Martin F. Scheinman, Referee


(George Kolonits PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
              (National Railroad Passenger Corporation


STATEMENT OF CLAIM:
"Severance Pay to stewards per the Agreement of July 25th 1983 signed by the UTU and Amtrak."

 OPINION OF BOARD: By letter dated January 20, 1984, Claimant contended that
 he had been improperly denied separation allowance when he
 retired from service in August, 1983. Carrier rejected this Claim, arguing
 that it was not properly filed in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, and
 the applicable Agreement.

 After reviewing the record evidence, the Board must deny the Claim on procedural grounds alone. It is well settled that Claims must be filed in a timely manner in accordance with the relevant Agreement and the Act. Here, Carrier first learned of the Claim in January, 1984, far more than sixty days after his resignation. Rule 17 of the Agreement is clear and unambiguous. It requires that Claims be filed within sixty days of the date Claimant was aggrieved. When Claimant re separation allowance. Thus, he was clearly aggrieved at that time. Accordingly, a Claim filed this reason, the Claim must be rejected.

 FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, after giving the
 parties to this dispute due notice of hearing thereon, and upon the
 whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:

 That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;

 That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and

        That the Claim was barred.

                      Award Number 26350 Page 2

                      Docket Number MS-26278

                      A W A R D


        Claim dismissed.


                            NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

                            By Order of Third Division


Attest
 110~ /r
      Nancy J. Dever - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 8th day of June 1987.