One of my female relative with actual age of 44 yrs is travelling in 3A today. She got SS quota seat, which was vacant during booking today and by putting her age of 48 years, she got confirmed seat. Now, during checking TTE as per her Aadhar card, asking her to pay fine of Rs 5100. I talked to TTE and he told that, though fare is same now for both normal and SS quota seat, but since her seat was booked out of entitlement, she had to pay fine.
Please advise.