RECRUITMENT
Group
‘A’: Group ‘A’ officers are recruited through UPSC and are
placed in various organized services of the Railways such as IRPS, IRTS, IRAS,
IRSE, IRSME, IRSS, IRSSE, IRSEE, IRMS etc.Some officers are recruited directly
as special class apprentices. They are then imparted training in Railway
Training Centre at Jamalpur. This mode of recruitment is restricted to
Mechanical Department only.
some isolated posts in Security department direct recruitment is made through
UPSC. Some officers are recruited by special recommendation and subsequently
regularized by UPSC through selection. Eligible Group ‘B’ officers are also
regularly placed in Group ‘A’ in accordance with the prescribed percentage
after they are selected by a Departmental Promotional Committee, which includes
an UPSC member.
Group
‘B’:The recruitment
to Group ‘B’ service is made through selections from the eligible Group ‘C’
employees. 70% of the assessed vacancies are filled by regular selection and
30% of the vacancies are filled by LDCE.
Group ‘B’ posts in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, S&T Engineering and Transportation are treated as safety
categories for the purpose of empanelment, medical examination, etc.
Group
‘C’:Railway
Recruitment Board makes majority of the recruitment to Group ‘C’. Normally such
recruitments are made to initial grades.
Recruitment is also made by GM on Compassionate Grounds, Handicapped /
Cultural/ Sports / Scouts quota, SC/ST special drive, etc.
RECRUITMENT OF STAFF
LEVEL-1: Recruitment to all Group-C (in LEVEL-1) will
be done directly by Railway Recruitment Cell of the Zonal Railways instead of
RRB. The Recruitment Cell at HQ will be
headed by Chairman (Dy.CPO) RRC& APO (Recruitment) and assisted by Group-C
staff. Recruitment of all Divisions /
Workshops / Production Units and other organizations falling within the
territorial jurisdiction of the Zonal Railway will be clubbed together and
considered as one Recruitment Unit.
Recruitment shall be
done at an interval of two years. The vacancy is assessed after adding
anticipated vacancy for the next two financial years on the accrued vacancy as
on 1st of April of the year of recruitment. The educational qualification shall be
Matriculation or ITI or equivalent. The
age limit for recruitment is 18-28 years (now 28+2+2) and relaxable up to 3
years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
Future
recruitments [Level-1 of the Pay Matrix of the 7th CPC] (RBE No.31/2018) in Technical departments (i.e.)
Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and S&T Departments) will be made on the
basis of the minimum educational qualifications of 10th pass plus
National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT or 10th
pass plus ITI in terms of instructions issued
vide
RBE No.73/2017. [RBE No.148/2018]
Detailed
employment notice shall be published in leading local newspapers and an
‘Indicate Notice’ be published in the Employment News and National
Newspapers. Candidates have to apply on
line only along with self attested copies of SC/ST/OBC certificates.
The
candidates have to give their option to a maximum of three in order of
preference for the Division / Workshops / Production Units / Other
organizations. In case of combined
examination for more than one category, then the candidate should also specify
his preference for the posts. No change
of option is permitted at any stage later. Recruitment shall be conducted under
the overall supervision of Chairman/RRC. Question Paper will be set by Chairman/RRC
and printed with questions jumbled in four to five series.
The
selection consists of Written Test, Physical Efficiency Test and Medical
Examination. The written examination
question paper is consisting of 150 multiple choice objective type of two hours
duration, printed in Hindi, English and Regional language(s). The candidates have to answer the questions
on the duplicate type Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheets. The evaluation of
answer scripts shall be done through computers.
Minimum pass mark is 40% for OC and 30% for SC/ST and OBC candidates
Physical Endurance Test: PET
is a qualifying test and passing of PET is mandatory. The number of candidates
called for PET should be two times the number of vacancies. Call letter shall
be sent to candidates 3 weeks prior to commencement of PET under Business
Post.. In the PET, male candidates should be able to run for a distance of 1000
metres in 4 minutes 15 sec in one chance and the female candidates should be
able to run for a distance of 400 metres in 3 minutes 10 sec. in one
chance. The entire proceedings of PET
are to be video graphed so as to ensure transparency and the identification of
bonafide candidates taking part in PET. PET will be held in the Divisions of
the concerned Railway and DRM will be overall in-charge for the conduct of PET.
PET will be supervised by Selection Committee of three Assistant Scale Officers
nominated by DRM. More than one
Committee can be nominated as per requirement.
List of successful candidates qualifying PET will be signed by each
member of the Selection Committee.
The
panel will be based strictly on merit position obtained in the written
examination. Currency of panel shall be
for a period of 2 years from the date of publication. The currency of the panel may be e tended by
one year by GM in case of administrative exigencies.
The
recruitment to posts in GP 1800 is also made by empanelling the eligible casual
labourers, substitutes, Compassionate Grounds appointment, Handicapped /
Cultural/ Sports / Scouts quota, SC/ST special drive appointment etc.
General
conditions (Group C Level): Direct
recruitments to Group C (above 1800
Level) posts are made through RRBs.
RRB makes recruitment on local/regional or All India basis. Regional/
local recruitment is resorted for recruitment to lower grade posts for which
RRB or respective Railway Administration issues notifications in
English/Hindi/regional language as decided.
All India basis recruitment is resorted for higher grade posts for which
notification is to be issued in all leading newspapers.
Notification
of RRB is normally issued during May/June.
A time limit of at least 6 weeks is allowed from the date of
advertisement for submitting applications. In the notifications conditions
regarding scheme of examination, scale of pay, qualification, age, number of
vacancies, training, stipend etc., are shown. Application forms of RRB are in
English and Hindi.
The
Nodal RRB in every Railway makes recruitment for ex-servicemen.
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