Type & category of encroachments in Railway & division fixation of responsibility for encroachments

 i. Type/category of encroachments in Railway 

Category                    Type of encroachments 

Category -A         Encroachments by outsiders, removal of which requires action under                                     Public Premises Eviction Act.

Category -B        Encroachments by outsiders, which do not require action under PPE 

                            Act (e.g. temporary occupation of land by hawkers, using Railway land

                            for cattle, cow dung, refuse etc.)

Category -C        Encroachment by Railways staff in the form of temporary huts etc.

Category -D        Encroachment by Railway staff who have been allotted 

                           railway accommodation, by way of additions to the structures,

                           unauthorized use of land for cultivation etc. 

 ii. Division fixation of responsibility for encroachments

The following division of responsibility between the station staff and the engineering staff should be observed in regard to encroachments within the station areas:

a) At station, the Station Master is primarily responsible for preventing encroachments and for driving out trespassers by obtaining help from RPF/Police and Section Engineer (Works) as necessary.

b) In the goods shed, the chief Goods Clerk, wherever available, and the Station Master at other places is responsible for preventing encroachments and for driving out trespassers with the help of RPF/Police and Section engineer (Works) as necessary.

c) The responsibility for preventing encroachments and for driving out trespassers in circulating areas of the stations and goods sheds, normally rest with the Station Master or chief goods clerk for their respective areas. They can take the assistance from Engineering and RPF staff, as may be found necessary.