(W.P. Ordinance XIV of 1969)
[30 July 1969 ]
An Ordinance to establish a Welfare Fund for the relief and
security of Railway servants and their families
Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to establish a Welfare Fund for the
relief and security of Railway servants and their families, in the manner
hereinafter appearing ;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25th March, 1969,
read with the Provisional Constitution Order, the Martial Law Administrator,
Zone ‘A’, in exercise of the powers of the Governor of West Pakistan conferred
on him by the Chief Martial Law Administrator, is pleased to make and
promulgate the following Ordinance:-
1. Short title, application and
commencement.— [2][2][(1) This Ordinance may be called the Pakistan Railway
Servants’ Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969.]
(2) It shall apply to all Railway servants
as hereinafter defined, provided that the Railway Board may, by notification in
the official Gazette, exempt any class of Railway servants from the operation
of this Ordinance.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as
the Railway Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this
behalf.
2. Definitions.— In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned
to them—
(a) “family”
in relation to a Railway servant means his or her—
(i) wife or wives or husband, as the case may be;
(ii) legitimate children and step children less
than twelve years old;
(iii) legitimate children and step children not less than twelve years
old, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her; and
(iv) parents, sisters and minor brothers, if residing with and wholly
dependent upon him or her;
(e) “prescribed”
means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance;
(f) “Railway
Board” means the [6][6][* * *] Pakistan Railway Board constituted under the
Transfer of Railways Order, 1962 (P.O. No.33 of 1962);
[7][7][(g) “Railway
servant” means a person employed in connection with the affairs of, or holding
any post in the Pakistan Railways who is under the administrative control of
the Railway Board or the Finance Member of the Board, and includes—
(i) any person who holds a post in the Railway Board; and
(ii) any person on deputation or foreign service who holds a lien on any
post in the Pakistan Railways and who is regularly subscribing to the Funds.]
(h) “rules”
means rules made under this Ordinance;
(i) “Welfare
Fund” means the Welfare Fund established under this Ordinance.
3. Welfare Fund.— (1) There shall be established a fund to be called the [8][8][* * *] Pakistan Railway Servants Welfare Fund.
(2) To the credit of the Fund shall be
placed—
(a) all
contributions received under sub-section (1) of section 6 from Railway
servants;
(b) the
contributions made to the Fund by the Railway Board under sub-section (2) of
section 6 in respect of Railway servants [9][9][holding posts in B1 to B15].
(c) any
interest or profit accruing on such contributions.
(3) The Welfare Fund shall be divided into
two parts; Part I for [10][10][Railway servants holding posts in B16 and above] and Part
II for [11][11][Railway servants holding posts in B1 to B15], and each such
Part shall be maintained and administered separately in accordance with the
provisions of this Ordinance.
(4) The contributions from [12][12][Railway servants holding posts in B16 and above]
received under section 6 shall be credited into Part I of the Welfare Fund, and
the contributions received from [13][13][Railway servants holding posts in B1 to B15] shall be
credited into Part II of the Fund.
(5) The moneys credited into the Welfare
Fund shall be kept in such bank or banks as may be prescribed.
(6) The Welfare Fund shall be utilized for
meeting the expenses on arrangements to be made with an insurance company or
other insurer for the insurance of Railway servants.
(7) Any sums remaining in the Welfare Fund
after defraying the expenses referred to in sub-section (6) may be utilized for
such benefits to Railway servants and their families as may be prescribed.
4. Constitution
and powers of Welfare Committees.— (1) As soon as may be, the Railway Board shall
constitute the following Committees, namely:-
(2) Part I of the Welfare Fund shall vest in
the Committee of Management for [16][16][Railway
servants holding posts in B16 and above] and Part II of the Welfare Fund shall
vest in the Committee of Management for [17][17][Railway
servants holding posts in B1 to B15] , and each of the said Committees shall
administer, in such manner as may be prescribed, the Part of the Welfare Fund
vesting in it.
(3) Subject to such rules as may be made in
this behalf and to such directions as may be issued by the Railway Board, each
Committee of Management—
(a) shall
from time to time arrange with such insurance company or other insurer, as it
deems fit, for the insurance of the Railway servants with which it is
concerned, in the sums specified in the Schedule;
(b) shall
have the power to sanction expenditure connected with the administration and
management of that Part of the Welfare Fund which vests in it; and
(c) may
do or cause to be done all things ancillary or incidental to any of the aforesaid
powers or to the purposes of the Welfare Fund.
