Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

(iv) Adjustments.
(v) Information of transferred conductors.
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To attend the exceptions a cell of about 30 persons of Tikcet and Cash
Department was working at the E.D.P. Department, Backbay.
In the August, 1992, the Mini Computer System was installed at Ticket
and Cash Department, Magathane Depot. The system for Online
Processing of Ticket Memos was designed and implemented on this
Mini Computer System and was processed by E.D.P. Department’s staff.
In this system the exceptions were being attended online. In the year
1994, Mini Computer Systems were installed at four E.D.P. Zonal
Computer Centres at Oshiwara, Dharavi, Bandra and Backbay (3 rd floor)
Depots. By 1995, the work of Ticket Accounting System of all the
depots was shifted on these Mini Computer Systems. As in these zones,
exception was being attended by the staff of E.D.P. Department online,
the cell of the staff of Ticket and Cash Department was abolished in the
year 1995 and the staff was sent back to the Ticket and Cash
Department. Hence, there was saving of about 30 persons of the Ticket
and Cash Department.
In December, 1997, Online Ticket Account System (OLTAS) was
implemented at the Magathane Depot.
In the year 1999, decision was taken by the management for
computerising the Depot as a Unit i.e. all the Departments i.e. Traffic,
Ticket and Cash, Transportation Engineering and Depot Stores, to be
computerised and connected through LAN system. Hence, under Depot
Computerisation Project, the OLTAS was implemented in all the depots
in phased manner by June, 2004.
In the OLTAS, at the start of the duty, the conductor is issued the printed
Ticket Memo after entering the new ticket blocks at the BR-Window.
At the end of the duty, the conductor deposits the ticket memo along
with the cash to the staff on the counter. The closing nos. of the 1 st shift
and 2 nd shift, the details of the blocks issued at the chowkies, passenger
balance etc., are entered by the window staff and the net amount of cash
is calculated. The conductor is allowed to clear the shortfall, if any,
immediately. At the end of the day’s job, the closing jobs are done and