POSTPONEMENT OR PREPONEMENT OF JOURNEY on A RESERVED, RAC OR WAITLISTED TICKET-
POSTPONEMENT OF JOURNEY :
(a) CONFIRMED TICKETS :
Postponement of journey on confirmed tickets shall be allowed in the same or any higher class, by any subsequent train on the same day 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 of tickets surrendered during working hours and at least twenty four 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 twenty four hours and four hours before scheduled departure of the train in which originally booked;
(iv) 50% fare of already booked ticket is paid as cancellation charges, in case of the tickets surrendered during working hours and within four hours before the scheduled departure and upto the maximum time limits mentioned in rule 6(i)(c) of Refund Rules after actual departure of the train in which originally booked .
(b) RAC AND WAIT LISTED TICKETS :
Postponement of journey on RAC and Wait listed Tickets shall be allowed in the 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 upto the maximum time limits mentioned in rule 6(i)(c) of Refund Rules after actual departure of the train in which originally booked;
(iii) clerkage charge is paid.
(2)PREPONEMENT OF JOURNEY :
Preponement of journey on confirmed, RAC and wait listed 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)The ticket is surrendered during the working hours of the reservation office and at least six hours before the scheduled departure of the train in which reservation is required or before preparation of the reservation chart, whichever 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 and wait listed tickets;
(3) The difference in fares for originally booked journey and revised journey shall be refunded or recovered, as the case may be.
(4) Postponement or Preponement of journey shall be allowed only once.
(5) The Postponement or Preponement of normal train ticket journeys will not be applicable against Tatkal Quota even on payment of Tatkal charges.
(6) If the ticket, on which journey has been altered, is cancelled, cancellation charges shall be payable as indicated in Refund Rules.
