RPF staff may not disturbed in a mid-term of trial

DG/RPF is the only authority and last hope at least to provide them with a minimum opportunity to get justice from the court of law !

The RPF staff of NF Railway is facing a heavy mental agony but strongly believe that this problem may only redress by the DG/RPF and his personal intervention. In the last 4 years almost 600-700 RPF personnel of NF Railway irrespective of ranks have suffered from huge mantle agony of getting their names involved in HBA/FA loan cases.

Like other Railway employees RPF staff also avail housing loan from NF Railway after it being duly sanctioned by authorities of different railway departments which comes under the SBF (staff beneficiary fund) scheme. All beneficiaries have been repaying the loan with interest by deduction through their salary thereby incurring no pecuniary loss to the Government.

Available records reveal that similar housing loans have been availed from the last 30-35 years by thousands of Railway employees which were subsequently availed by RPF Personnel since 2003. However, taking cognisance on a pseudonymous complaint the then CSC/NFR has handed over the case to CBI and issued major penalty charge sheet against the beneficiaries of RPF though there is a provision of handling the cases by department itself, resulting which strong resentment has grown among the staff and family members not only that two Inspectors died due to the agony created by the mental torcher and pressure of CBI cases.

This is not a healthy practice at all for the force but retrograssive in nature.

Currently, CBI has filled the charge sheet in the case involving only 28 RPF personnel and advised for departmental action against rest by the then CSC/NFR. However, as per information affected RPF staff concerned CBI special court does not agree with the opinion of CBI so cognisance has yet not taken.

In HBA Rules, there is a clear provisions of deducting the whole amount at a time and penalty interest of Rs 2.5% as well as DA&R action may also be initiated in case of any default by the beneficiaries.

The affected RPF staff humbly request to present DG/RPF, kindly give a relief to all RPF staff and their family members by condoning this practice of unnecessarily criminalising these loan cases of so-called defaulters. It is especially requested to save those who are regularly repaying their loan amount.

Recovery is being made regularly with requisite interests from the defaulter as well. As 600-700 RPF staff who are forcibly implicated in CBI cases and DA&R proceedings may be helped by adopting a policy to exempt RPF staff from such agony. These cases also take lots of time, man-days and Railway revenue to finalise.

Moreover, under mantle pressure lots of staff are suseptable to Security breachs and the working of RPF may also be hampered.

Therefore, they fervently request DG/RPF to minimise the matter by dropping the DA&R cases against poor RPF staff, which relax them from mantle agony and inspire them to work with full confidence and energy. As it is not a mistake of one individual but the failure of the entire Railway system, so the case may be dealt with like HBA/FA cases of other Railway employees and fresh guidelines may be issued to be scrupulously followed by authorities in granting any fresh loan in the near future. For such acts of the administration, the affected RPF staff of NFRly will take a lesion forever with gratitude.

Further, considering the seriousness of the grievance, the then DG/RPF withdrew all major chargesheets and converted it to minor for those who were facing chargesheet. But 28 of them are facing CBI case as the then CSC/NFR forwarded the case to CBI and CBI has taken cognizance against them though more than 10,000 Railway employees have already consumed the same loan but these 28 RPF staff became scapegoats now.

Further, administration has planned to transfer them to Distant Railways. Now, they are requesting to someone atleast listen their problem so that will reach up to the DG/RPF because he is the only authority to take appropriate decision and solve the problem and that they may not be disturbed a mid of the trial and atleast provide minimum opportunity to get justice from Hon’ble Court of law.

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