORD OF AMENDMENT SLIPS AND ITS RELATED PAGE REPLACEMENTS / INSERTIONS Initials & Page Designation A.S.No.& Item Chapter Rule No. Page No. replaced No. of Remarks Date No. No. inserted Inspecting Official A.S. 1 II 2.01 8 Incorporated No. 1 17.11.08 2 II 2.02 8 Incorporated 3 App. II Para IV (1.2) 349 Incorporated 4 App. II Para IV (1.6) 353 Incorporated A.S.NO 2 1 III SR.
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