Emergency/VIP Quota Seat Details of Geetanjali Express Express (12860)

Submitted by shahrukh on Thu, 07/07/2022 - 17:10
Objective
To Know How Many Passenger Were Traveled Under Emergency/VIP Quota in Geetanjali Express
Category
General Info
Organization

Each train has reserved seats under VIP/Emergency quota. This seat is to be used by any person or VIP or Railway officials only in case of emergency.

To get a seat under the emergency quota, a letter of recommendation issued by a gazetted officer or a concerned VIP has to be submitted before the journey.

An RTI was filed with South Eastern Railway to obtain such type of data about the Geetanjali Express (12860) which originated from Howrah Railway Station Kolkata and the destination is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai.

The point wise details asked in the RTI are :-

  1. In the month of May 2022, how many seats were allotted or number of passengers travelled under VIP Quota/Emergency Quota in Sleeper Class, 3AC, 2AC in Geetanjali Express. (Kindly provide proper day wise categorisation of allotted seats).
  2. Kindly provide the designation of each traveller under VIP Quota/Emergency Quota in Geetanjali Express in the month of May 2022 in each class (Sleeper, 3AC, 2AC).(Kindly provide proper day wise categorisation).

The point wise details of the concerned Central Public Information Officer is given below :-

1. For point number 1 CPIO replied that :-
2AC
Day Seat Reserved Seat Allotted
Friday 48 13
Monday 60 06
Saturday 48 36
Sunday 60 28
Thursday 48 20
Tuesday 60 21
Wednesday 48 15
3AC
Day Seat Reserved Seat Allotted
Friday 64 27
Monday 80 17
Saturday 64 43
Sunday 80 45
Thursday 64 27
Tuesday 80 29
Wednesday 64 21
Sleeper
Day Seat Reserved Seat Allotted
Friday 128 96
Monday 156 55
Saturday 128 137
Sunday 156 130
Thursday 128 81
Tuesday 156 110
Wednesday 128 78
2. For point number 2 CPIO replied that :-
As notified by Railway Board the designation of each traveller travelled under VIP Quota/Emergency Quota in train number 12860 Geetanjali Express in the month of May 2022 in each class pertains to third party information and cannot be provided as per extant rules.

Conclusion

  • The reply of the CPIO is very vague in nature and contains serious discrepancies.
  • We have filed an appeal against the reply of the CPIO.
  • We will update it as soon as we get an reply.
  • The official RTI request and CPIO's answer is given below.
Office
South Eastern Railway
RTI Request Set
RTI Request Details
Application Type
First Application
Date of Filing
Documents
Geetanjali Express VIP Quota RTI Request Application.pdf
RTI Response Details
Documents
Geetanjali Express VIP Quota RTI Reply
Date of Reply

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