Other

May 1974

In power

INC — Centre

Acted

Centre

Under

Rule 14(ii), Railway Employees (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968 (as named by AIRF; the Deputy Railway Minister cited Rule 14 of the Discipline and Appeal Rules)

Employees were dismissed, removed or discharged, and those who struck had a break in service recorded. Defending the dismissals in the Rajya Sabha, the Deputy Railway Minister cited the rule that lets the disciplinary authority dispense with an inquiry when it records that one is not reasonably practicable. The government told the Rajya Sabha in August 1974 that 16,749 employees had been dismissed, removed or terminated, of whom 6,644 had been taken back by 5 August; that about 18,500 casual labourers had been discharged; and that about 5.5 lakh employees had a break in service, of which 1.4 lakh cases had been condoned. AIRF gives 10,329 permanent staff laid off, 5,630 temporary workers dismissed and 5.30 lakh breaks in service, and says families were forcibly removed from railway quarters. Other accounts give higher totals. [4][5][2][1][3]

• 10,310 (3,203 reinstated on appeal) dismissed or removed under Rule 14, said Government of India (Deputy Railway Minister, Rajya Sabha, 5 August 1974) [4]
• 16,749 (6,644 taken back by 5 August 1974) dismissed, said Government of India (Railway Minister, Rajya Sabha, 6 August 1974) [5]
• about 18,500 (9,458 taken back by 5 August 1974) casual labourers discharged, said Government of India (Railway Minister, Rajya Sabha, 6 August 1974) [5]
• about 5.5 lakh (550,000) employees with a break in service, said Government of India (Railway Minister, Rajya Sabha, 5-6 August 1974) [5]
• 10,329 permanent employees laid off, said AIRF [2]
• 5,630 temporary workers dismissed, said AIRF [2]
• 30,000 permanent staff dismissed, said Frontier (Harsh Thakor, 2024) [1]

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