- Sympathetic remission: The guide says higher Appellate or Revision authorities may, on humanitarian grounds and considering service record, long service, family hardship or health crises, reduce a major penalty.
- Compassionate Allowance: The guide refers to Rule 65 of the Railway Services Pension Rules and describes a possible allowance after removal or dismissal, subject to the competent authority's decision.
- Financial limit stated in the guide: compassionate allowance cannot exceed two-thirds of the pension or gratuity that would have been admissible on regular retirement; it also states a minimum floor of ₹9,000 per month plus applicable Dearness Relief.
- Exclusion stated in the guide: it says compassionate allowance is not available where removal or dismissal resulted from proven corruption, bribery, embezzlement, systematic fraud or deep moral turpitude.
Mercy & Compassionate Allowance
Sympathetic remission, compassionate allowance and exclusions
Source: Railway_DAR_Complete_App_Folder_Guide.pdf, pages 1–3. This page only organizes the supplied PDF. Before acting on any rule or deadline, check the original rules, latest Railway Board orders and competent-authority instructions.