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Safety category in Railway, Special Pay and Appointment

 

Chapter 12  Safety Category Establishment Rules

Safety category in Railways

Following departments in Railways is in the safety category-

I. OPERATING DEPARTMENT

II. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

III. SIGNAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT

IV. MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT


The details of each department's post are listed below-


I. OPERATING DEPARTMENT

1. Transportation Inspectors

2. Station Masters/Station SUPTD (NON-GAZETTED)/SMs/Dy. SSs.

3. Guards.

4. Yard Masters/(Assistant Yard Masters)/Yard and Foreman.

5. Switchmen and Shunting Jamadars.

6. Section Controllers/Dy. Chief Controllers/Chief Controllers

7. Safety Counselors/Safety Inspectors.



II. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

8. Bridge Inspectors

9. Permanent Way Inspectors.

10. ASSTT. Foremen-CUM-OPERATOR (PLASERMATIC Tie Tamping)

11. Operator-CUM-Charge man (Tie Tamping)

12. Section Shop SUPTD (Bridge Workshops).

13. A. Gang men


III. SIGNAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT

14. Signal Inspectors.

15. ELEC Signal Maintainer and Mechanical Signal Maintainers.

16. ASSTT. Shop Superintendent (Axle Counter Production and Inspection, Production and        Overhauling of RELAVS, Token less Block Instrument Testing).

17. Relay Inspectors.

18. Telecommunication Inspectors.

19. Telecommunication Maintainers

20. Wireless Telecommunication Maintainer.


IV. MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT

21. Driver/Assistant Driver/Diesel Assistant/Motorman/Tower Wagon Driver/Motor Trolley Driver.

22. Loco Foreman/ASSTT. Loco Foreman/Electric Foreman/ASSTT SUPTD./Charge man (OHE Substation/Remote Control/Loco Train Lighting, Air Conditioning (coach) ), Mech. Foreman/ASSTT. Mech. Foreman Chargeman (Loco)/E.M/U Running Sheds).

23. Carriage Foreman/Wagon Foreman.

24. Loco Inspectors/Driving Instructors.

25. Train Examiner (MECH/Elec./EMU/Loco)

26. SHUNTER

27. Carriage and Wagon Inspector.

28. Power Controller/Traction Loco Controller/Traction Power Controller/Traction Sub Station Operator.

29. Traction Foreman/Traction Foreman (Running)

30. Engine Examiner/Lubricating Supervisor

31. Boiler Inspector/Boiler Foreman/ASSTT Boiler Foreman

32. ASSTT. Shop SUPDT concerned with Lighting & Air Conditioning only.

33. Safety Inspectors.

34. Laboratory SUPTD/Chemical & Met. ASSTT

35. Loco fitters/C&W Fitters/Wheel Tapers/Fitters in Diesel Sheds and E.M.U and Elec. Sheds/Millwright Fitters/Welders of all Department, Train Lighting and Air Condition (Coach) Filters.

36. Design ASSTTS of all Departments.

37. Auto Drivers/Fork Lift Drivers/Carne Drivers (Mobile of EOT Cranes)/Traverse Drivers/Slingers and Gunners.

38. Shop Superintendent (MECH/Elec.) ASSTT Shop Superintendent (MECH & Elec.)/Lab. Superintendent/Chemical and Metallurgical Assistants

39. Senior Electrical Foreman/Chargeman/Sub-Station operator for general services including power horses.

40. Leading Fireman (Steam Loco)


Reservation post for Handicapped persons :-

3% of total vacancies would be reserved for handicapped persons. This category includes

Deaf, Blind, and Orthpaedically handicapped persons. 1% of the vacancy is reserved for each

of these category.

Physically handicapped persons who are SC/ST, Ex.Serviceman - or dependents of those

killed in action should be given special preference in C & D ground.

[RB NO. E(NG)/111/77/RC/54 - 8.1.78.]

Spl. Concession for Handicapped Persons.

1. Age relaxation upto 10 years/Extra 5 years for SC/ST persons.

2. Only pass in SSC will do instead of minimum 50% in the normal cases.

3. Exemption from payment of application and Exam. fees.

4. Exempt from Medical Examinations.

5. Exempt from typing qualification for appointment to clerical post if they are found

otherwise qualified and are certified and are unable to type.

Nominated Category for Handicapped Persons :-

Administration : Office Clerks, Typists. Steno-Peons and

 Safaiwala.

Operating/Commercial - Telegraph Signalers, Commercial

 Clerks.

Cooks, Bearers-Indicator Boys. 

Waterman - Waiting Room Bearer and Running room

 attendants.

Mechanics - Coreman-Trimeers, Tracers-Machine

 Operators,

Pump drivers.- 

Engineering - Tracers - Painters.

Reservation quotas of Ex-Serviceman :-

20% quota reserved for group "D".

10% quota reserved for group "C".

Upper age limit for their recruitment for Apprentice is 40.

