Emergency/VIP Quota Seat Details of Duronto Express (12262)

Submitted by shahrukh on గురు, 07/07/2022 - 17:37
Objective
To Know How Many Passenger Were Traveled Under Emergency/VIP Quota in Duronto 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 Duronto Express(12262) 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 3AC, 2AC and 1AC in Duronto Express. (Kindly provide proper day wise categorisation of allotted seats).
  2. Kindly provide the designation of each traveller under VIP Quota/Emergency Quota in Duronto Express in the month of May 2022 in each class (3AC, 2AC, 1AC).(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 :-
1AC
Day Seat Reserved Seat Allotted
Friday 32 3
Monday 40 13
Tuesday 40 7
Wednesday 32 1
2AC
Day Seat Reserved Seat Allotted
Friday 100 27
Monday 125 19
Tuesday 125 8
Wednesday 100 7
3AC
Day Seat Reserved Seat Allotted
Friday 160 29
Monday 200 25
Tuesday 200 7
Wednesday 160 4
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 12262 Duronto 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
Duronto Express VIP Quota RTI Request Application.pdf
RTI Response Details
Documents
Duronto Express VIP Quota RTI Reply
Date of Reply

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