
(n) "TDR" means ticket deposit receipt issued to the passenger in lieu of the surrendered ticket, at the station where the ticket has been surrendered by the passenger or in case of ticket booked through internet, the ticket deposit receipt filed on-line (m) "ticket" means a single journey ticket or any half or return ticket but does not include a season ticket, an Indrail Pass ticket or a special ticket for a reserved carriage or a tourist car or saloon, or a special train (l) "station master" means a railway employee, by whatever name called, having overall charge of a railway station and includes any other railway employee authorised to grant refund of fare at a station (k) "station" means a railway station and includes other reservation office or railway ticketing centre in the same city (j) "reserved ticket" means a journey ticket on which a berth or seat has been reserved (i) "reservation fee" means the charge, in addition to the fare, levied by a railway administration for the reservation of a berth or seat (h) "railway ticketing centre" means a place where reserved or unreserved tickets are issued by railway employee or through an authorised agent (g) "RAC ticket" means Reservation Against Cancellation ticket on which a seat has been reserved against requisition for a berth and a berth may be subsequently provided against cancellation, if any (f) "fare" includes basic fare, supplementary charge on super fast trains, reservation fee and other applicable miscellaneous charges (e) "destination station" means the station for which the ticket has been issued (d) "confirmed ticket" means a ticket on which a berth or seat has been confirmed (c) "clerkage" means a charge levied by a railway administration for the clerical work rendered by it in the refund of fares (b) "authorised agent" means a person authorised by a railway administration to issue reserved or unreserved tickets and to cancel reserved tickets (a) "ARP" means advance reservation period upto which a reserved ticket can be booked for a future journey date


In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,. (2) They shall come into force on the 12th day of November, 2015.Ģ. (1) These rules may be called the Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Rules, 2015. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 60 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) and in supersession of Railway Passengers (Cancellation of tickets and refund of fare) Rules, 1998, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :-ġ. The Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Rules, 2015 Justice BN Srikrishna Report on Institutionalisation of Arbitration.
