Irctc — irctc tatkal ticket cancellation issue

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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Hi, When i planned and booked a tatkal ticket, As per the present if i cancel the ticket then i get 0 as refund. I will tell you a scenario which i faced, I visited nearest ticket booking counter which is 10km from my home then i booked a ticket from hyd to vizag for my wifemticket costed me around 1000 and after 2 hours my wife was feeling ill so i thought of cancelling ticket . But there wont be any use i need to change two share autos to reach to booking counter and cancel the ticket then i will get 0 as refund amount. So to fill the government pocket i need to loose additional 40 rupees to cancel the ticket. so i didn't cancelled. In the above scenario does the system has any trace that so and so person(Female, age 30 years) didn't travelled. If the TC is a too good person he will write the same and give a ticket to any other person. But if he has a small urge then he will make another person sit in that place and he can put those 1000 rs. in his pocket(for more security he can give that seat to a female of age around same). The second time no will come and check the already filled in seats as per the ticket manifest filled by the TC. I can assure, on an average a short distance superfast express has around 73 second class tatkal ticket and among them atleast 4-5 people may cancel(journey) in present situation no one prefers to cancel as they are not getting even a penny. And here the TC has a pretty good change to make money(if he is not a good person) and we dont have any system where we can track such changes. But if the government makes few changes Eg: ticket fair + 400 + 60(super fast charges) + 30(booking chanrges) = Rs.490 in case a tatkal ticket is cancelled then refund just 50% of ticket charge i.e., only 200 then people prefer to cancel ticket then the same ticket will be reserved to another waiting person. This process is really not good it is eating the middle class people money.