Nellore: Railway passengers buying reservation tickets at Mee Seva Centres run by the state government ha-ve to pay service charges between '10 to '30 depending on the class they are travelling starting from February 4.
Hitherto railways have been offering 2 per cent commission to the Mee Seva Centres on net earnings.
As per revised policy for provision of Passenger Reservation System facility at a location, Indian railways shall not give commission to state government for manning of Non Rail Head Passenger Reservation System by other than Railway staff.
As per a communication from railways, the Service (PRS) charges have to be realised by state government from the customers. Such service charge shall be same as allowed to postal authorities for PRSs in Post Offices (at AK Nagar Post Office in Nellore and Vidyanagar Post Office at Kota in Nellore district).
Service charges (inclusive of service tax) per ticket will be realised by e-Seva Centre, Sodhan Nagar, Nellore in lieu of issue of PRS tickets from February 4.
One relief for the passengers is that the service charges are collected on ticket basis but not on individual basis, according Chief Commercial Inspector of Nellore C. Maruti Rao. The services charges for II class sleeper and II cl-ass sitting (2S) Rs 15, III AC and AC Chair Car Rs 20, IIAC, IAC and IClass Rs 30 and cancellation for all classes Rs 10.
