Tatkal Ticket Cancellation Refund Rules
(a) No refund of fare shall be admissible on confirmed Tatkal Tickets.
(b) Grant of refund for unused Cancellation Charges for RAC or Waitlisted Tickets as per clause 2″ Cancellation Charges for RAC or Waitlisted Tickets”
(c) In case of party tatkal ticket or family tatkal ticket issued for travel for more than one passenger, some passengers have confirmed reservation and others are on waiting list, full refund of fare, less clerkage shall be admissible for confirmed passengers also subject to the condition that entire tatkal ticket is surrendered for cancellation upto thirty minutes before the scheduled departure of the train
(d) Grant of refund in case of non-commencement or missing of journey due to late running of train shall be governed by clause 6 ” Train Running More than Three hours Late and passenger not travelled”.
(e) Cancellation of ticket where Railway administration is unable to provide accommodation shall be governed by clause 7″ Cancellation of tickets where railway administration is unable to provide accommodation”.
(f) Refund of fare on tatkal tickets when passengers are made to travel in lower class for want of accommodation shall be governed by clause 10″ Refund of fare when passenger are made to travel in lower class for want of accommodation” and the refund of difference between tatkal charges, if any, shall also be granted.
Note: (1) Where confirmed reservation has been provided to RAC or Waitlisted ticket holder at any time upto final preparation of charts, such ticket shall be treated as confirmed/ partially confirmed and cancellation charges shall be payable as applicable to confirmed/ partially confirmed tickets.
Source: http://contents.irctc.co.in