Why doesn’t the Railways give the seat number at the same time when booking a First AC ticket? this is the reason

Why doesn’t the Railways give the seat number at the same time when booking a First AC ticket?  this is the reason

Whenever a train is booked, the seat and coach information is available at the time of booking itself if the seat is available. If the seat is confirmed later, its information is available at the time of chart preparation. But, when booking first AC tickets, the matter is different. Even if the seat is available at the time of booking First AC ticket, seat allotment does not happen at that time. For this, you have to wait till the chart is prepared and only later you will know which ticket…

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