Booking of Officers Rest House (ORH) through ‘PRAVAS’ portal – Railway Board Order dated 09.06.2025

 Booking of Officers Rest House (ORH) through ‘PRAVAS’ portal – Railway Board Order dated 09.06.2025

भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(रेलवे बोर्ड RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2024/LMB-I/15/74

New Delhi, Dated: 09.06.2025

The General Managers,
All Zonal Railways and PUs,
CORE & NF(C),
DG/ Training Institutes, DG/RDSO

Sub: – Booking of Officers Rest House (ORH) through ‘PRAVAS’ portal

Ref: (i) RB letters No. 2018/E&R/3(7)/1 dated 08.02.2024 & 29.02.2024
(ii) RB letter No. 2005/LMB/3/34 dated 28.02.2024

Reference is invited to Board’s letter cited at reference (i), wherein guidelines were issued for the booking of Officers’ Rest Houses (ORHs) through the PRAVAS portal. All Zonal Railways were accordingly advised to upload the complete inventory of all ORH rooms under their jurisdiction onto the PRAVAS portal.

It has been observed, with concern, that despite the passage of more than a year, some Zonal Railways have not yet fully uploaded the inventory of ORH rooms on the an PRAVAS portal. This non-compliance has been viewed seriously by the Board.

Further, it has come to notice that many ORH rooms are being blocked by Zonal Railways for various reasons. It may be recalled that Zonal Railways have already been delegated the authority to allocate up to 30% of ORH rooms through the Headquarter Quota (HQ). However, excessive blocking of rooms has led to under-utilization and unavailability of accommodation for eligible Railway officers. (Status of rooms blocked for 20.05.2025 is enclosed) 

In order to streamline the booking process and ensure optimal utilization of ORH rooms through the PRAVAS portal, the following instructions are issued for strict compliance:

1. All ORH rooms must be fully onboarded onto the PRAVAS portal by all Zonal Railways by 30.06.2025.

2. Zonal Railways shall retain only 30% of the total ORH rooms under HQ quota. Any rooms kept under long-term repair shall also be counted within this 30% quota. At all times, 70% of the rooms must be available for automatic allotment (AA) through the PRAVAS portal.

3. Instructions issued vide Board’s letter cited at reference (ii) dated 28.02.2024, regarding non-blocking of rooms in the names of senior officials, must be strictly adhered to.

4. While allotting rooms under the HQ quota whether for personal use or for guests, it must be certified that there are no pending on-duty requests from any Railway officer for accommodation.

All Zonal Railways are advised to ensure strict compliance with the above instructions to enhance transparency and efficiency in ORH room allotment.

DA: As above.

(Pankaj Tyagi)
Executive Director/L&A
Railway Board
1st floor, Room No. 143

S.No.	Zone	Total Rooms	AA Rooms	Blocked AA	HO Rooms	Blocked HO Room
1	CR	235	129	56	106	5
2	ER	226	87	49	139	11
3	ECR	251	150	77	101	30
4	ECoR	256	141	41	115	7
5	NR	439	209	90	230	29
6	NCR	227	133	28	94	6
7	NER	35	14	14	21	13
8	NFR	395	209	126	186	80
9	NWR	259	96	33	163	10
10	SR	326	148	41	178	17
11	SCR	383	173	48	210	14
12	SER	145	64	34	81	14
13	SECR	151	76	31	75	6
14	SWR	206	104	34	102	9
15	WR	276	149	41	127	17
16	WCR	219	117	32	102	10
17	METRO	14	4	0	10	0
18	BLW	37	19	5	18	0
19	CLW	43	23	5	20	6
20	ICF	23	12	6	11	0
21	MCF	52	36	10	16	4
22	PLW	20	11	0	9	2
23	RCF	27	17	10	10	2
24	RWF	14	9	1	5	2
25	CORE	43	15	0	28	0
26	NFRC	75	41	28	34	6
27	RDSO	39	18	5	21	2
	Total	4416	2204	845	2212	302

 

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