HOER RULES 2005
ABOUT
Railway Servants (Hours of Employment) Rules, 1961 were framed under
the Indian Railways Act, 1890. Under Rule 3(1) of the said Rules, the powers to
declare employment of railway servants as ‘Essentially Intermittent’ or
‘Continuous vests with the head of railway administration. Rule 4 of the said rules
provides that:-
If any question arises in respect of a declaration made under rule 3, the
matter shall be referred to the Regional Labour Commissioner (C) whose
decision subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2) shall be final.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the RLC(C) may, before the
expiry of 30 days from the date on which the decisions of the RLC(C) is
communicated to him, prefer an appeal to the Government whose decision
thereon shall be final.
Under Rule 2 (d), ‘Government means the Central Government in the
Ministry of Labour’.
In 2005, the revised ‘Railway Servants (Hours of Work and Period of Rest)
Rules’ were notified by the Ministry of Railways by issuing a Notification. In this
Notification the Secretary (L&E) was made the Appellate Authority.
Subsequently this has been amended and the concerned Joint Secretary/ Additional
Secretary in the Ministry of Labour & Employment has been degnated Appellate
Authority.