Reservation of sport persons :-

30% of the total vacancy is reserved for sport persons in group "C" and the respect of

group "D". The total recruitment quota for recruitment of sports persons would be as per

advertisement.

Recruitment of Ex-servicemen against vacancy in-group "C" post will be centralized in H.

Qtr. Office in respect of each Zonal Rlys. The recruitment would be done by only one Rly.

Recruitment Board for each of the zonal railways.


Chapter 13  Special Pay establishment rule

Special pay in Railway-

Special Pay-means an addition, of the nature of pay, to the emoluments of a post or of a railway servant, granted in consideration of— 


(a) the specially arduous nature of duties; or 


(b) a specific addition to the work or responsibility and includes non-practicing  allowance granted to doctors in lieu of private practice. 


Authority competent to grant special pay.--The power of granting special pay as defined in this Rule shall be exercised only by the authority empowered to regulate the scales of ordinary pay. 


(G.I., H.D.letter No.F-272-23 dated 16th Sept. 1926) 


Railway Ministry’s Orders 


Two rates of Special Pay. --When a post on the cadre of a service carries different rates of special pay for “old entrants” and “new entrants”, single rate of special pay should be granted to all future incumbents of the post and that this should be the rate, if any, considered suitable for “new entrants”.


(Railway Board’s letter No. 9916-F-IV dt. 25th  May,1938.) 


Audit Instructions 


Calculation of Special Pay in certain cases.--When special pay has been sanctioned in the form of a portion or percentage of pay in the ordinary line and the pay in the ordinary line includes an element of sterling overseas pay, such special pay should be determined as follows— 


(a)   the special pay is admissible on the sterling overseas pay as well as on the rupee basic pay; 


(b)   the special pay must be expressed and drawn wholly in rupees; 


(c)  the sterling overseas pay should for the purpose of calculating the special pay be converted into rupees at the rate of 1$.6d. to the rupee.


Chapter 14. APPOINMENTS

Appointment in Railways

Different types of appointment.


On compassionate ground :-

The following posts are exclusively reserved for appointment on compassionate ground

for the widows.

a) Water woman.

b) Retiring room attendants.

c) Cinder Picking woman.

d) Sweeper woman.

e) C & W Khalasis.

f) Ayah and female sanitary cleaner in hospitals and 

 schools.

g) Khalasis in PWI & IOW.

Que.:-What is the educational qualification required for compassionate ground appointment ?.

For group "D" post, minimum qualification is 8

th Std. for Son. For widows no restriction

of education qualification.

Woman posted in the PWI dept. should be posted in the gangs, which are located in the

station limit or yards.

For compassionate group appointments for group C post the qualification should be judged

and recorded by the screening committee. Final offer of appointments will however be

subjected to availability of vacancies, passing of Medical exam. and production of necessary

certificates.

Appointments on compassionate ground are offered in the following types of cases.

1) Dependents of Rly employees who are in harness, as a result of Rly. accident.

2) Dependents of Rly. employees who die or permanently crippled in the course of duty.

3) Dependents of Rly. employees who die in harness while in service before retirement or

medically incapacitated.

4) Dependents of RLY. employees whose whereabouts are not known for a period of 7 years

and the settlement dues are paid to the family on this account.

5) Dependents of Rly. employees who was developed serious diseases like heart disease of

cancer as well as medically unfit for any cadre of post.

Casual laborers could also be given appointments on compassionate ground but they should

be offered as casual labor only.

For appointment In-Group 'C' post suitability test (Written test and Viva-voce) should be

completed in one day only.

Appointment on compassionate ground to the adopted son/Daughters is in be legible in

the following conditions :-

1) The satisfactory legal adoption proof should be submitted.

2) The adoption must be reconigised.

3) The legal adoption process should be completed and should be proper valid before the

death or medically unfit 

 [RB.NO.E(NG)11 86/RG-1/1 policy dt. 20.5.1988. ] 

Compassionate appointments in the case of missing Railway employees. Conditions for

compassionate appointments.

1) FIR should be lodged in the police station in the case of missing Rly.employees and if the

missing employee is traceable and the competent authority should feel the case is

genuine.

2) The length or remaining service is more than two years and should not committed any

fraud or joined any terrorist.

3) Appointment in the case of missing employee should not be a matter of right, and

subjected to fulfillment of all conditions including availability of vacancy. 

4) Police investigation proof should be submitted and the decision would be considered on

GM level only.

5) The service of widow/ward should be terminated in the case when missing RLY.

employee becomes available.

6) The above will be applicable to the wards/widow of casual labor of temporary status.

A bother-in-law (Wife's brother) or a son-in-law are not eligible for appointment on

compassionate ground.

Authority competent to make appointment on compassionate ground.

The General Manager is having the power to appoint on compassionate ground. However

GM re-delegate this power to DRM and HOD's of different units.

In the cases of appointments in-group 'C' posts, the power may be exercised by the CPO

in consultation with the Head of Dept. concerned.

For group D posts DRM can make such appointments.

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