New Rules
POSTPONEMENT OF JOURNEY
213.9 Postponement or preponement a reserved, RAC or waitlist ticket-
(1) Postponement of journey:
(a) Confirmed Ticket:- Postponment of journey on confirmed tickets shall be allowed in the same or any higher class’ by any subsequent train on the same or any subsequent day, for same or any longer destination, provided that:-
(i) confirmed or RAC or waiting list accommodation is available in the train in which fresh reservation is required.:-
(ii) fresh reservation fee for the class for which reservation is required is paid, in case oft tickets surrendered during working hours and at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the train in which originally booked;
(iii) 25% fare of already booked ticket is paid as cancellation charges, in case of tickets surrendered during working hours and within 24 hrs and 4 hours before schedule departure of the train in which originally booked;
(iv) 50% fare of already booked ticket is paid as cancellation charges, in case of tickets surrendered during working hours and with in 4 hours before schedule departure and up the maximum time limits mentioned in rule 213.6(i)(c) (i.e 3/6/12 hours, depending on distance.) after actual departure of the train in which originally booked;
(b) RAC & WAITLISTED TICKETS: Postponment of journey on RAC and waitlisted tickets shall be allowed in same or higher class, by any subsequent train on the same or any subsequent day, for same or any longer destination, provided that-
(i) confirmed or RAC or waiting list accommodation is available in the train in which fresh reservation is required;
(ii) ticket is surrendered during working hours and up to the maximum time limits mentioned in rule 213.6 (i) (c) ,(i.e. 3/6/12 hours depending on distance) after actual departure of the train in which originally:-
(iii) clerkage charge is paid;
PREPONEMENT OF JOURNEY
(2) Preponement of journey : Preponement of journey on confirmed, RAC & waitlisted tickets shall be allowed in the same or any higher class ,by any earlier train on the same day or any earlier day, for same or any longer destination, provided that
(a) confirmed or RAC or waiting list accommodation is available in the train in which fresh reservation is required;
(b) ticket is surrendered during working hours of reservation office and at least 6 hrs before scheduled departure of the train in which reservation is required or before preparation of reservation chart, which ever is later;
(c) fresh reservation fee for the class for which reservation is required is paid, in case of preponement on confirmed tickets and
(d) clerkage charge is paid, in case of preponement on RAC & wait listed ticket;
Conditions for modification of journey
(3) If there is difference in fares for originally booked journey and revised journey the difference of fare shall be refunded or recovered, as the case may subject to the provisions of rule 213.9(1)& (2) above.
(4) Postponement or Preponement of journey under the above sub-rules shall be allowed only once.
(5) The postponement/preponement of normal train ticket journeys will not be applicable against Tatkal Quota eve on payment of Tatkal charges.
Refund on cancellations of modified ticket.
(6) If the ticket, on which journey has been alerted under the above sub-rules ,is cancelled, cancellation charges shall be payable as follows:-
(a) cancellation charge as would have been due if the ticket for original reservation had been cancelled at the time of postponement /preponement of journey,
(b) cancellation charges due in respect of ticket for alerted reservation as if this alerted reservation is fresh reservation.
(c) in cases where 25% or 50% cancellation charges were realized at the time of modification of journey, the cancellation charges mentioned in (a) shall not be levied again and the cancellation charges mentioned in (b) only shall be levied”