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Diversion of goods should not be permitted as a matter of course. Nor, diversion of goods in smalls, part consignments or goods loaded with other consignments, should be ordered in any circumstances. Other full wagon load consignments, may be permitted to be diverted at the discretion of the authority competent to sanction the diversion, as notified by individual Railway administration provided the goods are in transit (i.e., they have not reached the original destination), no detention or haulage, over any portion of the journey already covered, is involved, no civil or operational restrictions are in force and that there are no operational difficulties in diverting the consignment. Delivery short of the booked destination should also be treated as �Diversion� for all purposes. On receipt of an application for diversion of a wagon load consignment, the Station Master should personally satisfy himself that the applicant is thebonafideowner and that he is in possession of the railway receipt in his name or endorsed in his favour. He should also advise the applicant that the railway administration does not guarantee that the desired diversion will be effected; nor it accepts any responsibility , whatsoever, for delays or errors in the transmission of the instruction or any loss that may result from such delays or errors, or from the consignment not being diverted. After collecting the prescribed diversion fee and other charges, if any, the Station Master will wire to the competent authority, for permitting the diversion, quoting full details of the consignment to be diverted including the wagon number, booking particulars and the station to which the diversion is desired. In the case of through traffic, no orders for diversion will be issued or accepted after the consignment is found to have been made over to the adjacent railway. The authority sanctioning the diversion will wire the junctions on the booked route for diverting the consignment, a copy of the wire being sent to the booking station and diverted destination. The Station Master affecting the diversion will ensure that it would not result in detention to stock and that the consignment can follow the route, by which it would have been carried if initially booked to the diverted destination, without being hauled over any portion of the journey already covered. He should advise the particulars of the arrival and dispatch of the consignment to the officer ordering the diversion, as also to the booking station and original and diverted destinations. On receipt of the advice that the consignment had actually been diverted, and not otherwise, the Station Master of the booking station will issue a fresh invoice to the diverted destination in super session of the invoice to the original destination ,freight and other charges being levied from the booking station to the diverted destination, as if the consignment had been booked initially that destination. The booking station should collect the original railway receipt from the owner of the consignment before making over the railway receipt for the diverted destination to him. In such cases, the collected railway receipts should be cancelled and filed at the booking station, a suitable remark indicating the collection of the original railway receipt being passed on all the foils of the invoices issued to the diverted destination. If, in any case, the original railway receipt is not collected at the booking station due to any reason, whatsoever, the fresh railway receipt should be sent to the diverted destination in a sealed cover booked under free service way bill. In such cases, all the foils of fresh invoice should be suitably endorsed to the effect that the original railway receipt could not be collected at the booking station and that the consignment should be delivered at the diverted destination after collection of the original railway receipt. In case of local goods, delivery will be given on original Railway Receipt after the adjustment of charges. If, due to any reason, the consignment reaches the original destination before or after receipt of the order for diversion, delivery should be affected there and the diversion order treated as cancelled. If the owner is not prepared to effect delivery and still requires the consignment to be sent to the new destination, he may be advised to ask for rebooking of the consignment, bearing extra freight and other charges due under the Tariff Rules. The diversion fee, or any part thereof, is not refundable in any circumstances. Such fees, when collected, should be accounted for under a distinct head �Diversion Fee�.
Source : South Eastern Railway CMS Team Last Reviewed on: 09-03-2011 
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