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PROPOSED REVISION IN TATKAL RULES w.e.f. 21.11.2011
 
1. Tatkal Advance Reservation Period reduced to one day – i.e., 24 hours other than date of travel.
2. Maximum of four passengers per ticket (earlier six).
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ID card (as already notified) of at least one passenger required at the time of booking.
a)A self-attested xerox copy of ID card should be enclosed with application form.
b)If the declared ID holder is not travelling the other passengers need to provide their ID (at least one of the passengers) at the time of partial cancellation.
c)If the holder is not travelling, all other passengers will also be declared as without ticket and penalty levied.
 4. No refund on confirmed tatkal tickets.However, full refunds allowed only for contingency cases such as “Train Cancelled”/Tatkal coach not available.
5. Duplicate tickets will not be issued.However, duplicate tickets will be issued on collection of full fare including Tatkal charges – only on contingency cases.
6. Agents/RTSAs/Web service agents shall be restricted from booking Tatkal tickets at the counters between 08.00 hrs. and 10.00 hrs.
 
<<<Identity Proof>>>
Voter ID card
Central/State Government ID card with photo
Passport
Driving Licence
PAN card of IT department
School ID card
Nationalised Bank passbook with photograph
Credit cards with laminated photograph

Official circular for the new rules for Tatkal.....
The Tatkal scheme for reservation has been reviewed and it has been decided to make following changes in the scheme:-
1. The Advance Reservation Period (ARP) of Tatkal scheme should be reduced
from two days at present to one day excluding the day of journey from the
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originating station. For example, if train is to depart from the originating
station on the second of the month, the Tatkal quota for that particular train
shall open at 0800 hours on the first of the month
2.No refund will be granted on cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets except in
case of circumstances mentioned in para 2 of instructions contained in
Commercial Circular no. 53 of 2006 issued vide letter no. 2006/TGII/20/P/Tatkal, dated 30.06.2006
3.No duplicate Tatkal tickets shall be issued. Duplicate Tatkal tickets shall be
issued only in exceptional cases on payment of full fare including Tatkal
charges.
4.Tatkal tickets shall be issued only on production of one of the eight prescribed
proofs of identity (as mentioned in Commercial Circular No.5 of 2011 issued
vide letter No.2010/TG.I/20/P/Tatkal dated 28.01.2011) as per procedure
explained below:-
a. For this purpose, a self attested photo copy of the proof of identity of
anyone passenger shall be attached to the requisition slip.
b. The details of the identity proof shall be captured by the system and
indicated on the reserved tickets as well on the reservation chart.
c. It will not be mandatory for the passenger(s) to go to the counter to
book the Tatkal ticket, however, the proof will have to be sent in the
aforementioned manner.
d. During the journey, the passenger, whose identity card number has
been indicated on the ticket, will have to produce original proof of identity indicated on the ticket, failing which all the passengers booked
on the ticket shall be treated as travelling without ticket and charged
accordingly. Indication will come on the ticket regarding carrying the
same original proof of identity during the journey, as indicated on the
ticket.
e. If the passenger whose identity card number is indicated on the ticket is
not travelling, all other passengers booked on that ticket, if found
travelling in train, will be treated as travelling without ticket and
charged accordingly.
f. CRIS may explore the feasibility of storing the number of proof of
identity in case of more than one passenger, whose indication can be
made on the ticket as well on the reservation chart. If such provision imade anyone of the passengers whose proof of identity have been
indicated can produce the original proof as indicated on the ticket as
well as reservation chart. In such cases, in case of non-travelling of the
one of the passengers whose proof of identity has been indicated, other
passenger(s) will be able to undertake the journey on production of
original proof of identity by the other passenger(s) whose proof of
identity has been indicated on the ticket as well on the reservation chart.
5.Agents / RTSAs shall be restricted from the booking Tatkal tickets at the
counters between 0800 hours and 1000 hours. This restriction shall be
enforced through frequent inspection at the counters. The agents both web
service agents and web agents shall also be restricted from booking Tatkal
tickets on the internet between 0800 hours and 1000 hours.
6.Even for internet booking for Tatkal tickets, the passenger shall enter the
identity proof type and number, which is to be used for travel. These details
shall be printed on the ERS/indicated on the MRMNRM as well as in the
reservation chart
7.It will be possible to book a maximum of only four passengers per PNR for
Tatkal tickets.
8.The web services agents of IRCTC will be permitted to book only one Tatkal
ticket per train per day on the internet.
CRIS & IRCTC will make necessary changes in the software latest by
21.11.2011 and will advise the date of effect to all Zonal Railways

Para 2 of instructions contained in
Commercial Circular no. 53 of 2006 issued vide letter no. 2006/TGII/
20/P/Tatkal, dated 30.06.2006.
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refund of fare and Tatkal charges will be granted on the tickets booked under this scheme in the following circumstances:-
a) If the train is delayed by more than 3 hours at the journey originating point of the passenger & not the boarding point if the passenger's journey originating point and boarding point are different.
b) If the train is to run on a diverted route and the passenger is not willing to travel;
c) If the train is to run on diverted route and the boarding station or the destination station or both the stations are not on the diverted route.
d) In case of non-attachment of coach in which Tatkal accommodation has been earmarked and the passenger has not been provided accommodation in the same class.
e) If the party has been accommodated in the lower class and does not want to travel. In case the party travels in lower class, the passenger will be given refund of difference of fare and also the difference of Tatkal charges, if any.