Indian railway act.
Mohd Salman
(Querist) 05 April 2015
This query is : Resolved
The Indian Railway Act Section 143 states that:
"Penalty for unauthorised carrying on of business of procuring and supplying of railway tickets.—
(1) If any person, not being a railway servant or an agent authorised in this behalf,—
(a) carries on the business of procuring and supplying tickets for travel on a railway or from reserved accommodation for journey in a train; or
(b) purchases or sells or attempts to purchase or sell tickets with a view to carrying on any such business either by himself or by any other person, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both, and shall also forfeit the tickets which he so procures, supplies, purchases, sells or attempts to purchase or sell: Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in judgment of the court, such punishment shall not be less than imprisonment for a term of one month or a fine of five thousand rupees.
(2) Whoever abets any offence punishable under this section shall, whether or not such offence is committed, be punishable with the same punishment as is provided for the offence."
AND
The Power of Attorney Act states that I/or anybody can be the power of attorney of any person to act on his behalf.
So can I become a power of attorney or take the power of authority from any person to book tickets on his behalf from Indian railway counters or from IRCTC Online?
So can I consider it as a loophole in the system and book tickets online on customer behalf by asking them to sign a letter of authority with me so that I can book ticket on their behalf?
Please provide In depth answer.
Jayaraj Poojari
(Expert) 06 April 2015
If you are an Agent you need not take Power of Attorney to book tickets on any body's behalf either from railway counters or online booking.
Where is the question of loophole in this system..? I think you need to be more clear on exactly what you wanted to know. Your query should be specific and clear whereas your query suggest to provide a legal opinion to exploit some legal loophole, which this forum doesn't support.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 06 April 2015
you would be basically carrying on business of procuring railways tickets for profit which is prohibited
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 06 April 2015
No loophole, You can not earn commission in buying travelling tickets for others with out proper license / authority from Railways.
Sudhir Kumar, Advocate 
(Expert) 06 April 2015
repeated
http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/experts/Indian-railway-act--531626.asp#.VSKIiY6Izwy
Sudhir Kumar, Advocate
(Expert) 06 April 2015
repeated
http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/experts/Indian-railway-act--531596.asp
Mohd Salman
(Querist) 06 April 2015
If I am not a Railway agent, can I use letter of authority or power of attorney to book railway ticket on customers behalf?
See the question is very simple, if anybody doesn't know how to use/operate internet, he will not be able to book online tickets, so without being a railway agent, can I be the customer's attorney through letter of authority to book ticket on his behalf?
Jayaraj Poojari
(Expert) 07 April 2015
You need not be a Railway agent or a Power agent to book online tickets for people who do not know how to use/operate internet. But it is against the law to make a profit out of it, unless you are an agent.
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 09 April 2015
Proxy booking other than authorised agent is not permitted in railways. Better stop repeating the queries in different threads.
