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Quarter Allotment & Entitlement

  1. Type-I: Employees in Pay Matrix Level 1 (Grade Pay up to ₹1,800).
  2. Type-II: Employees in Pay Matrix Levels 2 to 5 (Grade Pay above ₹1,800 and up to ₹2,400).
  3. Type-III: Employees in Pay Matrix Level 6 (Grade Pay above ₹2,400 and up to ₹4,200).
  4. Type-IV: Employees in Pay Matrix Levels 7 and 8 (Grade Pay above ₹4,200).
  5. Type-IV Special / Type-V: The document describes these quarters as strictly for Gazetted Officers in Pay Matrix Level 9 and above (Grade Pay ₹6,600 and above).
  6. Essential Staff Pool: Priority allocation for operational staff whose physical presence is important for round-the-clock railway safety and operations, including Station Masters, Controllers, Track Maintainers, Loco Pilots and Guards.
  7. Non-Essential Staff Pool: Managed through standard chronological seniority queues in the location's Priority Register.
  8. Running Staff Pool: Housing reserved for Loco Pilots and Train Guards near running lobbies or crew booking stations.
  9. SC/ST reservation: The document states 10% reservation in Type-I and Type-II colonies with at least 50 units, and 5% in Type-III and Type-IV quarters.
  10. Out-of-turn allotment: The document describes competent authority discretion (DRM/ADRM), medical grounds subject to a 5% ad-hoc pool limit, and specified compassionate appointment cases within 24 months.
  11. Working spouses at the same station: The document states that an employee cannot hold a quarter if the spouse already occupies railway accommodation at that station. If two railway employees holding separate quarters marry, one quarter is to be surrendered within one month. It mentions an exception where a competent court has issued a legally enforced separation order.