Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Railways GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) RBE No. 181/2018 New Delhi, dated 27.11.2018 No. E(NG)II/2018/RC-1/44 pt The General Manager(P) All Indian Railways & PUs Sub:  Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Priority No. 1 case- reg. Attention is invited to this office letter para 10 (i) and 10 (c) of Board’s letter No. E(NG)II/90/RC-1/117 dated 12.12.1990 wherein it had been laid down regarding order of priority in offering appointment on compassionate grounds. Priority No. 10 (i) – Dependents of employees who die or are permanently crippled in the course of duty and 10 (c) – a time limit of one month should be observed within which appointment should be given and Para 6 of Board’s letter No. E(NG)II/91/RR-1120 dated 03.12.1991 wherein it had been laid down that Compassionate appointment in the clerical categories should be avoided to the extent possible. For any such appointment, Genera...

Granting promotion opportunity as JE against 25% intermediate Apprentice Quota GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) E(NG)I/2011/PM 717 New Delhi, dated: June 27.2018 The General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation, (AIRF) 4, State Entry Road, New Delhi- 110055. Sub:   Granting promotion opportunity as JE against 25% intermediate Apprentice Quota to those Technicians initially appointed as Technician-III on compassionate grounds – (PNM/ AIRF Item No.25/2011 and PNM/NFIR Item No.38/2015- agenda sent to Railway Board on 11.06.2015) – reg. The undersigned is directed to refer to Item No.25/2011 of PNMI AIRF and Item N0.38/2015 of PNM/NFIR on the above subject and to state that the matter has been further deliberated upon in the light of the last round of discussion with both the Federations in the respective PNMs. It may be recollected that while AIRF have expressed their reservation on Board’s proposal sent to both the Federations for comments v...

COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS RBE 81/2018 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) RBE No. 81/2018 No. E(NG)II/20 li/RC-1/GenI/f New Delhi, dated 07 .06.2018 The General Manager(P) All Indian Railways & PUs. Sub: Appointment on compassionate grounds- Suitability Test- regarding . Attention is invited to this Ministry’s letter No.E(NG)II/84/RC-1/174 dated 25.06.1985, No. E(NG)ll/88/RC-1/1/Policy dated 02.11.1989 read with para 2(i) of letter No. E(NG)Il/88/RC- 111/Policy dated 16.05.1991, stipulating inter-alia, that suitability of a person to be considered for appointment on compassionate grounds should be assessed by an appropriate suitability test, keeping the compassion in view. Board’s letter dated 25.06.1985 has laid down that such appointment be considered as per the educational qualification possessed by the candidate. 2. As regards number of chances, this Ministry’s letter dated 28.04.1999 (RBE No. 84/1999), 21.09.2001(RBE No. 192/2001) and dated 02.03.2012 ( RBE No...

RAILWAYS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAILWAY BOARD RBE No.42/2018 New Delhi, dated 21.03.2018 The General Manager(P) All Indian Railways & PUs. Sub: Appointment on Compassionate Ground The issue Of considering appointment on compassionate grounds(CG) to sons/daughters, born through Other than first legally married wife has been engaging the attention of this Ministry for quite some time, in the backdrop Of partial quashing of CG related instructions contained in this Ministry’s letter dated 02.01.1992 regarding such appointments, by the Hon’ble High Court/Calcutta in the case(WPCT 20 of 2009) Namita Goldar & Ors. Vs 1301 & Others. 2. In this regard, Railway Board has taken into account following observations of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, on the subject of CG appointment, in the case of State Bank of India & another Vs Rajkumar, (Civil appeal No. 1641 of 2010): “it is now well settled that appointment on compassionate grounds is not a source of recruitment. ...

7th CPC Minimum Educational Qualification for appointment in Level-l of the pay matrix on compassionate grounds 7TH-CPC-COMPASSIONATE-GROUNDS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. E(NG)II/2016/RR-1/12 (3192238) New Delhi, dated 18.12.2007 The General Manager (P), All Zonal Railways/Production Units I (As per standard mailing list) Sub: Minimum educational qualification for appointment in Level-l of the pay matrix of 7th CPC on compassionate grounds Attention is invited to instructions issued vide this Ministry's letter under RBE No.73/2017 dated 27.07.2017 and RBE No. 192/2017 dated 11.12.2017, laying down minimum educational qualification for recruitment of staff from open market to posts in Level-l of the pay matrix of 7th CPC (earlier Grade Pay Rs.1800/-), through all modes, against direct recruitment quota in various departments. Since, appointment on compassionate grounds made against direct recruitment quota vacancies, the qualification prescribed for p...