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"3. That deponent further submits that the oral communication received from the clerk of this Hon'ble Court regarding SRM Check for 29.09.2016 and 30.09.2016 at Railway Stations at Ambala Cantt and City was duly considered keeping in view the following facts : -

a. That in Ambala Division, no sanctioned post of ticket checking staff for SRM squad. At present, against the actual requirement of 1209 tickets checking staff, the

7 of 27 division is having 685 ticket checking staff against the sanctioned strength of 789. Approx. 70 pairs of mail/express Shatabdi trains are being manned by Divisional Ticket Checking Staff and remaining staff are being utilised at stations for station duty and for open ticket checking. The SRM Checks are carried out from amongst the ticket checking staff put in open ticket checking. It is further submitted that Ambala Division is spread over 5 states including the State of Haryana having 24 stations.

exercised by ticket collector who man the various accesses to platforms.

(ii) The checks at ticket-vise (checking stations, by ticket collectors posted to check tickets or through passengers in trains.

(iii) Replacement checks : To ascertain the efficacy of checks exercised by ticket collector they are replaced by TTEs drawn from sectional/divisional/headquarters squads. These squads function round the clock for 24 hrs. or more, then their performance e.g. the number of ticketless passengers apprehended, the amount realised, the percentage of missing tickets etc. is compared with that of the ticket checking staff posted at station. Suitable steps are taken by divisional authorities to improve the performance of the ticket checking staff at station, if it is found to be unsatisfactory as a result of these replacement checks.

          (b)    Concentrated section checks

          (i)    These checks cover all trains over a particular section

which should preferably extend from one ticket checking station to the next. For proper appreciation of ticketless travel on the section it will be necessary to hold the check for a complete number of days once or more.

(ii) The total number of trains checks are multiplied by the length of section checks to arrive at the total number f train kilometer checked. The total earning of a check is then divided by the total number of checks to work out the earning per train, 18 of 27 kilometer. By comparing this figure with the figure of earning per train kilometer checked during day to day checks an assessment can be made of the adequacy or otherwise of existing ticket checking arrangements on the section. In all the checks, a Railway Magistrate must be provided with the team of guards/TTEs and all the persons guilty of the offences under the Railways Act are liable to be produced before him and he will hold a summary trial at a particular place or specially constituted court.