MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS(SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a): Waitlisted tickets are normally confirmed against the cancellation of already confirmed
tickets, through Emergency Quota and release of various unutilized quotas provided in the
trains viz. Emergency Quota,
Tatkal Quota, Defence Department Quota, Out Station Quota, Foreign Tourist Quota, Senior
Citizen Quota, Parliament House Quota, Handicapped Quota, Cancer Patient Quota etc.
(b): As some of the waitlisted tickets get confirmed against various quotas, including
cancellations and passengers not turned up, maintenance of separate data for waitlisted
tickets getting confirmed under various quotas is not feasible and hence not maintained by
Railways.
(c) No, Madam.
(d) & (e): In order to meet the urgent travel requirements of High Official Requisition
holders, which includes Central/State Government Ministers, Judges of Supreme Court of India,
High Courts of various States & MPs/MLAs/VIPs, a limited number of berths/seats have been
earmarked as High Official Requisition(HOR) Quota in different trains and in different classes.
Preference in this quota is given for self travel of high dignitaries.Thereafter, other
requests received from various quarters are considered and the unutilized quota is released
taking into account the factors like status of passengers travelling, nature of urgency like
travelling on Government duty, bereavement in the family, sickness, etc. While the requests
forwarded by MPs (for other than self travel) are generally complied with, but at times, it
is not feasible to accommodate all such requests when the demand exceeds the availability.
Specific cases of misuse of quota are enquired into and suitable action is taken against
officials found responsible.