5. Arrangement with Insurance Company.— The arrangement to be made with an insurance company or
other insurer under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 4 shall be to the
effect that on the death of a Railway servant of the [18][18][category]
specified in column I of the Schedule, the sum specified against that [19][19][category]
of Railway servant in column 2 of the Schedule shall be paid—
(a) to
such member or members of his family as he may have nominated for the purpose,
in full or in the shares specified by him at the time of making the nomination
; and
(b) where
no valid nomination by the Railway servant exists at the time of his death, the
sum assured shall be paid to his family, and in the absence of a family, to his
surviving relatives, if any, in the manner and in the shares in which the
gratuity of a deceased Railway servant is payable under the Pension Rules
applicable for the time being to Railway servants.
6. Payment of contributions.— (1) Every Railway servant [20][20][holding
posts in B16 and above] shall be liable to pay to the Welfare Fund as his
contribution such sum of money or such proportion of his emoluments as may be
prescribed.
(2) Contributions to the Welfare Fund, in
respect of Railway servants [21][21][holding posts in B16 and above] shall be paid by the
Railway Board.
[22][22][(3) Contributions
payable to the Welfare Fund by the Railway servants holding posts in B 16 and
above will be deducted at source from their pay bills by the drawing officers
concerned and credited to the Welfare Fund.]
(4) Where the contribution payable by a
Railway servant cannot for any reason be deducted from his pay, the Railway
servant shall remit to the prescribed officer, the amount of the contribution.
(5) Any contribution remaining unpaid due to
inadvertence or negligence of the Railway servant or otherwise shall be
recoverable from him together with interest.
7. Power to make rules.— The Railway Board may make rules for the purposes of giving
effect to all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(See Sections 4 and 5)
The sum
assured to be paid to the family of a deceased Railway servant under section 5
shall be as follows:-
In the case
of a Railway servant whose pay last drawn was–
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two hundred and fifty rupees or more but not more than
five hundred rupees
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seven thousand and five hundred rupees.
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more than five hundred but not more than seven hundred and
fifty rupees.
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fifteen thousand rupees.
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more than seven hundred and fifty rupees but not more than
one thousand rupees.
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twenty-two thousand and five hundred rupees.
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more than one thousand rupees but not more than one
thousand five hundred rupees.
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thirty thousand rupees.
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more than one thousand and five hundred rupees.
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forty-five thousand rupees.]
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[1][1]This Ordinance was promulgated by
the Administrator Martial Law, Zone ‘A’, on 25th July, 1969; published in the
West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30th July, 1969, pages 1161-66;
saved by Article 281 of the Interim Constitution of Pakistan (1972), and,
validated by the Validation of Laws Act, 1975 (LXIII of 1975).
[2][2]Substituted by the West
Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Federal
Ordinance XXX of 1984), effective from the first day of July, 1979.
[3][3]Clause
(b) omitted by the West Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund (Amendment)
Ordinance, 1984 (Federal Ordinance XXX of 1984), effective from the first day
of July, 1979.
[4][4]Substituted, for “Government of West Pakistan ”, by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order,
1975 (P.O. 4 of 1975).
[5][5]Clause
(d) omitted by the West Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund (Amendment)
Ordinance, 1984 (Federal Ordinance XXX of 1984), effective from the first day
of July, 1979.
[7][7]Substituted by the West
Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Federal
Ordinance XXX of 1984), effective from the first day of July, 1979.
[9][9]Substituted for the words,
letters and figures “drawing pay up to [Rs.500 p.m.]” by the West Pakistan
Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Federal Ordinance
XXX of 1984), effective from the first day of July, 1982. The letters and
figure in crochets were earlier substituted by the same Ordinance, section
4(a)(i) for the letters and figure “Rs.300 p.m.”.
[10][10]Ibid., for the words “gazetted
Railway servants”, effective from the first day of July 1979.
[14][14]Substituted for the words
“gazetted Railway servants” by the West Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund
(Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Federal Ordinance XXX of 1984), effective from the
first day of July, 1979.
[18][18]Substituted for the word
“class” by the West Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund (Amendment)
Ordinance, 1984 (Federal Ordinance XXX of 1984), effective from the first day
of July, 1979.
[20][20]Ibid., for the words, letters and
figure “drawing pay above “[Rs.500 p.m.]”, effective from the first day of July
1982. The words in crochets were earlier substituted by the same Ordinance for
the letters and figure “Rs.300 p.m.”, section 7(a).
“(3) Contributions payable to the Welfare Fund by [Railway servants
holding posts in B 16 and above] and [Railway servants holding posts in B1 to
B15] drawing pay above [Rs.500 p.m.] will be deducted at source from their pay
bills by the drawing officer concerned and credited to the Welfare Fund.”
The words
in crochets were earlier substituted by the same Ordinance for the words,
letters and figure “gazetted Railway
Servants”, “non-gazetted Railway servants” and “Rs.300 p.m.” respectively.
[23][23]Substituted by the West
Pakistan Railway Servants’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Federal
Ordinance XXX of 1984), effective from the first day of July, 1982
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